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MARICOPA COUNTY v. COWART

No. 9845.

106 Ariz. 69 (1970)

471 P.2d 265

MARICOPA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Appellant, v. Bette Miller COWART, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

July 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, by John H. Westover, and James A. Teilborg, Phoenix, for appellant.

Gibbons, Kinney, Tipton & Warner, by Jack C. Warner, Phoenix, for appellee.

JACOBSON, Judge of the Court of Appeals.

The liability of Maricopa County for a suicide occurring in the Maricopa County Juvenile Home is presented in this appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the decedent's mother.

Plaintiff-appellee, BETTE MILLER COWART, instituted a wrongful death action against defendant-appellant, MARICOPA COUNTY, a political subdivision, to recover damages for the death of her son, CHARLES DENNIS METTINGER, age 15. (The...

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