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Arizona law allows some legal claims to continue even after a loved one in your immediate family dies because of the wrongful act of someone else. The two ways this can happen are through a wrongful death lawsuit or a claim under the Arizona Survival Statute. These are distinct legal causes of action, and...

All civil lawsuits in Arizona, including wrongful death claims, have specific elements you must prove to win your case. In this post, we discuss what goes into carrying a plaintiff's burden of persuasion in a wrongful death suit. If you would like to speak with an attorney about a wrongful death case, please call...

Under Arizona law, the statute of limitations for a wrongful death lawsuit is set by ARS 12-542(2). This statute gives the deceased person's linear family members (like a surviving spouse, surviving child, surviving parent, or legal guardian), or the personal representative of the decedent's estate two years from the cause of action accrues to...

In this post, we cover the elements needed to prove a wrongful death claim in Arizona. Outside of legally qualifying to bring a wrongful death claim, there are four elements you will need to prove: The person at fault owed the decedent a duty of care The person at fault breached that duty of...

In some personal injury cases, the victim does not survive. When this happens, Arizona law provides a remedy to some of the decedent's surviving family members through a wrongful death lawsuit. The Stone Rose Law Firm represents plaintiffs in Arizona wrongful death actions. In this post, we cover who gets the money in a...