Chris HERSTAM, Receiver and Mark D. Tharp, Special Deputy Receiver of Farm & Home Life Insurance Company, an Arizona insurer, in Receivership, Petitioners-Appellees, and James M. Fail and Emily S. Fail, husband and wife; Denny T. Lett and Wynon L. Lett, husband and wife; Charles D. Casper, Clifford G. Smith and Kathryn F. Smith, husband and wife; Harry T. Carneal; Thornton E. Cole; Fred E. Jones; Robert I. Boykin and Marcia Boykin, husband and wife; Michael Shannon; Lifeshares Group, Inc., a Nebraska corporation; LSC-Marketing, Inc., a Nebraska corporation; NPL Corporation, an Arizona corporation; Michael Sullo; Theodore Darling, Respondents-Appellees,
v.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP, a Connecticut general partnership; R. David Martin, Jr. and Bonnie Martin, husband and wife; Todd Brown; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, an Ohio general partnership; David R. Baker; Theodore Kessner; Crosby, Guenzel, Davis, Kessner & Kuester, a Nebraska general partnership; Robert B. Crosby; Robert C. Guenzel; Donn E. Davis; William D. Kuester; Steven G. Seglin; Mark D. McGuire; Scott J. Norby; Alvin R. Townsend, Sr. and Janice T. Townsend, husband and wife; Pima Capital Company, an Arizona corporation, Respondents-Appellants. Chris Herstam, Receiver, and Mark D. Tharp, Special Deputy Receiver, of Farm and Home Life Insurance Company, an Arizona insurer, in Receivership, Petitioners-Appellees, and James M. Fail and Emily S. Fail, husband and wife; Alvin Randall Townsend, Sr., and Janice T. Townsend, husband and wife; Denny L. Lett and Wynon L. Lett, husband and wife; Charles D. Casper; Clifford G. Smith and Kathryn F. Smith, husband and wife; Harry T. Carneal, Thornton E. Cole; Fred E. Jones; Robert I. Boykin and Marcia Boykin, husband and wife; Michael Shannon; Lifeshares Group, Inc., a Nebraska corporation; LSC-Marketing, Inc., a Nebraska corporation; NPL Corporation, an Arizona corporation; Pima Capital Co., an Arizona corporation; David R. Baker and Myra M. Baker, husband and wife; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, an Ohio general partnership; Chadbourne & Parke, a general partnership; R. David Martin, Jr., and Bonnie Martin, husband and wife; Todd Brown and Jane Doe Brown, husband and wife; Deloitte & Touche, a Connecticut general partnership; Touche Ross & Co., a general partnership; Michael Sullo; Theodore Darling, Respondents-Appellees, Theodore L. Kessner; Robert B. Crosby; Robert C. Guenzel; Donn E. Davis; William D. Kuester; Steven G. Seglin; Mark D. McGuire; Scott J. Norby; Crosby, Guenzel, Davis, Kessner & Kuester, a Nebraska general partnership, Respondents-Appellants.
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 11, 1996.
Review Denied July 2, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A. by Robert G. Beshears, Robert J. Itri, Christopher Robbins, Phoenix, for Appellant Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
Warner, Angle, Roper & Hallam, P.C. by Jerry L. Angle, Jerome K. Elwell, Chris R. Baniszewski, Phoenix, for Appellant David R. Baker.
Brown & Bain, P.A. by H. Michael Clyde, Lynne C. Adams, Steven R. Rodgers, Phoenix, for Appellants Deloitte & Touche LLP, R. David Martin, Jr., Bonnie Martin and Todd Brown.
Deloitte & Touche by Genevieve Harris Roche, New York City, for Appellants Deloitte, Martin and Brown.
Broening, Oberg, Woods, Wilson & Cass by John W. Oberg, Michael M. Haran, Kathleen Fawcett Collins, Phoenix, for Appellants Kessner and Crosby, Guenzel.
Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C. by Jerry C. Bonnett, Scott A. Erickson, Phoenix, for Appellants Townsend and Pima Capital Company.
Fennemore Craig, P.C. by F. Pendleton Gaines, III, Mark H. Brain, Phoenix, for Appellees Chadbourne & Parke.
Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Randolph, Blakley & Haga, P.C. by Robert C. Hackett, John R. Hoopes, Carolyn R. Matthews, Phoenix and Arnold & Porter by Howard N. Cayne, Thomas R. Dwyer, Washington, DC, for Appellees Fail, Lifeshares, NPL, LSC-Marketing, Inc.
Frederick C. Berry, Jr., P.C. by Frederick C. Berry, Phoenix, for Appellees Smith, Casper, Lett, Carneal and Boykin.
Leonard Collins & Kelly, P.C. by Jeffrey S. Leonard, John C. Kelly, Phoenix, for Appellees Jones, Cole, and Shannon.
Copple, Chamberlin & Boehm, P.C. by Robert S. Murphy, Phoenix, and Charles E. Dorr, P.C. by Charles E. Dorr, Duluth, Georgia, for Appellees Sullo and Darling.
Glover & Van Cott, P.A. by Michael R. Glover, Joyce N. Van Cott, Ryan J. Talamante, Phoenix, for Appellees-Receiver.
Guttilla & Murphy, P.C. by Nicholas C. Guttilla, Phoenix, for Appellees.
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.
OPINION
TOCI, Judge.
By statute, tortfeasors who act in concert are jointly and severally liable for the resulting injury or damage. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. ("A.R.S.") § 12-2506(D)(1), (E) (Supp. 1995). A joint tortfeasor who pays more than his or her share of the common liability is entitled to contribution from fellow tortfeasors. A.R.S. section 12-2501 (1994). These consolidated appeals raise the following novel issue: can a party allegedly damaged by...
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