HUTCHERSON v. CITY OF PHOENIX

No. CV-96-0615-PR.

961 P.2d 449 (1998)

192 Ariz. 51

Luella HUTCHERSON and Alma L. Usher, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. v. CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli by Georgia A. Staton and Eileen J. Dennis, Phoenix, for Appellant/Cross Appellee.

Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre by Richard T. Treon and Arthur G. Newman, Jr., Phoenix, for Appellees/Cross Appellants.

Hirsh, Davis & Piccarreta by JoJene E. Mills, Tucson, for Amicus Curiae, Arizona Trial.

The Langerman Law Offices by Amy G. Langerman, Phoenix, for Amicus Curiae, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

ZLAKET, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 On a Saturday morning at 11:26, City of Phoenix emergency operator Belinda Banda received a 911 call from Chiquita Burt, who said, "[S]omeone just keeps harassing me . . . he's threatening to do something to my boyfriend's car." The "someone," she explained, was Craig Gardner, who was unhappy that she had earlier broken off their relationship.

¶ 2 Burt told the operator that Gardner had tried to assault...

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