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Phone: (602) 905-7766
Call us at (855) 855-8910
Call us at (855) 855-8910
People call us about malpractice and almost always start with the same thing. Some version of, "I'm not sure this is actually a case." Totally fair. Not every bad result at a hospital means someone screwed up.
But there's a line. And when a doctor crosses it - ignoring a test they should have ordered, taking shortcuts during surgery, prescribing a medication without checking your allergy list - and you end up worse because of it? That's malpractice under Arizona law.
Tucson is a teaching hospital town. Banner-University Medical Center cycles through residents, fellows, interns, attendings. Every single one of them owes you the same standard of care. Being new to the job is not a defense.
Quick note about consent forms: they do not shield a doctor from a negligence claim. A consent form covers known risks. It does not cover recklessness.
Malpractice comes in a lot of shapes. The obvious ones grab headlines. But the cases that fill our intake calls are quieter. A follow-up test never scheduled. An infection that festers for days.
Hospitals carry liability too. Understaffed ICU? Hospital problem. Credentialing gaps? Hospital problem. Infection control on paper but not in practice? You get the idea.
The margin for error is razor-thin. Wrong drug, wrong dose, one missed allergy note, and you're looking at brain damage or worse.
ER chaos doesn't lower the standard of care. Missing a heart attack, sending a stroke patient home with Tylenol, discharging someone whose appendix is about to rupture. Those are actionable mistakes.
After surgery, your doctor still has a job to do. Watching for infection. Checking for internal bleeding. When they drop the ball on post-op care, the damage compounds fast.
If your doctor didn't explain the risks before you agreed to a procedure, that's a standalone claim. You had the right to know what could go wrong.
Defective hip implants. Faulty cardiac monitors. Surgical tools that malfunction mid-procedure. Someone built it, someone approved it, someone used it. One of those parties is liable.
Anesthesia errors and delayed resuscitations can leave a patient with anoxic brain damage — permanent cognitive impairment caused by the brain going too long without oxygen during a routine procedure.
Nobody wants to sue their doctor. But medical injuries generate bills that don't stop coming. You miss work. Maybe permanently. That financial and emotional pressure builds.
Arizona has no caps on malpractice damages. The Arizona Constitution, Article 2, Section 31, flat-out prohibits the legislature from capping what a jury can award. Very few states offer that protection.
Arizona recorded 164 malpractice payouts in 2024. Total: roughly $76 million. Source is the National Practitioner Data Bank [1]. Each one represents a patient harmed by a provider's mistake.
A free case review costs nothing and takes about half an hour. Worst case? You learn your situation doesn't qualify. Best case? You find out you've been leaving money on the table.
We sometimes see malpractice claims emerge after Sun Tran bus injuries — the initial crash is a transit case, but a missed fracture or misread scan at the follow-up hospital visit becomes a separate malpractice claim on top of it.
A.R.S. Section 12-563 says you prove four things [2].
Number one: there was a doctor-patient relationship.
Number two: that provider did not meet the standard of care. An expert witness establishes what a competent provider would have done.
Number three: the substandard care caused your injury. This is the hard one. Defense attorneys will throw everything at this.
Number four: you suffered actual harm. Bills. Lost paychecks. Pain that changed your daily routine.
Your case goes through Pima County Superior Court [3].
First call. You talk. We listen. No legal buzzwords. No pressure to commit.
Next step: we request every medical record. Hospital charts, surgeon notes, imaging, labs. The case lives and dies in those documents.
Expert affidavit. A.R.S. Section 12-2603 requires a qualified medical professional to formally state the provider violated the standard of care. We handle this entirely.
Case building. Our experts reconstruct the timeline and connect the mistake to your injuries.
Settlement or trial. Most cases resolve through negotiation. If they dig in, we go to trial in Pima County.
You pay zero out of pocket. Our fee is a percentage of what we recover. No recovery, no fee.
Malpractice cases sit inside our broader personal injury work, but the expert requirements and preliminary affidavit rules make them meaningfully harder to bring than a standard negligence case.
Arizona law says you recover the real cost of what happened. Not a capped number. The actual damage.
Every hospital bill. Every prescription. Every rehab session. Lost wages. Future earning potential. Long-term care costs, home modifications, specialized equipment.
Tucson has strong rehab infrastructure along Campbell Avenue near the University of Arizona medical campus. Your access to those resources factors into future care projections.
Physical pain that doesn't let up. Anxiety about medical appointments. The family vacation you had to cancel. The strain on your marriage. Arizona does not cap these damages.
For deaths caused by medical errors, the surviving family has a separate claim with its own damages model — funeral costs, loss of support, loss of companionship — that stacks on top of the underlying malpractice theory.
A.R.S. Section 12-542 gives you two years from the date of injury. After that, the courthouse door is closed.
One wrinkle: the discovery rule. If the injury wasn't immediately obvious, the two-year clock starts when you discovered the harm or when a reasonable person would have.
Before your case moves forward, your lawyer must submit an expert affidavit under A.R.S. Section 12-2603. No affidavit means automatic dismissal.
Do not sit on this. Building a malpractice case takes months. Call early. Give your attorney room to do this right.
Medical malpractice in Tucson comes down to this: a healthcare provider failed to meet the accepted standard of care, and that failure injured the patient. A.R.S. Section 12-563 requires the patient to show the provider acted below the skill level a reasonable provider in the same specialty would use.
Our attorneys have handled personal injury cases across Arizona and California. We know how Tucson insurance companies operate, and we know how to push back.
That number reflects real results for real families — medical bills paid, lost wages recovered, and futures protected.
You pay nothing upfront. Our fee comes out of your settlement or verdict. If we do not win your case, you owe us nothing.
Accidents do not follow business hours. Neither do we. Call (602) 905-7766 any time — nights, weekends, and holidays.
We serve Tucson clients from our Phoenix office at 2700 N Central Ave, Suite 320. We know Arizona roads, courts, and insurance adjusters — and we travel to meet you when it matters.
“After a crash, you need a team that answers the phone, explains your options, and fights for every dollar you are owed. That is what we do at The Simon Law Group.”
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You need proof that a Tucson healthcare provider fell below the standard of care and that failure caused your injury. A free case review can clarify this quickly.
Two years from the date of injury under A.R.S. Section 12-542. Arizona's discovery rule may extend this if the harm was not immediately obvious.
No. The Arizona Constitution prohibits caps on personal injury damages. Your full losses can be recovered.
Yes, if the misdiagnosis fell below the accepted standard of care and caused additional harm or delayed your treatment.
Yes. A.R.S. Section 12-2603 requires a preliminary expert affidavit from a qualified medical professional before your case can proceed.
Consent forms cover known risks of a procedure, not negligence or preventable errors by the medical provider.
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