About half of injury cases settle without suit being filed. When suit is filed, more than 98% of the cases settle without going to trial. Claims of less than $50,000 at issue are resolved by arbitration. In Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county, fewer...

When a trial judge gets something wrong, or when governing law should be challenged or new law interpreted, the only remedy is to appeal to a higher court. The firm has the reputation and experience in doing that when necessary, as the following cases illustrate:...

Arizona allows attorneys who have proven experience in a particular area of law to achieve the status of specialist. A licensed attorney in Arizona must meet the following minimum standards for specialization in injury and wrongful death litigation: Admission to the...

Poised somewhere between sinful vanity and self-destructive submissiveness is a golden mean of self-esteem appropriate to the human condition. – Stanford Lyman[1] Some successful trial lawyers dominate a courtroom. Their intellect shines, their command of the...

A.R.S. § 12-2506(A) establishes several liability in Arizona. The statute holds that each defendant is liable only for the amount of damages allocated to the defendant in direct proportion to the defendant’s percentage of fault. Section 12-2506 also provides...

Arizona statutes require a common liability for the same injury as a predicate for the allocation of fault among parties and non-parties under A.R.S. § 12-2501. In the case of multiple acts, is there a single, indivisible injury that gives rise to common liability?...