If you were hurt in a wrongful death in Prescott, Sher Law Group is ready to help. We represent injured Prescott residents across Arizona, and you pay nothing unless we win.
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A serious wrongful death in Prescott can leave you facing medical bills, lost income, and an insurance company working to pay you as little as possible. You don’t have to face any of it alone.
Sher Law Group represents Prescott residents injured through no fault of their own. From your first call, you work directly with your attorney, never a rotating case manager, and we handle the insurance company so you can focus on healing. We’re available around the clock, and there’s no fee unless we win your case.
If you or a loved one was hurt in a wrongful death in Prescott, contact Sher Law Group for a free, no-obligation case review. You owe nothing unless we win.
Arizona’s wrongful death statute (A.R.S. §§ 12-611 to 12-613) lets a surviving spouse, children, or parents, in that priority, bring a single claim for a Prescott family’s loss. A separate survival action (A.R.S. § 14-3110) recovers the deceased’s own pre-death losses. The deadline is generally two years from the date of death (A.R.S. § 12-542). Most Arizona injury claims must be filed within two years of the incident (A.R.S. § 12-542), and a claim involving a city, county or the state requires a formal notice of claim within 180 days (A.R.S. § 12-821.01). Because Arizona applies pure comparative negligence, an insurer assigning you part of the blame reduces what you recover rather than ending the claim, which is why adjusters raise it early. Consultations are free and there is no fee unless we win.
Arizona wrongful death statute: who can file →
Arizona sets a priority: surviving spouse first, then children, then parents; if none, the estate’s personal representative files (A.R.S. § 12-612).
Generally two years from the date of death (A.R.S. § 12-542); a government-entity claim requires a Notice of Claim within 180 days.
SR 69’s approach into Prescott and the historic downtown around the courthouse square are common crash points.
High-traffic corridors where we frequently see wrongful deaths in Prescott include SR 69, SR 89, Gurley Street, and Montezuma Street. Serious wrongful death injury claims arising in Prescott are generally litigated in the Yavapai County Superior Court.
Prescott is in Yavapai County, so cases are filed in Yavapai County Superior Court and a claim against the City of Prescott or Yavapai County requires a notice of claim within 180 days under A.R.S. § 12-821.01. At roughly 5,300 feet, Prescott sees winter snow and ice that rarely factor into Valley cases, and the mountain grades and curves on State Route 89 and State Route 69 produce rollover and run-off-road collisions rather than the intersection crashes common in metro Phoenix. The historic downtown around Courthouse Plaza and Whiskey Row concentrates pedestrian and late-night impaired-driving risk on narrow streets with limited sight lines.
We represent clients across the surrounding communities too, including wrongful death claims in Sedona and wrongful death claims in Phoenix.