After losing someone to another person's negligence, Arizona law allows certain family members to bring a wrongful death claim. Saguaro Injury Law handles these cases from offices across the Phoenix metro with no cost unless we recover, consultations any hour in English and Spanish, and the patience these cases deserve. When your family is ready to talk, we're here: (602) 217-0000.
What a wrongful death claim is
A wrongful death claim is Arizona law's way of recognizing that when a death is caused by someone's negligence, the loss belongs to the family. It is a civil claim, separate from anything prosecutors may or may not do, and it exists so that the people left behind are not also left carrying the financial weight of someone else's failure of care. No case brings a person back. What a claim can do is account honestly for what was taken.
Who can bring a claim in Arizona
Arizona law names who may bring a wrongful death claim: the surviving spouse, children, or parents of the person who died, or the personal representative of the estate on behalf of those family members. Each family's situation is different, and part of the first conversation is simply understanding who the law recognizes in yours.
What Arizona law can recognize
The losses a wrongful death claim can account for go beyond the countable ones. Arizona law can recognize the loss of companionship, guidance, and support — alongside medical expenses from the final injury, funeral and burial costs, and the income and care the person would have provided. This page deliberately offers no averages or figures, because no number describing someone else's loss says anything about yours.
The timeline, gently
No family wants to think about deadlines while grieving. Arizona generally allows two years for a wrongful death claim, and some situations — such as claims involving a government entity — carry shorter notice requirements. Evidence is also easier to preserve early. None of that means a family has to decide anything today; a consultation simply protects the options while you take the time you need.
How these cases are handled here
Wrongful death cases at Saguaro Injury Law move at the family's pace. The phone is answered any hour by a real person, in English or Spanish; the consultation is free; and there is no cost unless we recover. Conversations can happen by phone, and nothing requires a visit to an office unless you want one. From offices across the Phoenix metro, the same team handles the claim wherever it's most comfortable for your family.
The first conversation
There is no pressure in it and nothing to prepare. It's a conversation about what happened, what Arizona law provides, and what the path would look like if your family chooses to take it. A free consultation is available any hour, in English or Spanish: (602) 217-0000.
Questions families ask
At Saguaro Injury Law, nothing upfront and nothing out of pocket. These cases are handled on a contingency basis: the consultation is free, and the fee comes only from a recovery, only if there is one. The full terms are put in writing before anything begins.
Talk to Saguaro Injury Law
Free consultation. No fee unless we recover for you.