Arizona Business Litigation Legal Questions

I'm sorry to hear about this disturbing and tragic incident. However, since animals are treated as chattel or property, you can only recover economic damages and not emotional distress damages for your mental anguish. This may come as a shock but that's what the law in almost every state allows. Accordingly, it is going to be very difficult for you to find counsel who is wiling to take on this case. Still though, contact multiple attorneys in your state to get their opinions. I wish you the best of luck! ... Read More

In the normal course, the individual owners of an llc are not personally liable for the llc's obligations.  That is the main reason why people form llc's or corporations to operate their businesses.  As long as you run the llc properly (e.g. don't commingle the llc's funds or other assets with your own, make sure to use the llc in all business dealings, etc.), you would not be personally liable.  That doesn't mean, however, that you are not personally liable for your own torts or other wrongdoing.  For example, if, in the course of your work for the llc, you drive a car owned by the llc and hit a pedestrian, both you and the llc could be liable.... Read More

You have some choices, but being provided with a new car and/or getting your trade-in back are not among them, because the defect is likely not going to be considered a "material" defect in the car. Option one: this may be covered by the Arizona lemon law. See http://www.bbb.org/us/arizona-lemon-law. Option two: you can have the car repaired to your liking by a third party and then sue in small claims for the cost of the repair.... Read More

An attorney should be engaged to review the contract and discuss alternatives. Obviously, with only a few thousand dollars in controversy, it will be difficult to use the judicial system to resolve this kind of matter on a cost-effective basis. You should make every effort to resolve the problem directly with the seller.... Read More

The answer is "it depends." Normally, a repairman is not a guarantor of the condition of a repaired item; he merely impliedly promises to do his work in a workmanlike manner. It is possible that he did his work correctly but that your cars are so old or in such poor condition that his repairs did not hold.... Read More