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Yes. People injured by texting drivers in Nevada can file a negligence per se lawsuit against them. Victims in these Nevada personal injury cases can seek money damages for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. In addition, the texting motorist can face criminal charges for texting while driving (NRS 484B.165). What is a …
In general, Nevada landlords and property management companies are not liable for injuries that occur inside a rental 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 of …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …