Alabama Legal Overview: Yuma According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Yuma metropolitan area in Arizona covers all of Yuma County. The City of Yuma is the county seat and largest city in the county. The Yuma County Superior Court is the metro area's main trial court with general jurisdiction. There are three justice courts with limited jurisdiction serving Yuma, Wellton and Somerton-San Luis, and a separate juvenile justice center. Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Yuma metro area.
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1. The Yuma County Superior Court handles all civil, criminal, family law, probate and tax cases with original jurisdiction. The city of Yuma also has a separate justice court for misdemeanors, issue of warrants and summonses, and preliminary hearings for felony cases. The Yuma Municipal Court handles traffic and city ordinance violations. The county also has a separate juvenile justice center in Yuma. Somerton and San Luis share a single justice court in San Luis, while Wellton has its own justice court. 2. The Arizona Supreme Court upheld verdicts by the lower courts that Texas-based Gulf Interstate Engineering is not liable for an accident caused by one its employees on his own time while assigned to a project in Yuma. The employee, Ian Gray, has since passed away so the plaintiff Aaron Engler has no one left to sue now. 3. Nurse Angela Gusta got fired from her contract position at Yuma Regional Medical Center after she posted a comment on the Yuma Sun's online website that the deceased victim of a collision between an ambulance and motorcycle was at fault for the accident. Getting fired for a social media posting may be cause for a wrongful termination complaint.
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Trending Yuma Legal Topics: Appeals against all the justice and municipal courts mentioned above can be filed with the Yuma County Superior Court. Appeals against the Yuma County Superior Court will in turn have to be filed with the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix. The Arizona Supreme Court is the court of last resort and may take up a case for another appeal against decisions handed down by the intermediate appellate court panel. Federal cases can be filed with the U.S. District Court of Arizona, which has a division in Yuma. |