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Category: Premises Liability

  • Sky Harbor Airport Accident Claim: Escalators, Trams, and Curbside Injuries

    A Sky Harbor airport accident claim differs from an ordinary premises case in one way that surprises almost everyone: the defendant is the City of Phoenix. Sky Harbor isn’t run by a private company or an airline consortium. The City of Phoenix Aviation Department owns and operates it, along with the Sky Train, the terminals,…

  • Cactus League Stadium Injury Claim Phoenix: Spring Training Premises Liability

    A Cactus League stadium injury claim Phoenix and Scottsdale fans think about usually starts with a foul ball. Every February and March, fifteen major league teams play across ten ballparks scattered through the Valley, and the crowds are enormous. Most injuries at these games never become claims, and an old baseball doctrine is a big…

  • Hot Air Balloon Accident Phoenix: A Unique Aviation Liability Case

    A hot air balloon accident Phoenix flight can end with is rare, and that’s part of what makes the legal side so unfamiliar. The Valley runs one of the largest balloon tourism markets in the country. On calm winter mornings, dozens of commercial flights lift off from the desert north and west of the city.…

  • Arizona State Fairgrounds Injury Claims: Carnival Rides and Vendor Liability

    A State Fairgrounds injury claim Phoenix visitors bring starts in an unexpected place. The fairgrounds itself is run by a five-member board appointed by the Governor, not by the City of Phoenix. The Arizona Exposition and State Fair Board operates the 19th Avenue and McDowell Road fairgrounds under A.R.S. § 3-1001, making it a state…

  • Chase Field and Footprint Center Spectator Injury Claims: The “Baseball Rule” Explained

    A Chase Field spectator injury claim from a foul ball runs into a statute most other stadium injuries never touch. Arizona actually codified the so-called Baseball Rule into law. A.R.S. § 12-554 says a stadium owner isn’t liable for injuries from baseballs, bats, or other equipment used during a baseball game. The exception: the owner…

  • Phoenix Sky Harbor Rental Car Center and Shuttle Accident Claims

    A Sky Harbor shuttle accident Phoenix claim looks straightforward until you ask who actually operated the vehicle. The automated PHX Sky Train that now serves the Rental Car Center replaced an entirely different transportation system in 2022. Before then, rental car companies ran their own shuttle buses between the terminals and the Rental Car Center.…

  • Papago Park and Desert Botanical Garden Visitor Injury Claims in Phoenix

    A Papago Park injury claim Phoenix visitors bring can turn on which side of a property line the accident happened. That’s because two very different liability standards sit right next to each other inside the same 1,500-acre park. Papago Park itself is free, city-and-state-owned open space. Meanwhile, the Desert Botanical Garden — a nonprofit attraction…

  • Sidewalk Trip and Fall Claims on Phoenix City Property: The Notice of Claim Trap

    A sidewalk trip and fall Phoenix claim looks like a government case at first glance, since the concrete sits in the public right-of-way. It usually isn’t. Phoenix City Code § 31-54 puts the duty to keep a sidewalk in repair on the owner of the abutting property, not the city. Section 31-55 makes that owner…

  • Pothole and Road Defect Injury Claims Against the City of Phoenix

    A pothole injury claim Phoenix drivers file against the city runs into a statute most people have never heard of until it’s too late. A.R.S. § 12-820.03 shields the city from liability for a road’s original design, as long as it met accepted engineering standards when built. That sounds like a broad shield. It usually…

  • Valley Metro Light Rail Accident Claims in Phoenix: Suing a Public Transit Agency

    Valley Metro isn’t a city department — it’s a separate public transportation authority created by an intergovernmental agreement among Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, and several other Valley cities. That structure changes how a light rail accident Phoenix claim has to be filed. Because Valley Metro counts as a public entity under Arizona law, a rider,…