SAMARITAN FOUNDATION, an Arizona corporation; Samaritan Health Services, dba Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, an Arizona corporation; Cathey Milam Chester and Elaine Fraiz, Petitioners, Lawrence J. Koep, M.D., P.C., an Arizona corporation and Lawrence J. Koep, M.D., Defendants-Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable Stanley Z. GOODFARB, a judge thereof, Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, and Arista Mia DAWSON, a minor, By and Through her next friend and natural father, Robert E. DAWSON; Robert E. Dawson and Dale M. Dawson, husband and wife, Real Parties in Interest. PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC., an Arizona corporation, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable Stanley Z. GOODFARB, a judge thereof, Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, and Arista Mia DAWSON, a minor, By and Through her next friend and natural father, Robert E. DAWSON; Robert E. Dawson and Dale M. Dawson, husband and wife, Real Parties in Interest.
Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 16, 1993.
Reconsideration Denied January 11, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli by Bruce D. Crawford, Lori A. Shipley and David C. Lewis, Phoenix, for Samaritan Foundation.
O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Paul J. Giancola and Harding B. Cure, Phoenix, for Lawrence J. Koep, M.D.
Weyl, Guyer, MacBan & Olson by Thomas G. Bakker, Jolane D. Veeder and Cheralee W. Fisk, Phoenix, for Phoenix Children's Hosp., Inc.
Leonard & Clancy by Kenneth P. Clancy and James J. Leonard, Jr., Phoenix, for Arista Mia Dawson, Robert E. Dawson and Dale M. Dawson.
Bess & Dysart by Brad K. Keogh and Timothy R. Hyland, Phoenix, for Nat. Ass'n of Legal Assistants, Inc., Legal Assistants of Metropolitan Phoenix, amici curiae.
Lewis and Roca by Beth J. Schermer, Janet A. Napolitano and Alexandra M. Shafer, Phoenix, for America West Airlines, Arizona Hosp. Ass'n, Arizona Public Service Co., Bank of America Arizona, Calmat of Arizona, The Dial Corp., Phelps Dodge Corp., First Interstate Bank of Arizona, Salt River Project, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Tucson Elec. Power Co. and Valley Nat. Bank, amici curiae.
Ulrich Thompson Kessler by Paul G. Ulrich and Donn G. Kessler, Phoenix, for Truck Ins. Exchange, amicus curiae.
Gallagher & Kennedy by Kevin E. O'Malley, Elliot Talenfeld and David C. Donohue, Phoenix, for Arizona Ass'n of Defense Counsel, amicus curiae.
Sacks, Tierney & Kasen by Lawrence J. Rosenfeld, Snell & Wilmer by Barry D. Halpern, Thea Foglietta Silverstein and Broening Oberg & Woods by Cynthia van R. Cheney, Phoenix, for Arizona Ass'n of Health Care Lawyers, Arizona Medical Ass'n, Arizona Soc. for Healthcare Risk Management, amici curiae.
Fennemore Craig by Timothy Berg and Janice K. Procter-Murphy, Phoenix, for Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Ass'n of Industries, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., amici curiae.
Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
This case requires us to define the nature and scope of the corporate attorney-client privilege. We necessarily examine the nature of the communication and the communicator. In the process, we reject the control group test as being both overinclusive and underinclusive. Our conclusions focus more on the nature of the communication than on the status of the communicator. The relevant inquiry is: to which corporate employee communications...
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