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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc CHERYL WEATHERFORD, as guardian ) ad litem for MICHAEL L., a minor, ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF ARIZONA; CLAUDETTE ) WASHINGTON, individually and in ) her capacity as an employee of ) the State of Arizona; SHIRLEY ) LEWIS, individually and in her ) capacity as an employee of the ) State of Arizona; PARTHENIA ) GIBSON, individually and in her ) capacity as an employee of the ) State of Arizona, ) ) Defendants-Appellees. ) __________________________________) ) MICHAEL L., a minor, by and ) through his guardian CHERYL ) WEATHERFORD, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-02-0369-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-CV 01-0289 1 CA-CV 01-0496 (Consolidated) Maricopa County Superior Court Nos. CV 98-021291 CV 98-021291-2

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Appeal from Superior Court of Maricopa County Nos. CV 98-021291 and CV 98-021291-2 The Honorable Edward O. Burke The Honorable Johnathan H. Schwartz AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED Opinion of Court of Appeals Division One 203 Ariz. 313, 54 P.3d 342 (App. 2002) VACATED IN PART; APPROVED IN PART

Laurence M. Berlin Attorney for Cheryl Weatherford Terry Goddard, Attorney General by Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel Civil Appeals Section Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Parthenia Gibson, Claudette Washington, Shirley Lewis, and the State of Arizona Martin, Hart & Fullerton by James R. Hart, II Attorneys for Parthenia Gibson Wilenchik & Bartness, PC by Dennis I. Wilenchik Attorneys for Claudette Washington and Shirley Lewis

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Phoenix

Mesa

Phoenix

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