Category: Personal Injury

Lake Mead is a popular destination for boating and water sports during spring and summer months, but as temperatures and crowds rise, so do risks for serious accidents and injuries.

When defective products are not recalled due to safety violations, they pose many dangers to both adults and children. Defective products cause thousands of injuries and deaths each year and cost U.S. consumers and manufacturers more than $700 billion in damages.

Many popular pressure cookers have defective parts, unsafe designs or faulty safety mechanisms that can cause serious burns and injuries. Before using their pressure cookers, Nevadans should check the federal recall lists to see if their pressure cookers have been recalled or hazards have been reported. Hundreds of thousands of defective pressure cookers have been recalled over the years and numerous people have suffered accidents resulting in severe burns, permanent scarring, and psychological trauma. Manufacturers and designers of defective pressure cookers or their components may be liable for damages to injured victims in personal injury lawsuits.

Private security systems can fail for a number of reasons, exposing homeowners, employees, and customers to the risk of personal injuries and significant harm. Many homes and business security systems provide a false sense of security that can evaporate the moment danger presents itself whether that threat is a fire caused by a malfunctioning machine or an armed intruder intent on causing harm.

Disaster preparedness is vital for Nevada nursing homes so that residents can be protected in the event of an emergency. The horrific story of the nursing home in Florida that was not prepared for Hurricane Irma is illustrative of how a lack of preparation can be deadly. Nursing homes present unique challenges because the residents are often too frail to be able to move themselves to a safe location in the event of a disaster. Nursing homes that fail to have disaster preparedness plans in place may be liable if emergencies happen and the residents are harmed as a result.

In Nevada, security personnel and police officers are prohibited from using excessive force to exert control over others and may be liable for damages when unreasonable force results in injuries to others. Force is excessive when it is more than what is necessary to gain control over another person. Unfortunately, some security staff and police officers routinely use excessive force, and sometimes these actions result in serious injuries or even death to the victims.

Although fidget spinners look like harmless, modestly equipped toys, they have internal parts and some include high-tech, chargeable lithium-ion batteries and other features that can cause serious injuries to kids. Federal safety regulators have issued safety alerts for fidget spinners due to numerous complaints of choking hazards, fires, and explosions. Since fidget spinners hit the market, there have been numerous cases of them smoking and bursting into flames while recharging and pieces breaking off or coming apart and creating a choking hazard.

The shooting from Mandalay Bay hotel windows in Las Vegas and other recent attacks like the Manchester Arena bombing on May 22 reveal the security vulnerabilities of live events. Many sports and concert venues continue to rely on traditional security measures like metal detectors. Recent incidents show the hospitality industry and live-events industry must do more to protect guests. The mass shooting that took place on October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas killed 58 people and wounded more than 515 others.

In many cases, a traumatic brain injury won’t be immediately noticed by either the sufferer or loved ones. Medical responders may not even be aware of any symptoms of a TBI following a crash, and doctors treating accident victims may also be unaware of a brain injury if there aren’t any signs present.