If you were hurt in a wrongful death in Yuma, Sher Law Group is ready to help. We represent injured Yuma residents across Arizona, and you pay nothing unless we win.
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A serious wrongful death in Yuma 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 Yuma 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 Yuma, 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 Yuma 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.
Winter-visitor traffic and cross-border commerce swell Yuma’s roads, especially along I-8 and US 95.
High-traffic corridors where we frequently see wrongful deaths in Yuma include I-8, US 95, 4th Avenue, and 16th Street. Serious wrongful death injury claims arising in Yuma are generally litigated in the Yuma County Superior Court.
Yuma is in Yuma County, so cases are filed in Yuma County Superior Court and a claim against the City of Yuma or Yuma County requires a notice of claim within 180 days under A.R.S. § 12-821.01. Interstate 8 and US 95 carry heavy commercial truck traffic between California and the Phoenix and Tucson markets, and agricultural equipment on rural roads adds slow-moving-vehicle collisions uncommon elsewhere. Yuma’s winter visitor population swells the city between November and March, adding unfamiliar drivers and a higher share of older pedestrians. Proximity to the border and to California also raises out-of-state insurance and jurisdiction questions more often than in other Arizona cities.
If your wrongful death happened outside Yuma, we take wrongful death claims in Fortuna Foothills and wrongful death claims in Phoenix as well.