CHAVEZ v. TOLLESON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 1 CA-CIV 3794.

122 Ariz. 472 (1979)

595 P.2d 1017

Antonio M. CHAVEZ, personal representative and father of Deceased, Regina Chavez, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. TOLLESON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT and Ida Moriarity, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

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

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1979.

Review Denied May 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Christakis, Phoenix, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Robbins, Green, O'Grady & Abbuhl, P.A. by Michael J. O'Grady, Harriet C. Babbitt, Phoenix, for appellees Moriarity and Tolleson Elementary School District.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by William T. Birmingham, Jack E. McCall, Phoenix, for appellee and cross-appellant Moriarity.

Dix W. Price and James A. Ullman, P.C. by James A. Ullman, Phoenix, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

FROEB, Judge.

On the morning of September 17, 1973, ten year old Regina Chavez left the school grounds of Tolleson Elementary School, Unit Two, and was abducted and slain by John Cuffle. Her body was found some three months later in a field a few miles from the school. This wrongful death action, brought by her father Antonio M. Chavez (plaintiff), against the Tolleson Elementary School District and certain school personnel (defendants), is based upon...

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