HILLS v. SALT RIVER PROJECT ASS'N

No. 1 CA-CIV 6975.

144 Ariz. 421 (1985)

698 P.2d 216

Vivian M. HILLS, surviving widow of James Riley Hills, for and on Behalf of herself and her minor children, David Hills and Ginny Hills, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SALT RIVER PROJECT ASSOCIATION; Dale W. Gish and Jane Doe Gish, husband and wife; Frank Lawrence and Jane Doe Lawrence, husband and wife; Hector A. Munoz and Jane Doe Munoz, husband and wife; Michael G. Twohig and Jane Doe Twohig, husband and wife; Donald W. Hines and Jane Doe Hines, husband and wife; Kenneth F. Breon and Jane Doe Breon, husband and wife; James A. Ochoa and Jane Doe Ochoa, husband and wife; Larry Newell and Jane Doe Newell, husband and wife; Jim Rucker and Jane Doe Rucker, husband and wife; Gene Baird and Jane Doe Baird, husband and wife; Phil Gonzalez and Jane Doe Gonzalez, husband and wife; Bernard Whilelock and Jane Doe Whilelock, husband and wife; Charles Hill and Jane Doe Hill, husband and wife; Estate of Michael L. Parsons; John and Jane Does I through XX, employees of Salt River Project Association; Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation; R.O. Corporation, a Kansas Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

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

Review Denied April 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hofmann, Salcito, Stevens & Myers, P.A. by Daniel R. Salcito, Frank Verderame, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by Michael A. Beale, Jefferson L. Lankford, John A. Micheaels, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees Salt River Project, Gish, Lawrence, Munoz, Twohig, Hines, Breon, Ochoa, Newell, Rucker, Baird, Gonzalez, Whilelock, Hill and the Estate of Michael L. Parsons.

Snell & Wilmer by Warren E. Platt, Robert H. Oberbillig, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee Ford Motor Company.

Beer & Toone, P.C. by Thomas L. Toone, Lawrence B. Slater, Donald P. Roelke, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee R.O. Corporation.


OPINION

BROOKS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant in this case is the surviving widow of James Reilly Hills (Hills), deceased. She brings this action on her own behalf as well as on behalf of her two minor children.

On August 11, 1980, while Hills was working on electric power lines in the course of his employment with Salt River Project Association (S.R.P.), the lines came into contact with the boom on a truck in which Hills was riding causing his death...

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