Court Opinion

ID: 9788394
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 00:48:58.778104+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:10.137440
License: Public Domain

THOMPSON, Judge,
concurring.
¶ 28 I agree with the majority that appellants are entitled to relief in this case. Because, as the majority notes, Rule 77(g) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure literally does not apply here, I would not attempt to refashion that rule to cover this situation. But because Rule 77(g) does not apply, though its rationale requires consideration in these analogous circumstances, it cannot limit the trial judge’s authority to grant relief under Rule 60(c), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, from the judgment entered after the arbitrator’s decision. Therefore, Park v. Strick, 137 Ariz. 100, 669 P.2d 78 (1983), does not inhibit affording relief based on Rule 60(c), and the rationale of Rule 77(g) and Rule 9(a), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, clearly supports the remedy we order here.