The stabbing of a British tourist brought about a number of arrests and the possible closure of a local business, Red Devil Fitness & Spa. The business was marketed as a sex spa but it is alleged that the business actually made its money instead by duping customers to pay for the promise of sex, which never came. Businesses such as these, called “clip joints, usually enlist local cab drivers to bring them customers. The British tourist, Joseph Sheriff, 25, was stabbed multiple times, in the chest and head and nearly killed. If you have been robbed or injured by a Las Vegas taxicab, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation.
Mr. Sheriff alleges that he discussed the possibility of paying for sex from both Hope Tello and Christine Nyholm. Mr. Sheriff alleges he was repeatedly asked for and paid money to both women and when he realized no sex would be forthcoming, grew enraged and threw a water bottle. A security guard then attacked Mr. Sheriff with a knife. Six people were arrested: 21-year old Brooke Dugan, 19-year old Lyeishia Godfrey, 23-year old Hope Telo, Christine Nyholm (age unkown),34-year old Nicole Cramer and 40-year old James Watkins. A sixth individual, the bouncer who stabbed Mr. Sheriff is still at large. It is also unknown which taxi driver or taxi Company drove Mr. Sheriff to Red Devil Fitness & Spa. If you have been party to a Las Vegas taxicab scam or were injured in a Las Vegas taxicab accident and would like to recover lost work, medical bills and pain and suffering, contact Benson and Bingham today.
The Las Vegas personal injury attorneys at Benson and Bingham specialize in representing those injured through negligence or malfeasance. Our law firm, in business since 2003, secured over $24 million for our personal injury clients in 2010 and 2011.
A recent study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranked Las Vegas 5th in the country for slip and fall accident claims that the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) believes are erroneous. The Insurance Bureau also claims the large amount of slip and fall claims are so out of line mainly because Las Vegas ranks as the 30th largest city in the United States. Unfortunately, the NICB does not take into account the fact that Las Vegas is a tourist destination that draws people from around the United States and the world. There data is disproved by the simple fact that McCarran International Airport is the 22nd busiest airport in the world for passengers traveled at over 39 million and 9th on the planet for aircraft arrivals and departures. If you have experienced a casino slip and fall, in Las Vegas, Atlantic City or in any casino owned by a casino company headquartered in Las Vegas, the personal injury attorneys at Benson and Bingham have the experience to help you secure reimbursement for lost wages, medical bills and pain and suffering. See the following link if you have been injured in a Casino or Hotel outside of Nevada, but the company is headquartered in Nevada.
Most retail businesses and casinos do carry insurance in the case of a slip and fall accident on their premises. The attorneys at the family owned law firm, Benson and Bingham, know all the tricks played by insurance companies to force the settlement of Casino slip and fall cases. While many insurance companies decry the costs that are passed onto all consumers in fraud cases, they do not take into account the long term health consequences to a devastating casino slip and fall injury. If you have been injured in a casino slip and fall incident, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation.
We at Benson and Bingham have been in business providing representation to people injured in Casino slip and fall, auto accident and wrongful death cases since 2003. Our firm, founded by cousins Ben. Bingham, Esq. and Joseph Benson II, Esq., provides our clients a happiness guarantee – upon the completion of your case, if you are unhappy with our services or invoice we will work with you to find a fee structure you find equitable.
There are a number of different treatments should you be injured in a Las Vegas automobile accident. Obviously, if you are in a serious crash, you should make sure you seek immediate attention for severe and acute injuries. Other physicians like Ophthalmologists or Orthopedists and can treat you for concussions and broken bones from a Las Vegas automobile accident. However, often people in a Clark County traffic accident need to seek the care of a chiropractor. If you have been injured in a Las Vegas auto accident, contact Benson and Bigham for a free legal consultation. Our Las Vegas personal injury attorneys have the experience to get you the most support from insurance companies and those at fault in a North Las Vegas automobile accident.
Many chiropractors state that their discipline can provide significant help to those suffering after a Las Vegas car accident. Chiropractors can help heal the trauma to muscles, spine and body after a Clark County car accident. Chiropractors help with pain management and the healing of injuries. These doctors can realign the victim’s skeletal system and prevent and reduce headaches, migraines, neck pain and back pain. A chiropractor treats a car accident patient in three phases. First underlying injuries are diagnosed. Next the chiropractor restores the alignment of the patient’s musculature. Finally, as with nearly all medical treatments a Las Vegas auto accident victim should look to adjust to a more healthy lifestyle. If you have been injured in a Las Vegas auto accident, and wish to get reimbursed for medical bills like chiropractors, contact Benson and Bingham today.
The attorneys at Benson and Bingham are Las Vegas legal experts that focus on personal injury cases in Southern Nevada. Our firm, which secured over $24,000,000 for clients in 2010 and 2011, has experience representing those injured in casino slip and fall cases, Las Vegas automobile accidents and wrongful death cases.
A week has passed from apparent the tragic suicide of San Diego Charger and New England Patriot Hall of Fame Linebacker, Junior Seau. The family of the retired football great is considering sending his brain for research at the Center for Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University, pending approval from native Samoan religious and cultural leaders. At present, no evidence exists that shows Seau suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a disease common to boxers, MMA fighters and NHL and NFL players. A look at footage from Seau’s 20-year NFL career shows significant injuries and blows to the head in every game and nearly every play. If you or a relative has suffered traumatic brain injury, and you would like to recover money lost to lost work, medical bills and pain and suffering, contact the Las Vegas brain injury attorneys at Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation.
More and more studies show that those who receive even small but repeated blows to the head are susceptible to brain damage. While football players, hockey players, boxers and MMA fighters use headgear and mouth guards when they compete, these protective devices do not protect the brain from striking the skull. Mammalian brains contain cerebrospinal fluid, which cushions the brain against normal strikes, but a football collision, a hockey check, a right-hook to the forehead or a Muay Thai kick to the side of the head jar the brain beyond the fluid’s protection. Traumatic brain injuries such as concussions have these key symptoms – dizziness, headaches, nausea, lack of balance, poor motor coordination, ear ringing and visual spots. Repeated concussions can cause the brain to atrophy and lead to additional symptoms of depression, lack of cognitive function and more. The attorney’s at Benson and Bingham have represented many clients in debilitating brain injury cases since their founding in 2003. Our attorneys have the trial expertise and medical contact to help you pursue your Las Vegas brain injury case.
Retailers, hotels, restaurants and other businesses which invite the general public into their establishment all must take care to prevent one of the most common and potentially dangerous accidents that can cause some, especially the elderly, significant injury. The common accident we are discussing is a slip and fall injury. A slip and fall injury can be one where a person falls from an elevated height of 10 feet for example or when someone trips over a curb. The United States Center for Disease control reports that over 17,000 people are killed in slip and fall deaths in the United States every year. Leading Las Vegas personal injury law firm Benson and Bingham has represented individuals from across the Nevada and the United States in slip and fall cases from Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
Slip and fall injury accidents can be caused by a number of factors. Curbstones, parking chocks, door sills and cables can be common causes of Las Vegas or Atlantic City parking lot injuries. Wet and ice weather can also cause slippery and wet floors, and as people lose traction, then can slip and fall. The NSC, National Safety Council, reports that there are approximately 110,000 slip and fall injuries annually in the United States. Slip and fall accidents can result in a number of different injuries, including death, broken bones, sprains, spinal cord, join injuries and even head injuries. Costs from a slip and fall death are approximately $940,000, which doesn’t include the victim’s family’s pain and suffering. On average, a non-fatal slip and fall injury can cost an individual approximately $28,000. If you have suffered a casino slip and fall injury in Las Vegas, Reno or even Atlantic City, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation. Our team of personal injury attorneys can help you recover reimbursement for lost work, pain and suffering and medical costs.
Las Vegas’ deadly 2012 continues as two more people were killed this week in Las Vegas wrongful death automobile accidents.
Thursday afternoon a woman, aged 64, was driving her Dodge Intrepid along Gass Ave. when she was hit by a Ford Econoline crossing 4th street. The driver of the Dodge Intrepid was pronounced dead at University Medical Center but a 75-year-old passenger in the dodge only suffered moderate injuries and was not hospitalized. Jordan Jones, 20, who was driving the Ford van suffered minor injuries in the crash. If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a Las Vegas wrongful death or personal injury traffic accident, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.
The second accident on Thursday happened around 6:50 p.m. when a Nissan Sentra hit a utility pole just after the vehicle had started swerving. The accident occurred on S. Cabana Dr. near Desert Inn Rd. The driver, 40, was pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are investigating the accident and believe the driver may have had a serious health issue. If you have a loved one who was killed in a Las Vegas wrongful death automobile accident, and would like to recover costs from pain and suffering, medical bills and lost work, contact Benson and Bingham today.
Benson and Bingham is one of Las Vegas’ best personal injury law firms, and has been in business since 2003 providing Southern Nevadans physically and financially injured with the best possible representation they deserve. Founded by cousins Joseph L Benson II Esq. and Ben J. Bingham Esq., our family run firm secured over $24,000,000 in 2010 and 2011 for our clients. While no attorney can promise the successful outcome of your case, we do offer our clients our happiness guarantee. If you feel we have not earned our fees, we will work with you to arrive at a total invoice you agree with.
A couple of product recalls announced this week could potentially harm Las Vegans and other Southern Nevadans. If you have purchased either of these products, go to the manufacturers or retailers website to learn how to return the product for replacement, refund or repair.
Target Corporation, which has twelve locations located in the Las Vegas are, in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety board recalled a number of sippy cups in the shapes of bunnies. Approximately 264,000 units of the Bunny Sippy Cups were sold. The right ear of the bunny on the cup extends to a distance where a young child taking a drink could poke their eye out. The recalled sippy cups which are either a pink bunny or a light blue bunny have the product codes on the bottom of “Target 200020683” and “Target 200020884.” The cups were shipped between February 2012 and April 2012 and retailed for a price of $3. Consumers are urged to return the cups to Target for a full refund. If your child has been injured by a defective product sold in Las Vegas, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.
Embark Manufacturing Company announced the recall of the 42” Riding lawnmowers. The Beatrice, Nebraska company sold approximately 2,200 of the mowers between March 2009 and April 2010. The lawnmowers sold from $4200 to $4400. Built in the USA, the seat mounts can fail and cause the seat to interfere with driving controls of the mowers, causing a crash hazard. The mowers were sold at Exmark dealers across the country. There are three Exmark lawn product retailers in the Las Vegas area including Green Valley Turf, Rec World and Universal Turf. If you were injured by a defective lawn mower in Las Vegas, contact Benson and Bingham today. We can assist you in recovering money you spent on medical bills, money lost to lost work and general pain and suffering.
Is there long-term damage when a boxer or MMA fighter gets hit in the head? Researchers are pointing to new evidence which may illustrate exactly what damage is caused. Whether football lineman, hockey offense man boxer or MMA fighter, during a game or a match, the player’s head is subjected to repeated blows. Many athletes from these sports often fall victim to degenerative brain disease, sometimes called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Recent autopsies and brain scans performed by the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory of Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital, have shown that the brains of many deceased 40 and 50-year old linemen, hockey players and boxers look similar to the brains of octogenarians suffering from dementia. If you are suffering from brain damage in Las Vegas due to participation in violent contact sports, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.
The current Las Vegas brain damage study has begun taking repeated brain scans using magnetic resonance imaging or MRIs to chronicle the continuing damage meted out when someone is subjected to repeated blows to the head. Boxers with fewer fights and with less experience in the fighting game had higher brain volumes and had fewer symptoms of cognitive decline or memory loss. In fighters who had fought for longer than nine years, those who fought the most each year suffered the sharper decline. The study also found that the brain damage often times was not evident until up to 6 years later. If you are experiencing brain loss due to Las Vegas boxing and would like to try to recover costs for pain and suffering, lost work and medical costs, contact Benson and Bingham today.
Benson and Bingham was founded in 2003 with the expressed purpose of becoming one of Las Vegas’ leading personal injury firms. The $24,000,000 we secured in 2010 and 2011 show how hard we work on our clients behalf. However, if you are ever unhappy with our fees, our happiness guarantee means we will work with you to find a fee you find appropriate.
A weekend in Las Vegas is seen by many as a dream vacation, one people save up for years to experience. A Sin City vacation, however, can often times have a downside. When alcohol, late nights and the adrenaline of the gaming tables take effect, a Las Vegas vacation can turn downright deadly. In July 2011, 38-year old Benjamin Hawkins was enjoying playing blackjack with a friend and his wife when he took a break to head to the restroom. The Florida man alleges that when he was in that restroom he was accosted by John Massie who hurled racial epithets at the then teacher from Gainesville. Then tragedy occurred and John Massie from Utah laid dead on the floor of O’Sheas Casino. If a relative of yours was killed and you suspect it could be a LAs Vegas wrongful death case, contact Benson and Bingham today.
The casino’s surveillance video tapes show exactly what happened. Massie walked out of the bathroom first, his hands in his front pockets, and paused. Hawkins then left the bathroom and walked over to his wife and friend at the blackjack table. Massie then approached Hawkins from behind in three steps. Somehow alerted to Massie’s approach, Hawkins turned and punched Massie. Massie hit the ground from the punch and never got up. Jack Buchanan, Benjamin Hawkins attorney, says that no assault or battery took place since his client was defending himself from Massie. If a family member was killed in a wrongful death case, and you wish to recover pain and suffering, lost work and medical bills, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.
Benson and Bingham was founded by cousins in 2003 to provide Las Vegas residents with the best possible Clark County personal injury and Las Vegas wrongful death representation in the state of Nevada. Our success speaks for itself – we secured over $24,000,000 for our clients in 2010 and 2011.
A girl hit in a North Las Vegas pedestrian accident is taking steps on her long road of recovery. The girl, Alyssa Mowery, almost didn’t survive the accident which claimed the life of her 5-year old friend, Amelia Decker. In critical condition after the accident, the 6-year old had to relearn how to walk, now she can run. Her improvements include the ability to attend kindergarten, however the child requires specialize instruction. Fluid on the girl’s brain has caused her to be hyperactive and lack impulse control. The child’s mother says the girl now behaves like she was a toddler all over again. However she is happy her little girl is still alive, no matter what her condition. If you or a relative has been hurt or killed in a North Las Vegas pedestrian accident and would like to recover costs incurred for medical bills, lost work and pain and suffering, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation.
The girls were hit by a 78-year old woman, Alice Alava, who drove 60 additional yards after hitting the girls as they crossed on a cross walk at Camino Eldorado in North Las Vegas. Ms. Alava was charged with a number of misdemeanors including not stopping at a cross walk, passing a stopped car and not paying attention while driving. Ms. Alava plead no contest, will serve no jail time, pay a fine of $5,000 and have no driver’s license for two years. At her sentencing, Ms. Alava expressed remorse. If you have been involved in a North Las Vegas pedestrian accident, do not settle with the driver’s insurance company. Speak with the attorneys at Benson and Bingham to ensure you are reimbursed all you are owed.
To reduce the number of North Las Vegas pedestrian accidents at the intersection, authorities have begun improvements to the crosswalk. Flashing lights are about to be installed which will alert drivers when someone is crossing the road.
