Nevada law defines a motor carrier as a vehicle that weighs more than 13 tons when full, or that can carry at least 16 passengers, including the driver. In other words, it is what you and I would call a truck or a bus. This explains, first, why trucking accidents can be so catastrophic, and,…
Not all injuries are visible. Cuts and bruises look terrible when they first happen, but they usually heal quickly, leaving no long-lasting pain. In fact, they often look worse than they feel. Injuries that can cause long-lasting pain, such as whiplash from car accidents, often do not leave any visible signs at all. Even worse,…
You have probably heard your parents say that this generation takes photos and videos of everything. Since the phone in your pocket can record high quality videos, it is possible to record a video of yourself eating brunch at a restaurant and decide whether you enjoyed your brunch based only on the number of likes…
In any personal injury lawsuit involving an accident, a big part of the attorney’s job is to determine exactly what caused the accident and whether the defendant could have prevented the accident from occurring if he or she had used greater caution. In some cases, it is easier to recreate the details of the accident…
Approximately seven people were injured in a car accident near Lake Mead, according to a KTNV July 2017 report. The accident happened in the later part of July in 2017 on a Saturday. About seven people were involved in a two-vehicle car accident on Lakeshore Road within the Lake Mead National Recreational Area. After the…
Evidence spoliation is when a party in a lawsuit intentionally tampers with, fabricates, withholds, or destroys evidence that is relevant to the lawsuit. You have probably seen TV shows about criminal cases in which evidence spoliation is a plot point. The movies Perfect Stranger starring Halle Berry and The Talented Mr. Ripley starring Matt Damon…
A rural Nevada woman was injured in an SUV-train accident in January of 2017, according to the Ames Tribune. She was hospitalized after the SUV she was driving was struck by a Union Pacific train. The train then pushed her SUV about 300 feet down the tracks. The crash happened at about 8 p.m. at…
Rural Nevada roads have the sixth highest fatality rate in the nation, according to a June 2017 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A study prepared by a nonprofit traffic research group called TRIP found that the state average is 2.77 fatalities for each 100 million miles traveled on non-interstate, rural roads. In Nevada, about…
In theory, filing insurance claims should be simple. If your car gets damaged in an accident, your insurance company or the insurer of the at fault driver, pays for repairs to your car. It might even pay for a rental car for you to drive while your car is being repaired. Who pays if someone…