Torres v. JAI Dining Servs. (Phoenix), Inc. – 10/16/2023

December 13, 2023
Arizona Supreme Court holds that the anti-abrogation clause of the state’s Constitution does not protect common-law dram-shop liability because the anti-abrogation clause applies only to rights of action that either existed at common law or find their basis in the common law at the time the Constitution was adopted, and Arizona did not adopt common-law dram-shop liability until 1983.

Cocchia v. Testa – 9/12/2023

December 1, 2023
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that issue preclusion prevents a party from relitigating personal jurisdiction when a foreign judgment is domesticated if personal jurisdiction was already litigated in the foreign court.

Roebuck v. Mayo Clinic – 9/19/2023

December 1, 2023
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that A.R.S. § 12-516 violates the anti-abrogation clause of the Arizona Constitution by removing a patient’s right to recover damages for ordinary negligence.

Medina v. Estate of Cody – 10/5/2023

December 1, 2023
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that a tribal member cannot be haled into state court for actions arising out of conduct on the reservation, even when the actions occurred on a state easement through the reservation.

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