MCDANIEL v. PAYSON HEALTHCARE MGMT., INC.

No. CV-20-0333-PR.

512 P.3d 998 (2022)

Ronnie Anthony MCDANIEL, Conservator of the Estate of Dallas R. Haught; and Roy G. Haught and Marie Haught, Natural Parents of Dallas R. Haught, Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. PAYSON HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC., an Arizona Corporation, dba Payson Regional Bone & Joint; 4C Medical Group, P.L.C., an Arizona Corporation; and Amar Parkash Sharma, M.D., Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed July 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Lloyd (argued), A. Evan Lloyd , Lloyd Law Group of Arizona, P.L.L.C., Payson; Thomas P. McGovern , McGovern Law Offices, Phoenix; and Stanley G. Feldman , Timothy P. Stackhouse , Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.C., Tucson, Attorneys for Ronnie Anthony McDaniel, Estate of Dallas R. Haught, Roy G. Haught, and Marie Haught.

Kari B. Zangerle , Mary G. Isban (argued), Campbell, Yost, Clare & Norell, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Payson Healthcare Management, Inc., dba Payson Regional Bone & Joint.

J. Arthur Eaves (argued), Brianna M. Jagelski , Sanders & Parks, P.C., Phoenix; and Eileen Dennis GilBride , Jones, Skelton & Hochuli P.L.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for 4C Medical Group, P.L.C. and Amar Parkash Sharma, M.D.

Barry D. Halpern , Ian R. Joyce , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Medical Association and American Medical Association.

David L. Abney , Ahwatukee Legal Office, P.C., Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association for Justice/Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

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


¶1 To prove negligence in a medical malpractice case, expert testimony is generally required to establish the separate issues of the applicable standard of care and that the failure to meet it caused harm. See A.R.S. § 12-563; Sampson v. Surgery Ctr. of Peoria, LLC, 251 Ariz. 308...

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