PIERCE v. CASAS ADOBES BAPTIST CHURCH

No. CV-88-0410-PR.

162 Ariz. 269 (1989)

782 P.2d 1162

James Anthony PIERCE, a single man; and James Pierce and Susan Pierce, husband and wife, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CASAS ADOBES BAPTIST CHURCH, an Arizona corporation; and Damon Richard Becker and Peggy S. Becker, husband and wife, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

October 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickerson, Butler, Schlievert & Rabb, P.C. by J. Patrick Butler and Vernon F. Dickerson, Tucson, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Bury, Moeller, Humphrey & O'Meara by David C. Bury, Tucson, for defendants/appellees.

Michael J. Valder, P.C. by Phillip D. Ferris and The Langerman Law Offices by Amy G. Langerman, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


GORDON, Chief Justice.

This Court granted plaintiff's petition for review regarding the test that must be satisfied before parents may maintain a cause of action for loss of a child's consortium. We have jurisdiction under Ariz. Const. art. 6 § 5(3), Ariz.R.Civ.App.P. 23, and A.R.S. §§ 12-102 and 12-120.24.

FACTS

On June 15, 1984, James Anthony Pierce (Tony), age 17, was a passenger in the Casas Adobes Baptist Church van when the driver...

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