MedPay is a coverage option provided by your auto insurance. MedPay coverage includes medical expenses that occur as a result of a car accident, regardless of who was at fault and regardless of who was driving the vehicle. MedPay typically covers you, your family, and...
In Arizona, the law requires every vehicle owner to purchase a minimum level of liability and property damage auto insurance. The minimum requirements are $15,000 per person ($30,000 per occurrence) in liability coverage for bodily injuries and $10,000 in property...
The majority of all auto accidents with injuries involve only what are called "soft tissue injuries." Stated simply, soft tissue injuries involve damage only to muscles, tendons or ligaments and they are injuries that do not show up on x-rays or most other medical...
When consumers think of their auto insurance policy, they usually think of the policy's third-party bodily injury liability limits or property damage coverage. This coverage under an auto policy is what protects you if you cause an accident and another person is...
A Statute of Limitations is usually a codified or statutory prescription that sets forth the maximum time after an event that a civil action based on that event may be initiated. In Arizona, the Statute of Limitations varies depending on the type of civil actions. A...
To the average person, auto insurance forms and policies might as well be written in a foreign language. The complex and technical legal terms can leave you baffled and confused. In addition to the policy language, it can also be difficult to determine the amount and...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently signed into law House Bill 2137. The bill imposes a criminal penalty on owners of "aggressive dogs" who fail to take "reasonable care" to prevent their dogs from escaping their residence or from biting or attacking other domestic...
Each day, about 1,000 U.S. citizens require emergency care treatment for dog bite injury. In Arizona, victims of dog bites have two ways to seek recovery from at-fault dog owners for their injuries: (1) Bring a claim against the dog's owner under Arizona's strict...
In a previous article ("I Was Injured ... Do I Have a Case?"), we discussed negligence and the four different elements necessary to prove negligence. A variation of negligence as a theory of liability is a similar theory called "negligence per se." WHAT IS "NEGLIGENCE...
In our Mesa Arizona personal injury practice, the most common question we get from potential clients is some form of "I was injured, do I have a case?" In typical lawyer fashion, the general response is, "It depends." In most personal injury cases where a person has...
