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SANDERS v. ALGER

No. CV-16-0181-PR.

394 P.3d 1083 (2017)

Jeanette M. SANDERS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Francis ALGER, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed June 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Butler (argued), Tretschok, McNamara & Miller, P.C., Tucson, Attorneys for Jeanette M. Sanders

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic Draye , Solicitor General, Daniel P. Schaack (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Robert R. McCright , Assistant Attorney General, Attorneys for Francis Alger

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, JUSTICES BRUTINEL, TIMMER, BOLICK, and GOULD, and JUDGE VEDERMAN joined.

¶ 1 We hold that a patient owes a duty of reasonable care to a caregiver allegedly injured by the patient's actions, thereby making the patient potentially liable for negligence. We further hold that the negligence claim, which involves an in-home caregiver hired by the Arizona Department of Economic...

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