Nellis AFB Personal Injury Attorney Law Firm

Our Personal Injury Practice Areas

Our Nellis AFB personal injury law firm handles different types of cases. Below are some of our practice areas:

Auto Accidents

Car accidents are reported in alarming numbers daily in Nevada, with Clark County having the highest rates. Nevada’s rate of traffic fatalities increased to 389 in 2023 from 266 in 2013. In the 10-year period, the dangers drivers face on the road have significantly increased.

If a driver around you fails to observe safety measures, you may be involved in a car accident. From a car accident, you can incur medical expenses, lost income, property damage, mental anguish, emotional distress, pain and suffering, disfigurement, and loss of consortium.

The experience of a Las Vegas auto accident lawyer can help you receive a settlement that will cover all the damages you incur.

Personal Injuries

Personal injury law allows victims to receive compensation for injuries sustained due to others’ negligence. If someone carelessly or deliberately causes you harm, you can file a claim against them.

You should not take too long to take action, as your eligibility to pursue compensation has a deadline. In Nevada, victims of a wrongful act, or neglect of another, have up to two years from the day they suffer an injury to recover damages. 

Our attorneys will help you obtain more information about your experience to establish if you have a personal injury case, and guide you on how to file a claim without delay.

Motorcycle Accidents

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motorcycle riders make up a high number of fatal traffic crashes. A motorcycle rider is more likely to suffer serious injuries or die in an accident involving a car because the rider is not enclosed. Additionally, motorcycles lack the additional safety features that other vehicles have, such as seat belts or airbags.

Motorcycles are smaller, which means it can be difficult for drivers to spot them in traffic. That’s why drivers must pay close attention to what’s around them before making any moves. However, some drivers act carelessly. For instance, a driver may change lanes without looking to see if a motorcycle is approaching.

If you were injured in a motorcycle accident, our lawyers can defend your rights to ensure you receive fair compensation.

Medical Malpractice 

While you may have trusted a healthcare professional to offer you standard care, they may fail to do so, harming you. If you believe you have a medical malpractice case, our attorneys will help you prove the four elements of personal injury claims — duty of care, breach of duty of care, causation, and damages.

We will help you establish that the healthcare provider in question had the responsibility for your care (a doctor-patient relationship exists), but they failed to follow the accepted standard of care practices that another competent physician in a similar situation would have followed. We will then show how their action, or lack of action, directly caused your injuries, and the damages you incurred due to the injuries.

Different factors can contribute to medical errors. These include poor communication between departments, understaffing, inadequate training, and insufficient supervision of newly trained healthcare providers.

If you are injured because of a healthcare professional’s negligence, the expertise of an injury lawyer in Nellis AFB can help you fight for what you deserve.

Premises Liability

If you are legally on someone’s property, for example, as a customer in a grocery store or guest in your neighbor’s home, the owner must take reasonable measures to ensure your safety, or warn you of known hazards.

A grocery store owner should ensure the store’s walkways have even surfaces to protect you from falling, your neighbor who owns a dog should keep it properly restrained when you are on the property, and so on.

If you enter a property without permission, which means you are a trespasser, a property owner may not owe you a duty of care. However, they should also not intentionally harm you.

Premises liability cases require solid evidence to build a strong case. Our lawyers can help you gather the needed details to prove the property owner breached the duty of care they owed you, causing you to sustain injuries.

Catastrophic Injuries

A catastrophic injury is an injury that causes long-term disability. Examples include burns, amputation, organ damage, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and disfigurement. Typically, these injuries can affect your life significantly. You may need ongoing treatment, such as physical therapy or multiple surgeries, to recover. It can take years to recover from a catastrophic injury, while some have lifetime effects.

You need to be extra careful when seeking compensation for a catastrophic injury. Since it can lead to damages you may deal with for years, you need to determine the right amount to pursue.

An experienced attorney in Nellis, Las Vegas, will help you learn more about your existing damages, and potential ones that may occur in the future, so you can seek a fair settlement.

Wrongful Death Attorney 

In Nevada, when someone’s death is caused by another’s wrongful act or neglect, the personal representative of the decedent’s estate can bring a wrongful death claim against the person who caused the death. Heirs of the decedent can recover medical expenses incurred before death, and funeral expenses. A family may also seek punitive or exemplary damages (a type of compensation awarded to punish the at-fault party).

If the person who negligently caused the death of another dies before a wrongful death claim is settled, the personal representative of the victim may bring a claim against the party’s employer, or personal representative.

A Las Vegas personal injury lawyer will ensure you understand the specifics of your family’s wrongful death case to help you fight for just compensation for your loved one.

Slip-And-Fall Accidents

Slip-and-fall accidents fall under premises liability cases. You can be involved in such an accident on someone else’s property due to inadequate lighting in walkways, a spill, a broken staircase, a loose tile on the sidewalk, a torn carpet, recently mopped floors, obstacles on walkways, or ice accumulation during winter.

A slip-and-fall accident can lead to broken bones, shoulder dislocation, knee injuries, soft tissue damage, head injuries, and back injuries.

A property owner who breached their duty of care, resulting in you being involved in a slip-and-fall accident should compensate you.

Workers’ Compensation

Although you may have expected to be fairly compensated by your employer’s insurance after sustaining a work-related injury, this may not happen. The insurer may offer you a lower settlement that can’t cover all the damages suffered, or deny your claim altogether. If this happens, you can file a personal injury claim.

If you believe your work-related injury should be handled under personal injury laws, we can help you obtain more information to make the right call.

Other Injury Claims

Our firm handles other personal injury cases, including:

• Truck accidents
• Product liability
• Pedestrian accidents
• Bicycle accidents

A skilled attorney from Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, can help you receive what you deserve in any of these situations and more.