CAL-AM PROPERTIES INC. v. EDAIS ENG'G INC.

No. CV-21-0129-PR.

509 P.3d 386 (2022)

CAL-AM PROPERTIES INC., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. EDAIS ENGINEERING INC., Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed May 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Richman , Bennett Evan Cooper (argued), Vail C. Cloar , Emily G. Jeffries , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Cal-Am Properties, Inc.

Christopher D. Hossack (argued), Clark Hill PLC, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Edais Engineering, Inc.

John R. Jefferies , Justin A. Robles , Fennemore Craig P.C., Phoenix; Michael J. Holden , Barry A. Willits , Holden Willits PLC, Phoenix; D. Kim Lough , Jennings Haug Cunningham, Phoenix; Richard A. Friedlander , Lang & Klain, PC, Scottsdale; Robert F. Roos , Frances J. Haynes , Lewis Roca, Phoenix; Melvin C. Cohen , Bernardo M. Velasco , Mesch Clark Rothschild, Tucson; Richard B. Murphy , Murphy Cordier PLC, Phoenix; James J. Sienicki , Amanda Z. Weaver , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix; and Stephen E. Jackson , Chris R. Baniszewski , Warner Angle Hallam Jackson & Formanek PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae ABA/Arizona Builders Alliance.

Jacqueline Pons-Bunney , Brian P. Roteliuk , Martha L. Bringard , W & D Law LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona and Arizona Chapter of American Institute of Architects.

JUSTICE LOPEZ authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER, and JUSTICES BOLICK, BEENE, MONTGOMERY, and KING joined.


¶1 Today we revisit our holding in Donnelly Construction Company v. Oberg/Hunt/Gilleland, 139 Ariz. 184, 187, 677 P.2d 1292, 1295 (1984), which held that a design professional's duty to use ordinary skill, care, and diligence in...

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