If you’ve been hurt in a car crash, the at-fault driver’s insurance may be responsible to pay for your medical bills and for your pain and suffering. Your insurance may also be responsible. Contact us for a free consultation.
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Car Crashes
Pedestrian and Bicycle
Crashes involving automobiles and bicycles or pedestrians are common and often serious. In Nevada, there are some specific laws only applicable to these situations. Our competent legal team will help you pursue a claim.
Semi Truck and Motorcycle
Crashes involving semi trucks or motorcycles often involve serious injury or death. Many different parties may be at fault. Issues of liability are often complicated and hotly disputed. You need a skilled lawyer in your corner who can navigate the process.
Nevada Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths, 2022
Too many people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. This graph shows the percentage of deaths from crashes in Nevada in 2022 by vehicle type.
In the United States alone:
- Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year.
- An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled.
- Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year.
- Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20.
- Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person.
- Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad.
http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics; https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state#deaths-by-road-user
Slip and Fall
Most owners and occupiers of property have a legal duty to keep their premises reasonably safe for visitors. If you’ve been hurt because an individual or business failed to keep the premises safe for you, meet with us for free to find out if you have a case.
Defective Product
Producers, sellers, manufacturers, and designers of products may be liable for injuries caused by their products. These lawsuits are important because they encourage businesses to keep YOU and our community safe.
Brain Injury
When they occur, brain and head injuries are always a cause for concern. Sometimes, the injuries are so severe the victims and their families will never be the same again. You don’t have to pursue a claim alone. Call or message us to schedule a free consultation.
Product Injuries
Most product recalls take place because the product has caused injuries or poses a substantial risk of causing injury or death. The Consumer Products Injury Commission collects data on product injuries.
- In 2014, approximately 251,800 children suffered injuries involving toys.
- There were an estimated 2,290 deaths and 11,420 injuries due to residential fires caused by products.
- In 1999, nearly 100,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for trampoline-related injuries.
- From 2001 to 2008, there were 2,691 incidents associated with playground equipment reported, including 40 deaths.
- There were about 158,460 medically-treated injuries related to general household appliances between 2002 and 2004.
- 349 fatalities were reported between 2009 and 2011 that were related to tip-over injuries caused by unstable televisions, furniture, and appliances.
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Research–Statistics/
Unpaid Wages and Overtime
The law recognizes employers occupy a position of power over their employees. We know how to help protect employees who have been wronged. If your employer has wrongfully discriminated against you or refuses to pay wages or overtime, you need a skilled lawyer on your side.
Wrongful Death
The most tragic cases involve victims who have died because someone failed to exercise due care. If you are the personal representative, spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of someone who has died, you may be able to pursue a lawsuit against the wrongdoer.
Life Insurance
If your claim as a life insurance beneficiary has been denied, or if the insurance company is complicating the process, you need an attorney to help you recover the benefits you are owed.
Violations of Employment and Labor Laws
In 2008, researchers conducted a comprehensive survey and found workplace violations were severe and widespread in some labor markets.
The survey revealed:
- Twenty-six percent of workers in the sample were paid less than the legally-required wage.
- Over a quarter of workers in the sample who worked more than 40 hours in a week were not paid the legally-required overtime rate.
- Violation rates vary by industry and occupation. Violation rates are higher for childcare workers, apparel and textile manufacturing workers, and personal and repair services workers.
- Women are more likely than men to experience violations, and foreign-born workers were more likely than U.S.-born workers to experience violations.
http://www.nelp.org/content/uploads/2015/03/BrokenLawsReport2009.pdf
A person shall not willfully refuse or neglect to pay the wages due and payable when demanded . . . nor falsely deny the amount or validity thereof.
NRS 608.190
Elder Abuse/Nursing Home
These heartbreaking cases involve individuals, nursing homes, or skilled healthcare facilities that neglect or abuse elderly or vulnerable people. Nevada law provides strict penalties and double liability against people or businesses who abuse or neglect the elderly or vulnerable.
Dog Bite
Pet owners have a duty to take reasonable measures to prevent their dogs and other pets from hurting people. In Nevada, sometimes the law holds pet owners strictly liable for dog bites and other injuries caused by animals.
That's not all.
If you have a legal question, give us a call. We handle many types of cases.
Elder Abuse Statistics
- Almost 1 out of every 10 elderly people will experience some sort of abuse.
- More than 2 million cases of elder abuse are reported each year.
- The elderly are unlikely to report the fact that they have been abused; therefore, most statistics probably grossly understate the extent of elder abuse and neglect.
- Between 1999 and 2001, almost one-third of all nursing home facilities were cited for violations of federal standards that could cause harm or that did harm elderly residents of those facilities.
- More than 40% of nursing home residents have reported abuse, and more than 90% report that they or another resident of the facility have been neglected.
www.nursinghomeabuseguide.org/nursing-home-abuse-statistics/