PRIDE OF SAN JUAN, INC. v. PRATT

No. 1 CA-CV 07-0820.

212 P.3d 29 (2009)

PRIDE OF SAN JUAN, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Loren PRATT d/b/a Loren Pratt Farms, Defendant/Appellant.

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

January 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark & Associates By A. James Clark, Yuma, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Jennings Strouss & Salmon, PLC By Michael J. O'Connor and John J. Egbert, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.


OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 The issue in this appeal is whether the application of pesticides from an airplane — "crop dusting" — is still an inherently dangerous activity in light of technological advances after this issue was first addressed by our supreme court in 1933. We hold, under the facts of this case, that crop dusting is still an inherently dangerous activity.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Loren Pratt...

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