BUTLER LAW FIRM, PLC v. HIGGINS

No. CV-17-0119-PR.

410 P.3d 1223 (2018)

The BUTLER LAW FIRM, PLC; Everett S. Butler; Matthew D. Williams, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Robert J. HIGGINS, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Navajo, Respondent Judge, Winslow Memorial Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Little Colorado Medical Center, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Vitagliano (argued), Robert B. Zelms , Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for The Butler Law Firm, PLC, Everett S. Butler, Matthew D. Williams.

Randall Yavitz , Isabel M. Humphrey , Hunter, Humphrey & Yavitz, PLC, Phoenix; and James E. Ledbetter (argued), Jared R. Owens , The Ledbetter Law Firm, P.L.C., Cottonwood, Attorneys for Winslow Memorial Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Little Colorado Medical Center.

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


¶ 1 Winslow Memorial Hospital ("Hospital") filed this legal-malpractice action in the Superior Court of Navajo County against Butler Law Firm, PLC ("BLF"), a professional limited liability company ("PLLC") organized in Maricopa County, and against attorneys Everett S. Butler and Matthew D. Williams, both...

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