Arizona’s Survival Statute Precludes Recovery For Emotional Distress Damages

(June 1, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge on May 25 partially granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment after determining that Arizona’s survival statute precludes the personal representative of an insured’s estate from recovering damages for the insured’s alleged emotional distress damages caused by injuries sustained in an automobile accident (Edward B. Kile, et al. v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co., No. 15-380, D. Ariz., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81239)....