Las Vegas Injury & Accident Attorney Blog

Last year, on December 7^th, a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter carrying five people, the pilot, two from Kansas celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and two honeymooners from India crashed just sixteen miles from Las Vegas. The two couples were on vacation, and had paid tour operator, Sundance Helicopters, to take them on a helicopter tour of the Hoover Dam. Emergency personnel rushed to the scene, but unfortunately, there were no survivors from the crash. The company had also been involved in 2003 when a helicopter taking tourists on a tour of the Grand Canyon crashed after its rotors struck the walls of the national monument. If you have been injured or had a relative killed in a Las Vegas vacation accident or crash, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation.

The NTSB, which investigates tragic air accidents across the United States, has issued its report on the December helicopter accident that resulted in the tragic deaths of the two couples. The board states that certain steering mechanisms and other small parts including bolts and screws were not found at the scene of the crash. However, the parts of the helicopter that are normally attached to the steering mechanism and bolts were found, and there is little chance the parts would be missing even after a catastrophic accident. Investigators are assuming the bolts and other small parts were secured before the helicopter took flight, were installed incorrectly and fell off during flight. These findings are consistent with the Eurocopter AS350’s reported climbs, dives and turns during the crash. If you have lost a relative due to a Hoover Dam helicopter crash, and wish to recover money for lost work, travel costs, hospital costs and pain and suffering, contact Benson and Bingham today.

Benson and Bingham is a leading Las Vegas personal injury law firm that represents people injured in casinos owned or run by Las Vegas gaming companies, those hurt during Las Vegas vacations and dangerous or defective product cases.

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With the rise of casino gaming across the United States, more and more Las Vegas gaming companies are expanding beyond the Silver State. For years, Casino gaming was only allowed in Nevada and New Jersey, but Native American tribes were granted the ability to offer casino games in 1988 when the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed. Casinos then sprouted up in Connecticut, California, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, West Virginia, Wisconsin, New York, New Mexico, Alabama, North Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi, Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland, Maine Louisiana, Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Florida, Idaho, Delaware, Alaska and Colorado. Many of the 566 casinos across the United States (as of 2010) are managed and branded by Las Vegas casino companies, so often times, those injured in casino accident outside of Nevada are required to file suit in Nevada. Our firm, Benson and Bingham represents Americans nationwide in casino accidents tried in Las Vegas.

The majority of casino injury lawsuits are for slip and fall and other personal injury incidents that happen to casino players or people staying in a casino’s hotel. Other times, however, accidents can happen while the building is under construction. In January, there was a construction accident in a Cincinnati casino that had 50% ownership of Las Vegas, Nevada’s Caesar Entertainment Company. Support beams failed when construction workers were pouring concrete. Workers fell thirty feet. Many of the workers, who suffered broken bones, bruises and scrapes headed to a local hospital for evaluation. Benson and Bingham can represent you in most casino accidents across the United States. Our Nevada licensed personal injury attorneys have significant experience with wrongful death, Las Vegas semi-truck accidents and other personal injury cases. We offer all of our customers our exclusive happiness guarantee; if, after receiving our bill you do not agree with the prices for our services, we will work with you to determine a fee structure you can agree too.

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Last week, Health Canada and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of over 2 million toilet flushing systems sold and manufactured by a subsidiary of Hew Hudson, Michigan’s Sloan Valve Company, Flushmate. Installed in toilet tanks, the Flushmate© III are prone to bursts that can both destroy toilet reservoir tanks and shoot off the toilet tank’s lid. These minor explosions can injure people and cause significant property damage. So far, there have been 304 reports of the systems bursting with 14 injuries from cuts and blunt force impacts. If you have been injured by a defective toilet in Nevada, contact Benson and Bingham, one of Southern Nevada’s leading personal injury law firms. Our attorneys have significant experience with Las Vegas product liability cases and strong relationships with local judicial authorities.

The Flushmate IIIs were sold in Nevada separately in Lowe’s and Home Depot stores. There are thirteen Home Depots and twelve Lowe’s in the Las Vegas area. The pressured toilet flushing systems were also sold to many top tier toilet manufacturers including Crane, Eljer Gerber, American Standard, Gerber, Mansfiled, Kohler and St. Thomas. Consumers are urged to turn off water to toilets that have the defective toilet pressure equalizers and check the black plastic devices for 16-digits serial numbers that being with 101497 and run to 022908. These serial numbers correspond to the date of manufacture of the Flushmate III system. IF you have been the victim of a defective Flushmate III and you or your family was the victim of a toilet tank burst, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation. We can help secure remuneration for lost work, repairs to your home, pain and suffering and medical bills.

Benson and Bingham have been practicing Nevada personal injury law since 2003. We have represented many people in Clark County product liability cases over the years. In 2010 and 2011, we secured over $24,000,000 in personal injury reimbursements for our clients.

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Las Vegas’ intense summer heat can create dangerous conditions on Southern Nevada highways. One of the biggest dangers of Las Vegas’ intense desert summer heat is tire separation due to older and faulty tires. As a vehicle gets older and tires deflate, the walls of the tires can often weaken. Most people just add additional air to their tire and never head to a service station, tire installer or even vehicle dealer to have their tires inspected. Las Vegas’s summer heat also adds to tire separation damage. The hotter a tire gets in normal driving conditions, the more chance it has of blowing out and the tread separating. The searing heat of Clark County summer raises the temperature of highway asphalt, increasing the danger of a catastrophic high-speed Clark County tire blow out accident. If you have been a victim of a Las Vegas tire separation accident, which resulted in a Las Vegas personal injury incident, contact the personal injury attorneys of Benson and Bingham. Our Southern Nevada Personal Injury attorneys have the experience to get you reimbursement from car insurance companies for lost work, pain and suffering and hospital bills.

There are other things you can do to ensure you are not the victim of a Southern Nevada tire blowout accident. Make sure your tires are properly inflated. Tires can fail when they are either under inflated or over inflated. Get your tires checked annually for wear and tear. Old tires are often the causes of catastrophic Las Vegas tire blowout accidents. Finally, when driving, always maintain and safe speed and keep an eye out for potholes and other obstructions in the road way. Hitting a pothole at high speed can often damage the tire, which could subsequently lead to a catastrophic tire blow out and resulting accident. If you have been involved in any type of Las Vegas automobile accident and were injured, contact Benson and Bingham today to discuss your case in a free legal consultation.

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Yet another Las Vegas traffic accident has caused yet another traffic fatality. One person was killed and one more is critically injured after a single car accident this afternoon on Las Vegas Interstate 15. The accident seems to have been caused by a catastrophic tire tread separation malfunction. Every time someone is injured or killed on Las Vegas roads, we at Benson and Bingham feel terribly for the people and families of those involved. The attorneys of Benson and Bingham have significant experience with Southern Nevada tire tread separation cases, and have the expertise to represent you with auto insurance companies.

Many tire tread separation cases can result in significant awards due to personal injury or Las Vegas wrongful death. In today’s accident, all the occupants of the automobile, a Dodge Durango, were wearing their seatbelts. The driver of the SUV was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Another woman was rushed by life flight helicopter to University Medical Center. If you have been involved in a Las Vegas tire blow out accident, contact Benson and Bingham so you can recoup money spent on medical expenses, pain and suffering and lost work.

In a catastrophic tire separation case, it’s important to save as much evidence as possible. Please be sure to save whatever remnants of the destroyed tire, including the tread. If the accident occurred on a highway, do not risk your life crossing lanes to secure the tread. Wait until the road is closed by Nevada Highway Patrol before attempting to cross any highway lanes on foot.

Benson and Bingham is a family owned Las Vegas personal injury law firm. Founded in 2003, the relationships we build with our clients enable our success. We even offer a happiness guarantee to our clients, if when you receive our bill you are unhappy with what we are charging, we will work with you to develop a fee structure that meets your approval.

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The Electric Daisy Carnival once again entered the Vegas Valley with partygoers eager to enjoy the festivities of the Las Vegas Speedway.  All three days were successful from an accident standpoint with exception of the final night where a person was hit in critical condition and taken to UMC.  The pedestrian was hit at proximately 4:30am as he exited the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is the second major pedestrian accident in Las Vegas this weekend involving an elderly driver and a pedestrian.  On Saturday, a pedestrian was killed as he was heading with his wife to a garage sale.  There, and elderly driver for unknown reasons smashed his vehicle into the sidewalk killing the man while his wife watched in horror.  Speculation has surfaced that perhaps a medical condition was to blame for the episode, but the investigation is continuing.

Benson & Bingham will continue to monitor both accidents.  Unless a commercial policy of insurance is available, and that is unlikely, the financial recovery is not going to be very good.  Hopefully, the 31-year-old Florida man hit at the EDC has health insurance coverage to take care of his medical expenses as the 67-year-old who hit him probably does not carry adequate coverage for the damages caused.  “If jaywalking was the to blame, then all bets are off; however, if the victim was hit due to a non-orderly exist then the promoter of the event, Insomniac Productions, may have some blame.   Under Nevada’s joint and several liability laws, if Insomniac was 1% at fault then the guest could collect 100% of his damages from the production company.  The general facts will be telling about the possibility of other liability holders.

“Obviously blood alcohol and possible drug intoxication will be paramount in the investigation.”  Stated Mr. Joseph L. Benson II, Esq. 702-382-9797.

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In February 2008, one of Las Vegas’s biggest health crises came to light. Two endoscopy clinics in Sin City had potentially infected one hundred and fourteen Las Vegans with Hepatitis C by the repeated reuse of anesthesia in injection vials and even needles with multiple patients. By not following safe injection practices the 14 doctors and nurse anesthetists had potentially infected thousands of Clark County residents with the blood borne disease that many doctors believe is impossible to completely cure and to which there is no vaccine. If you have been infected by Hepatitis C in Las Vegas, contact the attorneys of Benson and Bingham to discuss your case. The attorneys at Benson and Bingham have significant experience with Las Vegas bad drug and Southern Nevada medical malpractice cases.

The fourteen doctors deemed responsible for the Hepatitis C outbreak amounted for almost twenty five percent of gastroenterologists in the Las Vegas area.

Since nearly one quarter of the Southern Valleys’ doctors who practice medicine on the small intestine, stomach, spleen, liver and other digestive organs, is it safe to visit a Las Vegas gastroenterologist? In fact, many patients in Las Vegas have been postponing stomach surgeries and procedures. It is common knowledge that other than the owner of the Endoscopy Center of So. Nevada, Dipak Desai, has been potentially the only person held accountable for the Las Vegas Hepatitis C outbreak. In fact, some groups and medical industry watchdogs have begun to call for sanctions and disciple for the other doctors who worked for the clinics that perpetrated the Clark County Hepatitis C outbreak. If you contracted Hepatitis or another disease due to Las Vegas medical malpractice or negligence, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation.

Benson and Bingham is a Southern Nevada personal injury law firm that has significant experience in Clark County medical malpractice and almost all other Las Vegas personal injury cases. In fact, in 2010 and 2011, our efforts secured over $24,000,000 for our clients!

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In February 2007, then NBA held their annual All-Star game at UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center. Usually a college venue would be deemed too small for such a large NBA event, however, the league wanted to test Las Vegas’ ability to hold a large event such as their All-Star Game. While many who travelled to Southern Nevada for the NBA mid-season classic enjoyed their trips, some significant incidents brought Sin City’s ability to hold such a large event into question.

One of the major incidents from that weekend was a shooting at Minxx Gentlemen’s Club on Winn Road in Las Vegas. Adam Pac Man Jones, then a cornerback for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, and hip-hop artist Nelly, in cooperation with management and a number of the club’s dancers began to “make it rain.” “Making it rain” is a visual effect where hundreds of one dollar bills are thrown into the air and the bills flutter as they fall to the ground. Management of the club then told the dancers to pick up the cash and that’s when Mr. Jones became enraged. The former West Virginia Mountaineer then assaulted one of the dancers and subsequently his entourage began to fight with the club’s security staff. Jones and his entourage left the club, but later, one individual, identified by the club’s manager, returned and began firing, striking two security guards, including former wrestler Tommy Urbanski. Mr. Urbanski was paralyzed from the shooting from the waist down. If you were the victim of a violent incident and would like to sue for Las Vegas personal injury, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free Las Vegas legal consultation.

This week, jurors returned an $11 million judgment against Pac-Man. Jones on behalf of the two security guards injured in the shooting, Mr. Urbanski and Aaron Cudworth. Mr. Urbanski is still paralyzed and in constant pain. If you have a Clark County personal injury case, Benson and Bingham can work with you and insurance companies to get you the money you deserve.

Benson and Bingham is a family focused law firm founded by cousins Ben Bingham and Joseph Benson to provide Southern Nevada personal injury representation. We represent clients in all types of personal injury cases, including casino slip and fall, automobile accidents and Clark County wrongful death.

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While the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas this year had a smaller attendance and lower incidences of DUI, drug and other felony arrests at least 16 people were rushed to the hospital during the 4-day Las Vegas event. The Electric Daisy Carnival came to Las Vegas in 2011 due to the ecstasy overdose death of a 15-year old girl at the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival then held in Los Angeles. While this year has not had any drug overdose fatalities, a 31-year old pedestrian from Florida was critically injured when he was run down by a Ford Pickup leaving the event from Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Gate 6. While the pedestrian who was injured in the accident was intoxicated and seen to be at fault at this time, if you have been injured in a Las Vegas pedestrian accident with an automobile, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation from one of our leading Las Vegas personal injury attorneys.

Since 2010, the organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival have worked hard to reduce security and safety concerns associated with the event. This year’s event had fewer DUI arrests and medical calls, which can be attested to low temperatures last weekend and the closing of the carnival on Saturday evening due to wind safety concerns. However, there was one traffic accident resulting from the Las Vegas rave event last year and there were five traffic accidents in 2012. If you were injured in a Clark County pedestrian accident and would like to recover money for lost work, pain and suffering and medical bills, the Las Vegas personal injury attorneys at Benson and Bingham can help you. Our law firm has been in business since 2003 helping Southern Nevadans get what they deserve after Southern Nevada pedestrian accidents, Las Vegas brain injury accidents or Nevada casino slip and fall incidents.

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The best mascot in Major League Baseball took the field for the first time in 1978, the Philly Phanatic. However in July 2010, the overly energetic mascot’s antics went too far. Susan Peirce was visiting the Golden Inn Hotel in Avalon, New Jersey for a wedding when, while she was sitting poolside, was picked up, along with her lounge chair and thrown into the pool by the large furry Phillies mascot. Ms. Peirce attests that she suffers from a herniated disc, injuries to her ligaments, tendons, muscles, bones, legs, body, arm, back, head, nerves and tissues. She also went into shock after being thrown into the pool. Her lawsuit is requesting money from the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philly Phanatic and the Golden Inn Hotel for medical costs, pain and suffering and lost work. While Cosmo, the Las Vegas 51s mascot, has never been accused of causing such an injury, people are injured in Nevada casinos and hotels everyday. If you have suffered a Nevada casino injury and wish to be reimbursed for lost work, pain and suffering and medical costs, contact Benson and Bingham today. Many casinos in the United States are headquartered in Nevada, so we can often represent you in your casino injury case even if it occurred outside of the Silver State.

The Philly Phanatic lawsuit has a significant complication. No one actually knows who was in the mascot costume that day. As stated above, the lawsuit names the Phillies, the hotel and Matt Mehler, Tom Burgoyne and any person who plays the role of the Philly Phanatic. It is clear who owns the Golden Inn Hotel, however. If you have suffered a Nevada hotel injury or injured in a hotel and casino whose corporate owners are located in Nevada, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation.

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