DIETZ v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. CV-90-0435-CQ.

169 Ariz. 505 (1991)

821 P.2d 166

Alexander B. DIETZ and Irma N. Dietz, husband and wife, and Mary Antoinette Dietz, Alexander Rudy Dietz and Amy Suzette Dietz, minors, By and Through their parent and natural guardian, Alexander B. Dietz, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, S & C Electric Company, General Electric Wiring Co., a subsidiary of General Electric Co., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Robert Q. Hoyt by Robert Q. Hoyt, Gerald T. Barton, Tucson, for plaintiffs.

Fish, Duffield, Miller, Young, Adamson & Alfred, P.C. by K. Alexander Hobson, Arthur H. Miller, Tucson, for defendants General Elec.

Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Redhair by D. Burr Udall, Tucson, Robert D. Kolar & Associates by John Fanone, Chicago, for defendant S & C Elec. Co.

Robert J. Forman, Dix & Waterman by J. Stephen Dix, Tucson, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

This question of law was certified to us by the Honorable William D. Browning, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. It arises from Arizona's statutory abrogation of the doctrine of joint and several liability. We accepted certification because the issue is one of first impression and requires interpretation of Arizona's version of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act ...

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