CLARKE v. EDGING

No. 2 CA-CIV 1324.

20 Ariz. App. 267 (1973)

512 P.2d 30

Dan W. CLARKE and Eileen J. Clarke, husband and wife; and the American Smelting and Refining Company, a New Jersey corporation, Appellants, v. J.N. EDGING, as the natural surviving father of Deborah Carol Edging, on behalf of J.N. Edging and Dorothy Edging, natural parents of Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Richmond, Tucson, by D.B. Udall, for appellants.

W. Mercer Bouldin, Tucson, for appellees.


HOWARD, Judge.

The appellees commenced an action for the wrongful death of their twelve year-old daughter, Deborah Carol Edging, against both appellants on the theory of the maintenance of an "attractive nuisance" and as to appellant The American Smelting and Refining Company on the theory of absolute liability because of blasting at its mine. At the conclusion of the trial the absolute liability issue was dismissed.

The questions submitted to the jury were...

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