Category: Personal Injury

New testing indicates that nearly half of all food packaging from popular fast-food chains contains toxic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are known to threaten human health.

Slip and fall accidents may result in serious injuries with life-changing implications for victims. Slips, trips, tumbles, and falls may occur while walking down the sidewalk, shopping in a store, doing household chores, performing work duties, or engaging in numerous other activities.

Recognizing the role of defense medical exams in personal injury cases and knowing what to expect from them may help injury victims protect their cases. People generally seek care from medical professionals of their choosing after suffering injuries in an accident.

Post-concussion syndrome, or PCS, is a disorder that sometimes occurs after a concussion. In people with PCS, concussion-like symptoms persist beyond the normal course of recovery. The condition causes a range of symptoms, with headaches and dizziness the most common, and can last for several months after the initial injury.

Technologies aimed at preventing hot car deaths may have reliability shortcomings that give parents and caregivers a false sense of security. Heatstroke resulting from getting left in hot cars claimed the lives of 52 children in 2019 alone.

Unsafe floor cleaning practices may contribute to slip and fall accidents that cause serious injuries. Businesses throughout Nevada often contract services with companies to have their floors cleaned. If the business or cleaning service does not take the appropriate care, however, it may result in slips and falls. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that more than two million fall-related injuries each year occur as a direct result of floors and floor cleaning materials.

Medical records, photos, accident reports, and witness statements serve as valuable evidence following a slip-and-fall accident and may help people in Nevada prove liability for their injuries. When dangerous property conditions contribute to trips, slips, and falls, the property owners may bear liability for the resulting injuries.

Personal injury settlements can be garnished in Nevada under certain circumstances, but limitations apply and garnishment procedures must be followed. In some cases, a personal injury lawyer may be able to help people structure their settlements to minimize the impact of garnishments.

A former executive with the Juul e-cigarette company claims the company knowingly put contaminated pods on the market for consumers. A representative for Juul asserts that the claims are baseless. According to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, however, an unrelated study revealed that Juul liquids were contaminated with glucan. Chronic exposure to the microbial toxin can lead to long-term lung damage.

Keeping a few tips in mind when testifying in Nevada personal injury cases may help people give solid depositions that strengthen their claims. Depositions are question-and-answer sessions conducted under oath during the discovery process of personal injury claims. People’s testimony in these sessions is considered evidence in their cases. Therefore, giving flawed statements could serve to weaken people’s cases by undermining credibility. Providing factual and consistent answers, however, may reinforce people’s claims and aid in the recovery of settlements or judgments in their favor.