Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice

I represent clients who have been injured in car accidents due to the negligence of another driver, and who have sustained serious bodily injury, and want to make a claim for personal injury damages, which include pain and suffering, functional disability, loss of earnings, decrease or loss of earning capacity, and past and probable necessary medical expenses in the future. I also represent clients in claims involving their uninsured or underinsured automobile insurance policies, when the other driver causing the accident lacks insurance, or does not have sufficient insurance to cover the amount of personal injury damages sustained. Claims for damages for negligence in Arizona are generally barred by a two-year statute of limitations which starts to run from the date of the accident.

Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice

I also represent statutory beneficiaries in wrongful death cases which include the surviving spouse, parents, and children. Arizona's wrongful death statute creates a new cause of action on behalf of these statutory beneficiaries, who may assert claims for monetary damages which include, loss of love, companionship, care, protection and guidance, since the time of death and in the future; pain and grief experienced and reasonably probable to be experienced in the future; income and services lost since the time of death, and that are reasonably probable to be lost in the future; reasonable expenses for medical care for the injury that resulted in the death; and reasonable expenses for funeral and burial. Where liability exists, wrongful death claims almost always result in substantial monetary settlements or judgments. Wrongful death cases often include automobile accidents, or medical malpractice, but also include other kinds of cases where tort law provides a similar legal claim for damages.

I also represent clients in medical malpractice cases where a doctor's and/or hospital's medical treatment falls below the generally accepted standard of care in the medical community. Because medical malpractice cases are quite difficult, time- consuming, and expensive to pursue because of required expert medical testimony to prove both negligence, and causation of injuries, involving treating medical doctors, and medical experts on both sides of the case, these cases are not routinely undertaken by attorneys, unless the injuries and damages are substantial, and malpractice appears to be clear. Careful review of claims is undertaken, including a review of medical records, before I will usually agree to file a malpractice claim on behalf of a client. Claims for damages for medical malpractice are generally barred by a two-year statute of limitations which starts to run from the date that the malpractice was committed, if known at that time, or from the date that the malpractice should reasonably have been discovered by the plaintiff.