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• Best and Worst of Times for Medical Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | June 25, 2006 11:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  There has never been a worse time for victims of malpractice and malpractice attorneys. Many sets of state statutes now limit malpractice suits in arbitrary and often absurd ways. This has made finding representation more difficult and the possibility of securing meaningful results through litigation more remote.At the same time, though, we live in an amazing age. Medicine, prior to the...

• Proving a Negligence Claim in Nevada - Part II

  Steve Klearman | June 13, 2006 1:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  This blog I will finish Nevada Supreme Court case selections that pertain to proving negligence claims in Nevada. As always when I list holdings from multiple cases, selections are listed in chronological order starting with more recent cases:To satisfy actual causation element in a negligence action, plaintiff must show that but for defendant's negligence, plaintiff's injuries would not have...

• Proving a Negligence Claim in Nevada - Part I

  Steve Klearman | June 11, 2006 1:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Last blog, I listed an excerpt from my new book that included many fact situations that give rise to negligence claims in Nevada.This blog I will concentrate on those cases that discuss proving negligence claims in Nevada and next blog I will finish this discussion of proof. The following case selections are listed in chronological order starting with some of the most recent cases to touch...

• The Elements of a Negligence Claim in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | June 02, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The elements of a negligence claim in Nevada are as follows:1. Defendant owed a duty of care to plaintiff;2. Defendant breached that duty;3. The breach was the legal cause of plaintiff's injuries; and,4. Plaintiff suffered damages.Scialabba v. Brandise Construction Co., 112 Nev. 965, 921 P.2d 928 (1996).The Nevada Supreme Court has dealt with and discussed many fact situations in which...

• Understanding the Importance of the Elements of Nevada Legal Theories

  Steve Klearman | June 02, 2006 4:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  As I said last blog, I plan to provide in-depth information on Nevada civil law in general, and the elements of Nevada legal theories in particular, in many future blogs. Much of this legal research is extracted from the Second Edition of my first book, Elements of Nevada Legal Theories.Nevada is a notice pleading jurisdiction. This means that civil complaints in Nevada can be pleaded rather...