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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc LUIS BALLESTEROS and ALMA BALLESTEROS, husband and wife; GUADALUPE PORTILLO; GERARDO PORTILLO; RICARDO PORTILLO; MANUEL PORTILLO; RUBEN PORTILLO; GUADALUPE PORTILLO JR.; and PATRICIA YERENA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) AMERICAN STANDARD INSURANCE ) COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, a foreign ) corporation doing business in ) the state of Arizona as AMERICAN ) FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY; ) AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE ) COMPANY, a foreign corporation ) doing business in the state of ) Arizona; SHIRLEE KOPIN; and ) SHAWN D. MORRIS, ) ) Defendants/Appellants. ) _________________________________ ) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-10-0026-PR Court of Appeals Division Two No. 2 CA-CV 09-0123 Pima County Superior Court No. C20050987

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Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County The Honorable John E. Davis, III, Judge The Honorable Stephen C. Villarreal, Judge REVERSED AND REMANDED ________________________________________________________________ Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division Two 223 Ariz. 269, 222 P.3d 292 (2009) VACATED ________________________________________________________________ LAW OFFICE OF ELLIOT GLICKSMAN, P.L.L.C. By Elliot A. Glicksman And Tucson

GABROY, ROLLMAN, & BOSSE, P.C. By John Gabroy Richard A. Brown Attorneys for Luis Ballesteros, Alma Ballesteros, Guadalupe Portillo, Gerardo Portillo, Ricardo Portillo, Manuel Portillo, Ruben Portillo, Guadalupe Portillo Jr., and Patricia Yerena LEWIS AND ROCA, L.L.P. By Steven J. Hulsman Brenden J. Griffin Lawrence A. Kasten Attorneys for American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin, American Family Insurance Company, American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Shirlee Kopin, and Shawn D. Morris MODRALL, SPERLING, ROEHL, HARRIS, & SISK, P.A. By Brian K. Nichols Attorney for Amicus Curiae Progressive Casualty Insurance Company EHMANN DECIANCIO, P.L.L.C. By Joel DeCiancio Christopher Robbins Attorneys for Amici Curiae National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and Property Casualty Insurers THE HASSETT LAW FIRM, P.L.C. By Myles P. Hassett Lucas N. Frank Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Arizona TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL By Lynette J. Evans, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Christina Urias, Director, State of Arizona Department of Insurance LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. ABNEY By David L. Abney Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and Arizona Association for Justice

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BROENING, OBERG, WOODS, & WILSON, P.C. Phoenix By James R. Broening Robert T. Sullivan Brian W. Purcell Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Farmers Insurance Company of Arizona ________________________________________________________________ B E R C H, Chief Justice

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