Nevada Negligence Blog

Can a tenant in Nevada sue the landlord or management company if he is injured in the unit?

Posted on July 4, 2020 | Category: Negligence

In general, Nevada landlords and property management companies are not liable for injuries that occur inside a rental until unless their faulty workmanship or repairs caused the injury. Landlord’s duty to maintain habitable conditions Nevada landlords have the duty to keep dwellings in a habitable condition. Just some of these habitability requirements include: weather protection …

What’s the NRS section on negligence?

Posted on September 23, 2019 | Category: Negligence

There is no NRS section that defines “negligence” in Nevada civil cases (though NRS 193.018 does define it in criminal cases). Instead, Nevada’s definition of negligence comes from the “common law” as spelled out in various Nevada Supreme Court judicial opinions. (One example is Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entm’t, LLC, 124 Nev. 213, 180 P.3d …

How to Prove “Proximate Causation” in Nevada Injury Cases

Posted on September 10, 2018 | Category: Negligence

Nevada negligence laws, the victim (“plaintiff”) has to prove four “elements” in order to win at trial: The responsible party (“defendant”) had a duty of care towards the plaintiff; The defendant breached this duty of care; The breach of duty actually caused and proximately caused the plaintiff’s accident; and The accident resulted in damages to …

Good news for Route 91 Harvest Festival victims: Nevada Supreme Court denies reconsideration of landmark Humphries decision

Posted on April 27, 2018 | Category: Negligence

Today, the Nevada Supreme Court may have made it easier for victims of the October 1st Las Vegas Massacre to recover damages from the MGM Resorts. The Court denied New York, New York’s petition to rehear the landmark case Humphries v. New York, New York. This case seems to lower the bar for proving that …

The foreseeability of the Las Vegas shooting, and suing MGM for negligence

Posted on November 20, 2017 | Category: Negligence

The Vegas Massacre on October 1, 2017, where a shooter from his Mandalay Bay hotel room killed 58 and injured hundreds at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, was a shocking event. But the personal injury attorneys at Las Vegas Defense Group contend the Vegas Massacre was also a foreseeable event. And according to the new …

Suing Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for the Vegas Massacre

Posted on October 10, 2017 | Category: Negligence

No one disputes that the individual police officers who responded to the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting on October 1st were extraordinarily brave and saved lives. But as more information about the timeline of the Vegas Massacre comes out, several troubling issues have emerged that call into question the police department’s preparedness and efficacy. Specifically, …

Suing Live Nation for the Vegas Massacre

Posted on October 6, 2017 | Category: Negligence

Live Nation Entertainment organized and promoted this year’s Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, which turned into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Victims and their families are sure to sue the shooter’s estate and may try to sue MGM Resorts, which owns the premises. But can Live Nation be liable …

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