SLETTEN v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS.

No. 2 CA-CV 88-0348.

161 Ariz. 595 (1989)

780 P.2d 428

Douglas J. SLETTEN, Jr., personal representative of the estate of Douglas J. Sletten, for said estate in its own right, and on behalf of Elmer Carmack, Carol Brooks, Sharon Conner, Charlotte Koen, Donna Delzer, Katherine Valdez, Rhonda Robertson, Donald Sletten, Kenneth Sletten and Douglas Sletten, Jr., and Elmer Carmack, Carol Brooks, Sharon Conner, Charlotte Koen, Donna Delzer, Katherine Valdez, Rhonda Robertson, Donald Sletten, Kenneth Sletten, and Douglas Sletten, Jr., individually, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation, Defendant/Appellant.

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

Review Denied October 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langerman, Begam, Lewis and Marks by Samuel Langerman, and The Langerman Law Offices by Amy G. Langerman, Phoenix, for plaintiffs/appellees.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Larry L. Smith, George H. Mitchell and William J. Downey, Phoenix, for defendant/appellant.


OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

On August 3, 1982, while insured by Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona (MICA), Dr. Elden Robins failed to read an X-ray report for an X-ray which he had ordered for his patient, Mrs. Sletten. As a result he did not notice the presence of a possible cancerous growth. On September 7, 1982, Robins became insured by defendant St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company. On August 2, 1984, Robins discovered the 1982 X-ray and...

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