Arizona Supreme Court: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 4 asbestos decisions from the Arizona Supreme Court (1982–2018). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Arizona
• Kind of court: State supreme court

Decisions

• Quiroz v. Alcoa Inc. (2018). The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for Reynolds Metal, Alcoa and Reywest, holding they owed no duty to Quiroz for take-home asbestos exposure; it vacated the court of appeals opinion in part because it disagreed with some of its reasoning.
• City of Phoenix v. Glenayre Electronics, Inc. (2017). The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of the City of Phoenix's contract-based indemnity claims against the eight Contractors as barred by the statute of repose, but reversed dismissal of its claims against the Developers and remanded.
• Pounders v. Enserch E & C, Inc. (2013). The Arizona Supreme Court held that New Mexico substantive law, including its statute of repose, governed Mrs. Pounders' wrongful death claim, affirmed summary judgment for Enserch, BW/IP and Riley Power, and vacated parts of the court of appeals' opinion.
• Nelson v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona (1982). The Arizona Supreme Court vacated the court of appeals decision, set aside the Industrial Commission award that dismissed the widow's claim as untimely, and remanded, so the widow won over the employers and carriers.