IN RE ESTATE OF WYATT

Nos. 1 CA-CV 12-0422, 1 CA-CV 12-0203.

307 P.3d 73 (2013)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Helen WYATT, Deceased. Robert Wyatt, Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen Wyatt, on behalf of the Estate of Helen Wyatt, and Robert Wyatt, individually and on behalf of Helen Wyatt's statutory beneficiaries under A.R.S. § 12-612(A), Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, doing business as Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Defendant/Appellee. Patricia Kuhfuss for herself and on behalf of all statutory beneficiaries and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Karl H Kuhfuss, Jr., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. John C. Lincoln Health Network dba John C. Lincoln Hospital Deer Valley, an Arizona corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

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

July 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkes & McHugh, PA By Melanie L. Bossie and Law Office of Scott E. Boehm, PC, By Scott E. Boehm , Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant Wyatt.

Jardine Baker Hickman & Houston, PLLC By John E. Drazkowski , Michael Warzynski , Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. dba, Phoenix Baptist Hospital.

Gallagher & Kennedy, PA By Robert W. Boatman , Shannon L. Clark , C. Lincoln Combs , Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant Kuhfuss.

Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson, PC By James R. Broening , Katherine M. Corcoran , Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee John C. Lincoln Heath Network dba John C. Lincoln Hospital Deer Valley.

Arizona Association for Justice By David L. Abney , H. Micheal Wright , Lincoln M. Wright , Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

OROZCO, Judge.

¶ 1 Robert Wyatt and the Estate of Helen Wyatt, and Patricia Kuhfuss and the Estate of Karl H. Kuhfuss, Jr. (collectively, Appellants) filed separate lawsuits against two different acute care hospitals, alleging, among other claims, a violation of the Adult Protective Services Act (APSA). In each case, the trial court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the hospital, holding that APSA is not applicable to acute care hospitals...

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