Las Vegas Injury & Accident Attorney Blog

It’s summer vacation now in Southern Nevada and more high school and college drivers are on Las Vegas’ roads longer each day. In fact, across the US, more teen drivers are killed between Memorial Day and Labor Day than any other 100 days of the year. Driver’s Edge, a Las Vegas non-profit, dedicated to saving teens from the accidents that commonly happen to drivers their age. Driver’s Edge works to teach the key driving facts that are missed by state-sponsored and certified drivers’ educational programs. They state their mission is to save lives through teaching people how to drive. If you have been the victim of a Las Vegas teen driving injury accident and want to recover costs for medical bills, car repairs, lost work and pain and suffering, contact Benson and Bingham for a free legal consultation. Our Las Vegas personal injury attorneys have the experience to get the most from insurance companies in Las Vegas car accident cases. If you are a teen that has received a Las Vegas reckless driving citation, log onto 24hourticketpower.com to fight or fix your ticket.

The Driver’s Edge program teaches teen drivers evasive lane maneuvers, aggressive and defensive braking techniques and how to recover from hydroplaning. The program also instructs teens by showing the physical effects of driving while intoxicated and distracted driving, fake field sobriety tests, car care information, and even seat and seatbelt placement. Many people, not just teens do not know how to prevent accidents in these situations. The program is planning on holding classes in Reno this July and will be in Indianapolis, Detroit, Dallas and the San Francisco Bay Area this summer.  If you were in a Clark County injury accident with a teen or adult, we at Benson and Bingham feel terribly for everyone involved. However, do not take the first offer from the driver’s insurance company in any Southern Nevada injury accident case.

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Late last week, California attorneys filed a significant product injury lawsuit against Nissan motor corporation. The suit states that seats on the Nissan Murano and Nissan Xterra are faulty and were responsible for permanent injury and death of a number of individuals in the Golden State. Here in Nevada, there are thousands of these and other vehicles which could experience catastrophic failure during anything from a routine to a high-speed accident. Should you have been in a Nevada automobile accident, contact us today.

In the specific incidents, the injured individuals were safely secured with seatbelts. However, the seats themselves failed in such a manner as to make the negate the seatbelts and the individuals involved were thrown from their vehicles. These accidents can and do happen in Nevada. If you have been injured in a Nevada accident and need help recovering medical costs in the South Valleys, lost wages here in Las Vegas or simply wish to discuss your case with a top-tier Nevada injury attorney, contact us today.

Our attorneys and Benson and Bingham have the experience and contacts within the Nevada legal system to fight for all the money you are owed from a South Valleys injury accident. Please go to bensonbingham.com and contact us today.

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In the wake of a Nevada automobile accident, victims and their families invariably search for answers to profound questions: Why did this happen to us? What will the future look like? How did this come to pass? Sadly, the most lingering questions are the hardest to answer, those that would offer meaning or understanding in a time of confusion and bereavement. Even factual questions pertaining to the cause of a Nevada semi-truck accident have elusive answers.

Some car crashes are caused by excessive speed, others by a driver incapacitated by drugs or alcohol. Distracted drivers are increasingly a threat on Las Vegas streets and highways, thanks to the age-old problems of boredom and multi-tasking in addition to new distractions like fancy AV systems and smartphones. And in “the town that never sleeps,” driver fatigue is also a major hazard. In fact, many of the most devastating Nevada 18-wheeler injuries result from truck drivers who were sleep-deprived at the time of the accident.

When it comes to pursuing personal injury legal action in the aftermath of a Nevada trucking accident, both compassion and civil litigation strategy support a focus on the driver’s fatigue. Often, the at-fault semi-truck driver is extremely contrite and indeed devastated by his or her role in causing spinal cord damage or even death in a tragic Nevada motor vehicle accident. Many of us know what it is like to face the decision of whether or not to drive while tired, and our compassion compels us to understand that the driver may have just made a tragic mistake.

As it turns out, this human response is also a stronger approach to litigation. First, jurors may identify with the truck driver — or at least with his or her dilemma — and divert blame accordingly. When a family is seeking a Nevada jury award for wrongful death and other compensatory damages, every dollar counts toward the effort of restoring shattered lives. Second, it is even possible that the jury will fail to find fault with the driver at all. By diversifying one’s legal strategy to include — and often focus upon — the trucking company’s negligence, a plaintiff in a Las Vegas automobile accident lawsuit can gain the upper hand. Trucking companies frequently test or even violate the constraints put in place by state and federal regulations on the amount of rest truck drivers must be given in a given time period. This profit-seeking often spills into the realm of commercial negligence and makes those companies liable for the damages suffered by Nevada car accident victims.

If a Nevada trucking accident has affected your family, contact us today for a free consultation. We have two Las Vegas offices open to serve our Southern Nevada clients, and you can rely upon our team’s vast experience and winning record to guide your decisions after a tragic semi-truck accident. Call today.

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