McCLEAF v. STATE

No. 1 CA-CV 94-0028.

945 P.2d 1298 (1997)

190 Ariz. 167

Frances McCLEAF, individually and as next of friend for Brandy McCleaf, a minor; Frances McCleaf, surviving parent of Ryan Patrick McCleaf, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Arizona; Benny McCabe and Jane Doe McCabe, husband and wife; Jerry Wallace and Jane Doe Wallace, husband and wife; Pedro Berumen and Jane Doe Berumen, husband and wife; and Josie Sanchez and John Doe Sanchez, husband and wife, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Amended February 13, 1997.

Review Denied November 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Syme, Jr., Goodyear, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Grant Woods, Attorney General by John E. Birkemeier and Thomas J. Dennis, Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, for Defendants-Appellees.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

A Yuma County probationer and felon, Josie Sanchez (Sanchez), got drunk and drove a car through a stop sign, causing a fatal collision. Frances McCleaf (plaintiff), mother of one child killed by Sanchez and of another injured, who was also physically injured herself, sued the state, alleging that its employees had been grossly negligent in their supervision of Sanchez. At the close of evidence, the court granted the state...

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