1800 OCOTILLO, LLC v. WLB GROUP, INC.

No. CV-08-0057-PR.

196 P.3d 222 (2008)

1800 OCOTILLO, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. The WLB GROUP, INC., an Arizona corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

November 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. By Dow Glenn Ostlund, Tracy S. Morehouse, Kevin P. Nelson, Phoenix, Attorneys for 1800 Ocotillo, LLC.

Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C. By Jerry C. Bonnett, Meredith L. Vivona, Phoenix, Attorneys for the WLB Group, Inc.

Folk & Associates, P.C. By P. Douglas Folk, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona, ASFE, AIA Arizona, and Arizona Professional Land Surveyors.


OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 This case involves a contract providing that a surveyor's liability to its client for negligently performing work may not exceed the surveyor's fees. We hold that the liability-limitation clause is neither contrary to public policy nor subject to Arizona's constitutional requirement that the defense of assumption of risk always be submitted to a jury.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 The WLB Group,...

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