In any civil action, the finder of fact may find the defendant not liable if the defendant proves that the claimant or, if the claimant is an heir or the estate of a deceased person, the decedent was under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or a drug and as a result of that influence the claimant or decedent was at least fifty per cent responsible for the accident or event that caused the claimant's or decedent's harm.
A.R.S. § 12-711
Affirmative defense; limitation
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Romero v. Southwest Ambulance (2005)
Most recently applied in Romero v. Southwest Ambulance (August 2005)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.