ARIZ. PROP. & CAS. INS. GUAR. FUND v. HELME

No. CV-86-0368-PR.

153 Ariz. 129 (1987)

735 P.2d 451

The ARIZONA PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE GUARANTY FUND, a subdivision of the Department of Insurance of the State of Arizona, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William B. HELME, M.D. and Jane Doe Helme, husband and wife; Neurological Surgeons, P.C., an Arizona corporation; Glenda Worsham, surviving spouse of Linward A. Worsham, and Chanita Lin Engelke and Choya Lynn Worsham, surviving children of Linward A. Worsham, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied May 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holloway & Thomas, P.C. by Benjamin C. Thomas, Grant H. Goodman, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard & Clancy, P.C. by Kenneth P. Clancy, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees.


FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

Arizona Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund (Fund) brought a declaratory judgment action to limit its obligation to pay claims against doctors whose professional liability insurance carrier became insolvent. The court of appeals reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the doctors, limiting the Fund's liability to the one claim it had already paid. Arizona Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty...

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