Las Vegas Injury & Accident Attorney Blog

2012 was a difficult year for Las Vegas area police departments. Not only did Las Vegas pedestrian fatalities rise over 80% from 2011, but also, violent crime in Sin City saw a significant 9% rise was well. Much of the increased crime rate can be attributed to property crimes like vandalism, car theft and such. However, Las Vegas assault and battery cases also saw a marked increase from 2011. While the murder rate in Las Vegas did not increase during 2012, police believe that a number of the Southern Nevada assault cases they prosecuted could nearly have been deaths had bullets been fired an inch or more to the left or the right. If you or someone you love have been the victim of a Southern Nevada assault and battery attack, contact Benson and Bingham today for a free legal consultation.

To stem the rise in Southern Nevada violent assaults, local police departments are calling for a number of measures to be taken. The Chief of the Las Vegas Police department is lobbying Governor Sandoval, the Nevada legislature, the city council of Las Vegas and Clark County Commissioners for approval on a quarter percent increase to the sales tax in Clark County. The sales tax increase would go to hiring more officers for the police departments of Clark County. Compared to before the start of the recession, Clark County has 300 fewer police officers patrolling Las Vegas and Clark County.

Those injured in a Las Vegas assault and battery attack need not suffer financially as well as physically. Benson and Bingham, one of Las Vegas’ leading personal injury firms, can help you and your family secure money paid out to hospitals for care due to an assault and battery attack. Our attorney can also help you secure reimbursement for pain and suffering and lost work. In 2011 and 2012, our Nevada licensed personal injury attorneys secured over $24,000,000 for our clients.

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Las Vegas’ biggest tradeshow, CES, is this week and over 155,000 people are descending on Sin City to look at new technology products, make deals and party. In the weeks before CES, Las Vegas imports hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat, vegetables, beer, wine and fruit. Other local businesses also gear up for the trade show, and bring in additional waiters, hotel workers and even exotics dancers. During CES when the majority of Southern Nevada’s hotel rooms are booked to capacity, a number of individuals may become victims of Las Vegas hotel accidents by slipping on recently mopped floors, getting stuck on elevators or be hurt when they become victim to a poorly maintained property, piece of furniture or equipment. If you have been injured in a Las Vegas casino, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.

A recent study by an insurance provider for rental cars shows that Las Vegas had more travelers requesting insurance coverage on their rental cars than almost all the other cities in the United States. Las Vegas’ large 8-lane roads and confusing traffic packed streets are seen as the culprit. If you are involved in a Las Vegas automobile accident while attending CES, Benson and Bingham can represent you in your personal injury case.

Benson and Bingham is one of Las Vegas leading personal injury law firms. Our attorneys have significant experience in all types of Las Vegas personal injury law including Clark County casino accidents, Southern Nevada wrongful deaths incidents, Las Vegas pedestrian injuries and many more. Our attorneys base their success on the strong relationships we build with our clients. These relationships were the key to the $24,000,000 our firm secured in 2010 and 2011 for those we represented. Benson and Bingham also offers all of our clients our exclusive happiness guarantee. If, at the end of your case you are unhappy with your invoice from us, we will do everything we can to develop a fee structure that meets your approval.

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As if Las Vegas hasn’t had enough traffic fatalities in 2012, a Las Vegas street racing accident on Friday night left one dead and two in critical condition when an Acura Integra struck a light pole on Maryland Pkwy around 9pm on Friday night. The men, all three aged 21 and from North Las Vegas were rushed to University Hospital after the accident. The death was listed as the 97^th person who was killed in a traffic fatality in Vegas this year. If you have lost a loved one in a Las Vegas traffic fatality, contact Benson and Bingham today. We can help the surviving family members of a Las Vegas automobile death recover money for lost work, hospital bills and pain and suffering.

Street racing is a serious offense that can result in the loss of your license and the impounding of your automobile. In the last decade, 188 people were killed in California alone due to street racing. These are deaths that usually occur to young men with little or no criminal record or traffic citations. Alcohol is usually not involved in street racing deaths. Citations for illegal street racing can also carry significant penalties of up to $1000 and can even entail jail time of 3 months or more. If you have been ticketed for an illegal Las Vegas street race, 24hourticketpower.com can help you fight or fix your citation.

Benson and Bingham is Southern Nevada’s leading Las Vegas personal injury firm. Our licensed Nevada attorneys have extensive experience in Nevada automobile accidents, Las Vegas defective product injuries and even Nevada casino accidents. We develop strong long standing relationships with our clients that lead to significant personal recommendations and documented legal success. While no attorney can promise the successful outcome to your case, in a free legal consultation we will always give you our best judgment as to your case’s merit.

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Since the Mexican American War when Nevada, California, Utah and Arizona were ceded to the United States, the West has been plagued by charlatans selling all manner of healing tonics and elixirs. The travelling medicine show came to small towns with hucksters selling cure-alls that were promised to rid the taker of arthritis, lice, eczema, hangovers and more. While some of the snake oil sold contained now-illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin or marijuana, most of the drugs were panaceas, which never cured the patient and possibly reduced symptoms due to placebo effects. While many modern Americans laugh at the thought of being taken by a travelling snake oil salesman, there are many in our midst who sell miracle claims even today. Sure, these miracle cures are not sold in rural towns at travelling road shows, instead today, they are prescribed by unscrupulous physicians not interested in healing, but instead separating the sick, infirm and desperate with their hard earned cash. If you have been a medical malpractice victim in Las Vegas, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation today.

Modern-day snake oil salesmen use miracle drugs like human growth hormone, anabolic steroids and even stem cells to dupe their unwitting and often ill and desperate victims. While HGH, Steroids and Stem cells are purported to possessing miraculous healing qualities, their illegal nature necessitates their sale on the black market. When drugs are sold on the black market, the user can never be sure of what they are receiving is safe, effective or even as advertised. If you have been a victim of medical malpractice in Nevada, contact Benson and Bingham today.

In a recent case, a Henderson pediatrician has been accused of selling patients fraudulent stem cells. The 51-year old physician, Ralph Conti, bilked patients and investors of over $ 1 million for his stem cell treatments, treatments that were not tested on animals, licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration or with a control group. If you have been involved in a Clark County Medical malpractice case, Benson and Bingham can represent you.

Benson and Bingham,  a premiere Las Vegas personal injury law firm, has been representing Nevadans and visitors to Nevada in personal injury cases since 2003.

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While many of the recent Las Vegas Metro Police involved shootings in the past two years have been judged as the officers not being at fault, today, Steve Wolfson, the Clark County DA, announced that he is pursuing charges in the death of 43-year old, Stanley Gibson, a veteran of the Gulf War. The officer that has been alleged of shooting Mr. Gibson was Jesus Arevalo. The shooting occurred on December 12^th last year. If you have had a relative pass away in a Las Vegas wrongful death accident, contact Benson and Bingham today to begin your case.

The shooting of Gibson is an interesting story. Mr. Gibson, lost and distraught, was sitting in his white Cadillac in a Las Vegas area apartment complex. Mr. Gibson had recently moved and it is assumed that he thought he was actually in his new apartment complex. Mr. Gibson, a handicapped veteran who was lacking his medication for his post-traumatic stress disorder, failed to exit his vehicle when Las Vegas Metro Police ordered him to do so. Gibson was unarmed.

Officers on the scene, including Jesus Arevalo then proceeded to attempt shoot out the windows of Mr. Gibson’s car with a bean bag round. Unfortunately, a bean bag was not fired into Mr. Gibson’s car and it is alleged that Officer Arevalo shot 7 bullets from his police rifle. Mr. Gibson was struck and killed. If you have lost a relative to a Clark County wrongful death accident, contact Benson and Bingham today.

Benson and Bingham is one of Las Vegas’ leading personal injury firms. In business since 2003, our family owned Las Vegas personal injury law firm represents Nevadans injured in casino accidents, Las Vegas car accidents and even Southern Nevada wrongful death cases. Benson and Bingham has had significant success representing clients, garnering over $24,000,000 in personal injury awards in 2010 and 2011.

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Benson & Bingham has represented numerous clients who have suffered injury from eating tainted foods or foods that have a foreign substance inside, such as a rock inside a burrito.

Food poisoning can happen when you least expect it, even from a trusted source such as CostCo.    The latest threat of food poisoning known  is from smoked salmon tainted with salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands.  This has sparked major recalls there and in the U.S.   If you or anyone you know has become sick with salmonella poisoning from this smoked salmon distributed by CostCo, please call us immediately.

Whether or not you have medical insurance, we will make sure that you are treated properly for these symptoms by an experienced physician who is accustomed to treating salmonella.

Please call us immediately at Benson & Bingham because immediate treatment may reduce your symptoms:  702-382-9797.  We will make sure that you or your loved one receives the maximum recovery for this devastating situation.

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Las Vegas tourists are being targeted by a gang of men who have been robbing and attacking visitors to the Las Vegas strip, sometimes viscously. The Las Vegas Metro PD have begun cracking down on the attacks and muggings with arrests and increased police presence in areas of Las Vegas frequented by tourists, such as the Las Vegas strip. Police have also been combing past arrest and parole records to check on those known for preying on Las Vegas tourists. If you have been injured during your Las Vegas vacation, Benson and Bingham can help you recover financially with a personal injury law suit.

Recently, a couple walking on the foot bridge between along Las Vegas Blvd at the Flamingo Casino, a young couple was robbed and attacked violently while on Las Vegas vacation. The young couple included a pregnant woman who lost her baby due to the altercation. The man suffered many bruises and bumps to the head and the woman was beaten multiple times by fists and even a broken bottle. Police sketches and surveillance video have lead Las Vegas police to suspect a group of repeat offenders in this Las Vegas tourist attack.

Benson and Bingham have been working with those injured in Las Vegas through no fault of their own since 2003. Our family owned personal injury law firm represents people in all types of Southern Nevada personal injury cases, including Nevada vacation injuries and accidents, Las Vegas wrongful death cases and even casino accidents that occurred outside of the Silver State but when the casinos corporate headquarters are located in Nevada. In 2010 and 2011, our Nevada licensed personal injury attorneys secured over $24,000,000 for our personal injury clients. Our success comes not only from our extensive experience battling insurance companies on behalf of our clients but also through the relationships we develop with each and every one of our customers.

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The United States’ 2^nd largest automobile insurance firm, Allstate, has released a study that confirms what many Southern Nevada residents and visitors already expect. In the study, Allstate ranked America’s two hundred largest cities by compiling statistics they assembled from customer claim data. To ensure the data is not adversely affected by temporary road factors like inclement weather or road construction, AllState’s yearly US city traffic safety ratings are based on averages of a city’s past two years. Of the two hundred cites surveyed, Las Vegas was ranked 136. On average, you are 17% more likely to experience a car accident in Las Vegas than the average American city. Benson and Bingham is one of Las Vegas premiere Las Vegas personal injury firms, where we focus on Southern Nevada injury crashes and more.

The cities that ranked highest in the AllState report were smaller US cities like Fort Collins, CO, Lincoln, NE or Knoxville, TN. Reno, NV ranked 8^th on the AllState list. Phoenix, AZ was the highest ranked city over 1 million in population for traffic safety in the AllState survey. Clark County injury car accidents can often cost victims or surviving family members significant outlays of cash.

Do not accept insurance company offers alone when recovering from a Nevada car accident. Instead, Benson and Bingham have significant experience negotiating with car insurance companies and can often secure significantly better injury awards than injured victims or their families can secure by themselves.

Benson and Bingham has been in business since 2003, representing Southern Nevadans in Las Vegas car injury accident cases, Las Vegas wrongful death and even casino injury cases outside of Nevada when the company’s corporate headquarters is based in the Silver State. Please contact Benson and Bingham to discuss your case today. Our Nevada licensed personal injury attorneys can help ensure you are financially protected from an accident that was not your fault.

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The relatives of two men killed in Las Vegas police shooting accidents in 2010 have filed lawsuits alleging fatal negligence by local police forces.

In December 2010, 44-year old Anthony Jones was killed during a traffic stop. Mr. Jones ran from police and was shot by a Taser several times. The Jones family lawsuit is also directed at the manufacturer of the Taser gun, Taser International. The four police officers that were at the shooting are being sued. It has been alleged that Mr. Jones was shot with the tasers for over 100 seconds, five times the usual duration of a Taser shock. If you or a family member was killed in a Las Vegas wrongful death incident with Las Vegas Police, Benson and Bingham can help you to get reimbursement for lost work, pain and suffering and hospital costs.

In  November 2010, 32-year old Anthony Brenes was walking toward Las Vegas Police holding a stick. Officers concerned they were about to come under attack shot at Mr. Brenes with a Taser, Beanbag and eventually a bullet. He was killed and both his father and widow have filed suit against police for Clark County wrongful death.

After Mr. Jones shooting and Southern Nevada wrongful death, the police department’s policy for use of Taser guns was changed.

Officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by the coroner’s office in both cases.

The Las Vegas personal injury law firm Benson and Bingham has represented Southern Nevadans since 2003. Our family run company, founded by cousins Ben Bingham, Esq. and Joe Benson, Esq., secured over $24,000,000 in awards for our clients. Our success has been built on the strong relationships we develop with those we represent.  In fact, if after you have received your bill, you feel we haven’t earned our fees, we will work with you to determine an invoice total you approve.

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In 2007, the NBA held their All-Star Game in Las Vegas for the first time. The game was unique because it wasn’t being held in a city that currently had an NBA franchise, but instead was being held in America’s leisure capital. However, violence that weekend marred what could have been a signature event for the largest city in the Silver State. Two shootings occurred in the late hours of Sunday Evening/Monday morning. One occurred in the parking lot of the MGM grand, yet the injured man failed to press charges. The other shooting occurred at a Las Vegas strip club called Minxx. Three people were injured in the shooting, and one, former wrestler Tomas Urbanski had his spine severed, causing him to lose the use of his legs. If you have been involved in a Las Vegas spinal cord injury accident, Benson and Bingham can represent you in your personal injury case.

The shooting occurred when professional football running back Adam Pac Man Jones decided to make it rain in the club by throwing a significant amount of money in the air. After the money had fallen to the ground, dancers at the club began to pick up the money. Mr. Jones feared the dancers were intending to keep the money and allegedly grabbed the dancers hair. After slamming the dancer’s head on the stage, Mr. Jones was confronted by a club security guard and was asked to leave the premises. At the same time, Chris Mitchell, who worked for the club, left the premises with a trash bag full of approximately $81,000 and two expensive Beitling watches. As patrons were leaving the club after the incident, a person suspected of belonging to Mr. Jones entourage fired into the crowd, injuring three, including Mr. Urbanski. If you have suffered a significant back injury in Southern Nevada, Benson and Bingham can represent you in your Southern Nevada personal injury case.

This year, Mr. Urbanski was awarded $13 million in his personal injury lawsuit against Mr. Jones. Alleging his paralysis in the Clark County shooting was due to the NFL’s negligence in controlling Mr. Jones behavior, Mr. Urbanksi also filed suit against the National Football League. The case was originally thrown out of court in 2008 but an August 21^st appeal by Mr. Urbanski led the Nevada Supreme Court to appoint a mediator in the case on August 30^th.

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