2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Courts and Civil Proceedings
§ 12-581 Definitions
12-581. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Bodily injury" means bodily harm, sickness, disease or emotional or mental distress, including death resulting from any of these conditions at any time, sustained by a person.
2. " Claimant" means a person suffering bodily injury, a person claiming on behalf of or as a result of bodily injury to another person, the representative of the estate of a deceased person or a beneficiary of a wrongful death action.
3. " Costs of health care" means medical, custodial, rehabilitative and related expenses.
4. " Economic loss" means pecuniary harm for which damages are recoverable.
5. " Future damages" means economic loss and noneconomic loss arising from bodily injury which accrues after trial of a claim under this article.
6. " Noneconomic loss" means nonpecuniary harm for which damages are recoverable but does not include punitive or exemplary damages.
7. " Past damages" means economic loss and noneconomic loss arising from bodily injury which have accrued before a claim is tried under this article, including punitive or exemplary damages.
8. " Qualified insurer" means an insurer, self-insurer, plan or arrangement approved by the director of the department of insurance.
