SHELL OIL CO. v. GUTIERREZ

No. 2 CA-CIV 2571.

119 Ariz. 426 (1978)

581 P.2d 271

The SHELL OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Richard B. Flint, d/b/a Flint Oil Company and Christie Oil Company, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, Appellants, v. Robert GUTIERREZ and Ramona Gutierrez, husband and wife, and Joseph E. Starr and Miriam Starr, husband and wife, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Redhair by D.B. Udall, Tucson, for appellant Shell Oil Co.

Price, Tinney, Lindberg & Gianas by John E. Lindberg, Tucson, for appellant Flint Oil Co.

May, Dees & Barassi by Willis R. Dees, Tucson, for appellant Christie Oil Co.

Miller, Pitt & Feldman, P.C. by Robert F. Miller and Stanley G. Feldman, Tucson, for appellees.


OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

This appeal by the defendants in a products liability suit is from a judgment entered against them and in favor of plaintiffs-appellees Robert and Ramona Gutierrez and Joseph E. and Miriam Starr. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs and assessed damages at $500,000 for Gutierrez and $1,500,000 for Starr. On April 23, 1974, Robert Gutierrez and Joseph Starr, employees at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Tucson, Arizona, were...

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