Arizona Accident Injury Attorney

Let Us Handle Initial Discussions with Insurance Companies

We will contact the insurance company on your behalf to notify them of your injuries and lost wages. Notifying them establishes your claim and proof of loss so you can focus on recovery without the stress of insurance negotiations. 

If your insurance policy won’t cover the whole cost of your medical bills, car repair, and other expenses, you can sue any other party involved. That includes truck and bus drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, the other driver’s employer, the company responsible for a faulty product, or even pedestrians. 

Some of the common faults that cause accidents include:

• Careless or reckless driving
• Failing to signal
• Drunk driving 
• Distracted driving
• Drowsy driving
• Failure to obey traffic rules
• Unsafe roads
• Speeding
• Vehicle failures, among others

Sometimes, even the state might be partly at fault if roads and other structures contributed to the accident.

1. Report your accident to the appropriate authorities ASAP. Whether this is the police, an employer, a store employee, or a supervisor. Get medical treatment for any injuries you have sustained, don’t “shake it off.” Some injuries, like traumatic brain injuries or internal injuries, can have delayed symptoms. The sooner you can receive medical attention, the better for your health and your case.
2. Collect as much information as possible. You or someone you trust should attempt to get information from any involved parties. Important information can be the names of all parties involved and any eyewitnesses. If you were in a car crash, get the other driver’s insurance information too.
3. Take photographs. Photograph the scene, your injuries, the causing factors of the accident, and anything you think may be relevant. If you were injured on someone’s property due to a dangerous condition, take photos of the dangerous condition.
4. Get copies of all relevant documents. This can include police reports, incident reports, medical documents, and communications with insurance companies.

The more information you have about your case, the stronger your claim will be.  If you were injured due to another’s carelessness, contact one of our experienced Arizona Personal Injury lawyers to learn more about filing a claim.

Arizona law generally allows only so much time to file a personal injury claim. This deadline is critical to your rights because if you don’t get your lawsuit started in court before your filing window closes, you’ll lose your right to have your case heard. Call our offices today to avoid missing your window of opportunity.

Vehicular accidents can sometimes be synonymous with Car Accidents. Our firm can handle all your automobile accidents, including motorcycle, commercial vehicle, Uber, Lyft, and Rideshare.

Injuries from these accidents caused by someone else’s negligence or wrongful conduct can be life-altering. You were healthy and vibrant one minute, and you were dealing with painful injuries, doctors’ appointments, and lost wages the next. Then, there is the emotional toll caused by your personal injury. You might feel angry at the person that caused the injury and depressed and anxious about your physical and financial issues.

The legal definition of wrongful death is the death of a person due to the reckless, negligent, or even deliberate act of a person or entity. Such a case has four considerations:

• The death of a human being
• The death was caused by a person, group of people, organization, or other entity through negligent, reckless, or intentional actions or omissions
• The surviving family of the deceased must demonstrate financial suffering caused by the unexpected death of the deceased
• The family must appoint a personal representative of the estate of the deceased

In other words, a wrongful death is when what would have been a personal injury leads to a person’s death instead. A personal injury is an injury caused by another person’s negligence. Some examples include car accidents, slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice, intentional killings, aviation accidents, deaths due to defective products, dog bites, and many others. If they, or other types of personal injuries, lead to someone’s death, then a wrongful death suit can be filed. A wrongful death suit can also be filed if the victim’s death resulted from intentional misconduct. In such cases, the perpetrator may also face criminal charges related to the death, but a wrongful death suit is separate and different.

Since a wrongful death case is so closely related to a personal injury case, those close to the deceased must meet the same burden of proof as they would have, had the deceased person lived. That means they must prove that the negligence of someone else was the cause of the incident that led to the person’s death. That means the following conditions must be met:

• The perpetrator owed the victim a duty of care – This means that the person who caused the death should have acted responsibly toward the deceased. For example, a doctor has a duty of care to try and find the proper diagnosis and treatment options for their patients. A driver has a duty of care to other drivers and pedestrians, which means they should follow the road rules and drive responsibly.
• The perpetrator breached their duty of care – In the examples given above, a breach would mean that the doctor failed to provide the correct diagnosis to their patient or that a driver ignored a stop sign and collided with another car.
• The breach of duty resulted in the death of someone else – In the examples given so far, the doctor’s malpractice left their patient’s condition untreated, eventually leading to their death. In the case of the driver, their collision after ignoring the stop sign caused fatal injuries to the driver of the car they ran into.
• The exception to these conditions is when a person intentionally kills another, in which case a wrongful death suit can be brought against them in addition to the criminal charges. As stated earlier, criminal charges are all about bringing punitive action to the guilty party, while the wrongful death suit is about getting financial compensation for the survivors of the deceased.