If you were hurt in a wrongful death in Somerton, Sher Law Group is ready to help. We represent injured Somerton residents across Arizona, and you pay nothing unless we win.
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A serious wrongful death in Somerton 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 Somerton 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 Somerton, 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 Somerton 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.
US 95 carries heavy agricultural and cross-border traffic through Somerton.
High-traffic corridors where we frequently see wrongful deaths in Somerton include US 95 and Main Street. Serious wrongful death injury claims arising in Somerton are generally litigated in the Yuma County Superior Court.
Somerton is in Yuma County, so cases are filed in Yuma County Superior Court and a claim against the City of Somerton requires a notice of claim within 180 days under A.R.S. § 12-821.01. The city sits in the middle of one of Arizona’s most intensive agricultural districts, and the roads reflect it: slow-moving tractors and harvest equipment, worker transport vans, and irrigation crossings mix with ordinary traffic on US 95 and Main Street. Winter is the busy season, with produce trucking at its peak and the regional population swollen by seasonal workers and visitors. Distance to trauma care in Yuma affects both injury outcomes and how quickly a claim can be documented.
We represent clients across the surrounding communities too, including wrongful death claims in Wellton and wrongful death claims in Phoenix.