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FARIAS v. MATTEL, INC.

No. 2 CA-CIV 5635.

153 Ariz. 113 (1986)

735 P.2d 143

Fidel FARIAS, on Behalf of himself, and as father of Julio Farias, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of his minor son, (Alfredo) Julio Farias; Rosalba Farias, individually and as wife of Fidel Farias and mother of Julio Farias; Carmeline Farias, Gregorio Farias, Farrah Marie Farias, individually and as brother and sisters of Julio Farias, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. MATTEL, INC.; Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc.; Irvin Feld; Kenneth Feld; Robert Hannigan; Allan J. Bloom; Earl L. Duryea; Bob MacDougall; et al., Defendants/Appellees. Fidel FARIAS, on Behalf of himself, and as father of Julio Farias, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of his minor son (Alfredo) Julio Farias; Rosalba Farias, individually and as wife of Fidel Farias and mother of Julio Farias; Carmeline Farias, Gregorio Farias, Farrah Marie Farias, individually and as brother and sisters of Julio Farias, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. The CITY OF TUCSON, Tucson Community Center and Albert L. Freitchen, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department B.

Reconsideration Denied December 29, 1986.

Review Denied March 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of John F. Day by John F. Day and Russell A. Brown, Phoenix, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon, Udall & Powers by R.C. Mitten, William T. Burghart and June E. Fisher, Phoenix, for defendants/appellees MacDougall, Zajda, Feld, Freitchen, City of Tucson and Tucson Community Center.

Moore, Long & Lester by Steven C. Lester, Phoenix, for defendant/appellee Ringling Bros.

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

This appeal primarily involves the issue whether Arizona or Florida workers' compensation laws should apply to Florida resident employees of a Florida circus when their claim arises out of an incident occurring in Arizona while the circus was performing here. We agree with the trial court that on the facts of this case Florida law should apply and therefore affirm the judgments below.

Julio Farias, a member of the...

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