The AZ Injury Law team at Schmidt, Sethi & Akmajian has won countless cases for our clients in our firm's 40+ years. We are capable of handling any kind of personal injury or accident claim, no matter how serious, complex, or complicated it may be.
Together, our team has recovered more than $150 million in damages and shares more than 120 years of combined legal experience. We have won some of the most prominent cases in Arizona history and have recovered record-setting sums for our clients. An impressive 98% of our cases end in a fair settlement, though we also have a strong record for successful trial verdicts as well.
We represented Tim Wall in a case against a Casa Grande motocross track. Both of Tim's legs were badly broken when he crashed his bike into a front-end loader the track owner had parked underneath one of the track's designed jumps. The owner was planning on doing some track maintenance but had no... Read On
We successfully negotiated a $300,000 settlement for our client as a result of her health insurer's refusal to pay for bone marrow transplant treatment of her breast cancer. She underwent the treatment anyway, paying for it with life savings and donations from family and friends. The treatment wa... Read On
March 2013
Matt Schmidt and Ted Schmidt represented a young tire repairman who had his boat stolen. State Farm refused to pay the man for the loss of his boat, claiming he was committing insurance fraud. Ted and Matt took State Farm to trial at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona an... Read On
We successfully defended Brian Jeffries, The Voice of the Wildcats against several attempts by Clear Channel to prevent him from broadcasting U of A football games and his radio talk show concerning Arizona Wildcat sports from radio station 1210, The Source, after Arizona moved its broadcasting c... Read On
Our client, a teenage boy, was paralyzed after a bicycle crash on a BMX track. We argued that the track was negligently designed in that the obstacles on the track were placed too close together. Our settlement enabled our client to not only obtain the necessary therapies and treatment he require... Read On
Matt Schmidt obtained a total of $625,000 in a settlement and a jury verdict in Yavapai County after a faulty cabinet that was negligently installed fell off the wall and on top of a woman, fracturing her back and causing permanent injury. Read On
Our 21-year-old client was left a quadriplegic after a rollover accident on I-10 between Tucson and Phoenix. We reached a confidential settlement against Honda arguing that the roof and roof support system were too weak to properly protect occupants in a rollover accident. Read On
We successfully negotiated a significant settlement for a young boy whose father was killed as a result of a sealing compound exploding while he was performing tile work. Read On
We represented two surviving spouses, from two couples, who had lost their respective partners in a Suburban rollover on the way from Tucson to San Carlos, Mexico. The accident occurred about 45 minutes south of the U.S./Mexico border. During our investigation, we uncovered key documents and were... Read On
Our client, a school teacher, was wearing her seatbelt and sitting in the second row of a Ford 15-passenger van when the van's left rear tire suffered a tread separation. The van rolled over and our client lost her left arm in the crash. Our investigation proved that Goodyear knew that its tire h... Read On
We represented the widow and young daughters of a Tucson handyman killed when the Liquid Nails glue he was using was ignited by a spark from a Stanley air-powered nail gun. Our investigation uncovered that Liquid Nails designed a new label that did not comply with the law and failed to contain th... Read On
October 2013
Matt Schmidt obtained a confidential settlement for his client, 90 year-old Miriam Seymour, who was brutally mauled by two pit bulls while she was getting her mail. Evidence revealed the homeowners' association where the dogs were living had knowledge of the dogs' dangerous behavior prior to the ... Read On
Our client, a beloved grandfather, was doing yard work when he was attacked by a retired police dog who had escaped from his handler's yard. Our client was gravely injured in the attack. He suffered a variety of puncture wounds and lacerations the most severe was above the elbow amputation of his... Read On
A 45-year-old man with documented mental health trouble was arrested on a misdemeanor charge in downtown Tucson. When he was taken to the Pima County Jail for intake and booking, two of the prison guards beat him to death. The two guards were indicted on charges stemming from his death. We settle... Read On
We represented a 16-year-old boy who was living at the Adobe Mountain juvenile facility outside of Phoenix. This young boy was repeatedly sexually molested by a female prison guard. As part of our investigation and work on the case, the United States Department of Justice investigated the Arizona... Read On
We represented the families of four girls who were killed or seriously injured while driving to run an errand, did not see a stop sign and were hit by an eighteen-wheeler. We were successful in obtaining a settlement against Chino Valley for failing to properly maintain the roadway and trim tree ... Read On
Our client's husband of over 50 years died from complications while recovering from a broken hip he sustained in an accidental fall. After his death, our client made a claim on her husband's life insurance policy, which provided accidental death benefits. The insurance company unreasonably denied... Read On
Matt Schmidt was able to obtain a confidential settlement in Yavapai County against an eye care facility that over prescribed steroids for treatment of dry eye. As a result, the patient was diagnosed with irreversible steroid induced glaucoma, causing substantial eye damage. Read On
We obtained a confidential settlement for the wife and family of a gentleman who was fooled by doctors for possible lung cancer over a period of about three years. Multiple CT scans and chest x-rays were taken which showed that the patient's cancer was growing, and the reports of all of these stu... Read On
A confidential settlement was obtained for a client who had a mammogram that showed a small cancerous growth that was missed by the radiologist when he interpreted the study. The cancer went undetected for a year, and the client ended up having to undergo a mastectomy. A simple lumpectomy would h... Read On
