Prescott Personal Injury Lawyer
As a Prescott personal injury lawyer, Sam Saks represents people hurt on Yavapai County roads, in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley and the towns around them, on contingency.
Prescott's population is older than most: 40.6 percent of residents are 65 or older, according to the Census Bureau. When Medicare pays for crash-related treatment, it expects to be repaid from the settlement, and that repayment has to be settled before the case can close.
Crashes in Prescott and Yavapai County
Yavapai County
SR 69
ADOT describes SR 69 as a critical rural freight corridor linking Prescott and Prescott Valley to I-17, with an elevated crash profile around several major intersections between mileposts 285 and 290.
ADOT, SR 69 improvement study (opens in a new tab)Yavapai County in 2024
ADOT counted 3,836 crashes in the county, with 63 people killed, up from 47 the year before. Most of those deaths, 48 of them, happened outside city limits.
ADOT, 2024 Arizona Crash Facts (opens in a new tab)Prescott's own streets
Within Prescott's city limits, ADOT recorded 623 crashes in 2024, with 4 deaths and 244 people injured.
ADOT, 2024 Arizona Crash Facts (opens in a new tab)Trauma care
Yavapai Regional Medical Center's campuses in Prescott and Prescott Valley are Level IV trauma centers. Yavapai County has no Level I center, so the most serious injuries go to Flagstaff or the Phoenix area.
Arizona Department of Health Services trauma center list (opens in a new tab)
Where a Prescott case is filed
Yavapai County Superior Court sits in the county courthouse at 120 S. Cortez St. in Prescott, and the court also has a location in Camp Verde. Arizona lets an injury case be filed in the county where the crash happened or where the defendant lives.
The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Reservation borders the city, and SR 69 and SR 89 cross it. A crash there can raise a question about which court hears the case, and that question is worth settling early.
Meeting with Sam from Prescott
Our office is in Mesa, and Prescott clients meet with Sam by phone or video for most of a case. Under an Arizona Supreme Court order, many civil hearings are held remotely, while trials and settlement conferences are usually in person.
Call 480-440-3331Questions from Prescott clients
Does Medicare get paid back from my settlement?
In most cases it does, when Medicare paid for treatment related to the crash. Federal law treats those payments as conditional, so they are repaid from the recovery. The amount Medicare claims can often be reduced, and confirming the final figure is part of closing the case.
How long do I have after a crash in Yavapai County?
Most Arizona injury lawsuits must be filed within two years of the crash. If a county road, a City of Prescott vehicle or an ADOT highway problem played a part, a written notice of claim is due within 180 days.
I was flown from Prescott to a hospital in Phoenix. Is that flight part of the claim?
It is. An air ambulance flight is a medical bill from the crash, and it is often one of the largest in the case. We include it with the rest of your treatment bills when the claim goes to the insurer.
Injury cases we take there
All locationsSpeak with an injury lawyer before you speak with the insurer.
The case review is free and confidential, and you decide afterward whether to retain us.
Call weekdays from 8:30am to 5pm, or send the form at any hour.