PANZINO v. CITY OF PHOENIX

Nos. 1 CA-CV 96-0425, 1 CA-CV 96-0609.

990 P.2d 654 (1999)

195 Ariz. 453

Laura J. PANZINO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF PHOENIX, Defendant-Appellant. Laura J. Panzino, a single woman, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The City of Phoenix, a municipal corporation, and Denise Katherine Karlin and John Doe Karlin, wife and husband, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

Review Granted October 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Clarke, Phoenix, Attorney for Laura J. Panzino.

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli by David C. Lewis and City Attorney's Office by Stephen J. Craig, Phoenix, Attorneys for the City of Phoenix.

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli by Eileen J. Dennis, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellees Karlins.


OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1. Attorney David Appleton so neglected the personal injury claims of his client Laura Panzino that the trial court dismissed them for lack of prosecution. Panzino replaced Appleton, but, because Appleton's neglect was not excusable, her new attorney could not achieve the reinstatement of her claims on the ground of excusable neglect. This appeal concerns Panzino's alternative effort to achieve reinstatement on the...

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