Arizona Appeals Panel Upholds Verdict Finding Franchisor Not Liable For Death

(July 10, 2018, 12:35 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A franchisor cannot be vicariously liable for the death of a woman who was killed as a result of an automobile accident caused by a woman who was drunk when she left a franchisee’s bar because the jury found that the franchisee was not liable, an Arizona appeals court panel ruled July 5 (Dallas Fisk v. Hurricane AMT LLC, et al., No. 1 CA-CV 17-0256, Ariz. App., 1st Div., 2018 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 970)....