HOEFFEL v. CAMPBELL

No. 1 CA-CIV 1347.

16 Ariz. App. 577 (1972)

494 P.2d 777

Al Joseph HOEFFEL and Bernadette Hoeffel, husband and wife, Appellants, v. Zeph B. CAMPBELL, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1972.

Review Denied June 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen, McClennen & Fels, by Paul M. Joyce, Phoenix, for appellants.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, by John H. Westover, and Richard McC. Shannon, Phoenix, for appellee.


HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

This appeal requires that the Court consider the geographic boundaries of the area that establishes the standard of care in a medical malpractice action. The plaintiffs-appellants challenge the propriety of the trial court's jury instructions on this issue, which limited the area to Phoenix, Arizona, and assert that the alleged instructional error was a significant cause of the jury's rendering a defense verdict.

Initially, appellee...

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