PHOENIX (AP) — A state appellate court has overturned rulings by a trial court and dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a cross-median crash that killed two women on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona in 2008.
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that family members of the victims didn't file a valid notice-of-claim against the state before filing a negligence suit over the deaths of Pamela Humphrey and Ann Quinn.
The ruling overturns a Maricopa County Superior Court jury's 2008 verdict and award of $47 million in damages, including nearly $40 million against the state.
The women's vehicle went across the median and collided with a tractor-trailer rig.
The lawsuit contended that the state was negligent because the highway lacked barrier cables.
