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IN RE ESTATE OF WYATT

No. CV-13-0272-PR.

329 P.3d 1040 (2014)

329 P.3d 1040

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Helen WYATT, Deceased. Robert Wyatt, for Himself and On Behalf of All Statutory Beneficiaries and As Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen Wyatt, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, dba 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.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

June 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Broening (argued), Katherine M. Corcoran , and Michelle L. Donovan , Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, P.C., Phoenix, for John C. Lincoln Health Network dba John C. Lincoln Hospital Deer Valley.

John E. Drazkowski , and Michael Warzynski , Jardine, Baker, Hickman & Houston, P.L.L.C., Phoenix, for Phoenix Baptist Hospital.

Scott E. Boehm (argued), Law Office of Scott E. Boehm, P.C., Phoenix; and Melanie L. Bossie , Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Phoenix, for Robert Wyatt.

Robert W. Boatman , Shannon L. Clark (argued), and Lincoln Combs , Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., Phoenix, for Patricia Kuhfuss.

James W. Kaucher (argued), Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C., Tucson, for Amicus Curiae University of Arizona Health Network, Inc.

John J. Egbert , Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, for Amicus Curiae Dignity Health, fka Catholic Healthcare West.

Sarah E. Kader. , Arizona Center for Disability Law, Phoenix; and David L. Abney , Craig A. Knapp , and Dana R. Roberts , Knapp & Roberts, P.C., Scottsdale, for Amicus Curiae Arizona Center for Disability Law.

David L. Abney , Craig A. Knapp , and Dana R. Roberts , Knapp & Roberts, P.C., Scottsdale, for Amici Curiae Autism Society of Greater Phoenix and Phoenix Area Autistic/Asperger's Adult Support Group.

Chief Justice BERCH authored the opinion of the Court, in which Vice Chief Justice BALES, Justice PELANDER, Justice BRUTINEL, and Justice TIMMER joined.

Chief Justice BERCH, opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 This case addresses whether § 46-455 of Arizona's Adult Protective Services Act subjects acute care hospitals to potential liability. We conclude that it does.

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2 The estates of Helen Wyatt and Karl H. Kuhfuss Jr. filed separate wrongful death actions against two acute care hospitals, Phoenix Baptist Hospital and John C. Lincoln Hospital, alleging violations of the Adult...

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