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• The Role of Treating Doctors in Injury Cases

  Steve Klearman | January 26, 2006 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This will be the first in a series of thoughts about the role that doctors play in injury cases. Doctors can be treating doctors, or expert witnesses, or either but not both, or both. This is a subject of some complexity that I will delve into more in the future; for now, though, let's talk about treating doctors.I was recently in a deposition in a case in which my partially disabled client...

• Statute of Limitations in Nevada Medical Malpractice Cases

  Steve Klearman | January 18, 2006 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Nevada's 2004 ballot initiative, concieved and created by the U.S. medical malpractice insurance lobby, and naively passed by Nevada's voters (who thought that they were voting to "keep doctors from moving out of Nevada"),contains a new one-year statute of limitations that severely curtails the rights of Nevada's medical malpractice victims.Nevada statute 41A.097 provides: 1. Except as...

• Expert Affidavits Required in Nevada Medical Malpractice Actions

  Steve Klearman | January 18, 2006 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Although medical malpractice is really a form of negligence, it must be proven through the use of expert witnesses. Doctors are usually needed to evaluate cases and to testify against other doctors. Similarly, nurses are frequently required to testify against other nurses. Defense lawyers hire their own experts in an effort to defeat the plaintiff's case. In medical malpractice trials, the jury...

• Nevada Crosswalks

  Steve Klearman | January 05, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Sometimes an understanding of the law can help to prevent an automobile or motorcycle accident. Ever wonder about the law that pertains to vehicles approaching crosswalks? In Nevada, there are both statutes and ordinances that apply.For instance, Nevada state law provides the following:NRS 484.325 Right-of-way in crosswalk; obedience to signals and other devices for control of traffic. ...

• Stages of Litigation in Nevada - Part II

  Steve Klearman | January 05, 2006 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  There are numerous types of courts in Nevada, but injury cases are generally handled in the Nevada district court system.Generally speaking, there are two phases to most cases: 1) the settlement phase, and 2) the litigation phase. The litigation phase of a case can be divided into three distinct stages: 1) the complaint and answer stage, 2) the discovery stage, and 3) the trial stage.This is the...

• Driving While Intoxicated A Problem For Nevada's Young

  Steve Klearman | December 24, 2005 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Reno-Gazette Journal reports that while the rate at which driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs jumped 43 percent for 17-year-olds from 2000 to 2001, the rate declined in 2002, a trend that held true for all other teenage groups.The Gazette-Journal's study found that the trend reverses itself as soon as drivers turn 20: The rate at which DUI contributes to accidents leaped 34...

• Nevada's Teen Drivers Get Into More Auto Accidents

  Steve Klearman | December 24, 2005 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  A Reno Gazette-Journal study of state and federal accident data shows accident rates among Nevada's teen drivers are increasing, with a particular increase among the state's 17-year-old drivers. Fifteen-year-old drivers also showed high accident-rate increases.The Gazette-Journal reported that this problem appears to be particularly bad in Washoe County, where the accident rate for teen drivers...

• Stages Of Litigation In Nevada

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2005 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  There are numerous types of courts in Nevada, but injury cases are generally handled in the Nevada district court system.Generally speaking, there are two phases to most cases: 1) the settlement phase, and 2) the litigation phase. The litigation phase of a case can be divided into three distinct stages: 1) the complaint and answer stage, 2) the discovery stage, and 3) the trial stage.This is the...

• Nevada's 'Catch-All' Statute Of Limitations

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2005 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  There are more than 75 statutes in Nevada that limit the manner in which a legal action may be brought. These are frequently known as "statutes of limitation" and often relate to the length of time that a party has to bring a claim under Nevada law. Claims that are not brought within applicable statutes of limitations may be subject to dismissal.Nevada Revised Statute 11.190 governs statutes...

• Compensation After An Automobile Accident

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2005 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  My clients often want to know what sort of compensation they are legally entitled to claim after an accident.Injuries from automobile accidents often have catastrophic consequences. Serious injuries can be disabling, and may affect not only the injured person but his or her family members as well. Even relatively minor injuries that necessitate lost time from work and medical care can have a...