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O.S. STAPLEY COMPANY v. MILLER

No. 9100-PR.

103 Ariz. 556 (1968)

447 P.2d 248

O.S. STAPLEY COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, Seth Smith Boat Works, Inc., an Arizona corporation, American Chain and Cable Company, a New York corporation, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Elizabeth (Hartzell) MILLER, a/k/a Elizabeth Miller Proulx, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, and O.S. Stapley Company, an Arizona corporation, Seth Smith Boat Works, Inc., an Arizona corporation, American Chain and Cable Company, a New York corporation, Appelles and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Banc.

November 20, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Romley, Kaplan, Robbins & Green, by Robert H. Green, Kenneth J. Sherk, Phoenix, for Seth Smith Boat Works, Inc.

Snell & Wilmer, by Roger W. Perry, Arthur P. Greenfield, Phoenix, for O.S. Stapley Co.

Fennemore, Craig, vonAmmon, McClennen & Udall, by Linwood Perkins, Jr., Phoenix, for American Chain and Cable Co.

Langerman, Begam & Lewis by Samuel Langerman, Robert D. Myers, Phoenix, for Elizabeth Miller Proulx.

John J. Dickinson, Phoenix, for amicus curiae, The American Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

On August 22, 1960, the plaintiff, Elizabeth (Hartzell) Miller, accompanied one Harry Hartzell and others to Canyon Lake in Arizona for the purpose of water skiing. After arriving at the lake, the boat was operated for approximately an hour without incident. At the time of the accident, Hartzell and another member of the party were being pulled by the boat while they water-skied. Plaintiff was "observer"

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