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POUNDERS v. ENSERCH E & C, INC.

No. CV-12-0173-PR.

306 P.3d 9 (2013)

Vicki L. POUNDERS, Individually, and as Surviving Wife of Dudley W. Pounders, Deceased, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ENSERCH E & C, INC. nka EECI, Inc.; Riley Power, Inc. fna Riley Stoker Corporation; BW/IP, Inc., and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

August 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven I. Leshner , Steven I. Leshner, P.C., Phoenix and Charles S. Siegel , Mark A. Linder (argued), Waters & Kraus, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Vicki L. and Dudley W. Pounders.

Edward M. Slaughter , Robert Brooks Gilbreath (argued), Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Dallas, TX, and Larry J. Wulkan , Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Phoenix, for Enserch E & C, Inc., nka EECI, Inc.

Larry J. Crown (argued), Hillary P. Gagnon , Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, L.L.P., Phoenix, for BW/IP, Inc.

David P. Herrick (argued), Herrick & Associates, P.C., Dallas, TX, and Larry J. Crown , Travis A. Pacheco , Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, L.L.P., Phoenix, for Riley Power, Inc., fna Riley Stoker Corporation.

Stanley G. Feldman , Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C., Tucson, and David L. Abney , Knapp & Roberts, P.C., Scottsdale, for Amici Curiae Arizona Association for Justice and Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

J. Michael Low , Low & Cohen, PLLC, Phoenix and Mark A. Behrens , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., et al.

Charles M. Callahan , Christian Dichter & Sluga PC, Phoenix and Andrew J. Petersen , Humphrey & Petersen, P.C., Tucson, for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association of Defense Counsel.

Justice BRUTINEL, opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We consider whether a wrongful death claim based on exposure to asbestos in New Mexico, which resulted in mesothelioma diagnosed thirty years later in Arizona, is subject to the substantive law of New Mexico or Arizona. Because New Mexico has the more significant relationship to this claim, that state's law applies.

I.

¶ 2 Dudley Pounders, a New Mexico resident, worked as a welder for Arizona...

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