Even during Las Vegas’s hottest months, where tourism rates are down and many locals stay inside to beat the heat, traffic accidents continue to be a major problem in the Las Vegas metro area. Unfortunately, the vast majority of traffic collisions can be boiled down to a few factors: driver inattention, intoxication, and excess speed. Many of the most serious… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For July 2022
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) conducted a study on the factors that contribute to large commercial truck crashes. This “Large Truck Crash Causation Study” revealed a few interesting things: Fatigue, alcohol and drug use, and speeding are the top three factors in motor vehicle crashes overall. There are also three “critical events” that can lead to a truck… Read More »What are the Most Common Causes of Commercial Truck Accidents?
June was sadly a busy month for Las Vegas’s police and first responders, with more than 10 people killed in car crashes this month. Many of these crashes have common themes—impairment, excess speed, and driver inattention—and during the hectic summer months, it’s more important than ever to pay close attention when you’re behind the wheel. Below, we highlight some of… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For June 2022
In 2021, Walmart maintained its status as the world’s largest retailer, hitting new records of $559 billion in revenue and boasting more than 240 million customers per week throughout the world. With this kind of foot traffic, accidents and injuries are inevitable—and unfortunately for those who are injured in one of their stores, Walmart tends to fight back hard. Below,… Read More »Suing Walmart For Personal Injury: What Plaintiffs Should Know
May marked another deadly month for some Las Vegas drivers. Though the total number of lives lost in traffic crashes is down 12 percent from 2021, through the end of May, 99 people were killed in crashes throughout the state—and the majority of these crashes were attributed to either driver impairment or high speed. Slowing down, buckling up, and remaining… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For May 2022
With nearly 5,000 stores in the U.S. alone, Walmart has maintained its status as one of the country’s biggest retailers for more than two decades. Seeing so much foot traffic on a daily basis inevitably means that every year, thousands of people will be injured while on Walmart grounds. These injuries can run the gamut from slip-and-fall accidents to product… Read More »How To File a Personal Injury Claim Against Walmart
First, the good news: From January through March 2022, Nevada traffic fatalities are down year-over-year. There’s good news and bad news for Nevada drivers in 2022. But the bad news: While Nevada’s overall fatality rate is dropping, the numbers in Clark County continue to grow worse. From January through March, there were 70 crash-related fatalities in Nevada; all but 11… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for April 2022
Each week, around 230 million customers visit Walmart. With these many visitors, injuries are bound to happen—and Walmart stores have been sued for everything from slip-and-fall injuries to paralysis and even death. Each Walmart store has a duty of care to customers to keep the store reasonably clean and free from potential hazards. A breach of this duty can often… Read More »What to Do if You’re Injured at Walmart
After representing countless motorcycle crash victims over the last few decades, we’ve learned that the type and brand of a motorcycle can make a major difference when it comes to safety. Money, Inc. ranks the Yama YZF-R6, the Ducati Multistrada D-Air, the Yamaha V Star 250, the Suzuki V-strom 650 ABS, and the Honda CB 650F as the five safest… Read More »Safest—and Not So Safe—Motorcycles
Las Vegas reached a sad milestone this month—as of March 18, at least 32 people have been killed in crashes within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMP)’s jurisdiction. Six of these deaths occurred over a three-day period from March 13 to 15, with three fatal crashes taking place in a three-hour period on Tuesday, March 15. Police and legislators have… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for March 2022