Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• The Elements of a Negligence Claim in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | June 02, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV 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...

• Proving a Negligence Claim in Nevada - Part I

  Steve Klearman | June 11, 2006 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV 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...

• Stages Of Litigation In Nevada

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2005 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Update on Nevada Allstate Attorney Misconduct Case

  Steve Klearman | February 14, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the ongoing squabble over Allstate defense attorney Phil Emerson's repeated misconduct in arguing cases at trial, the Nevada Supreme Court rendered its latest decision on January 17, 2008.In its introduction to Lioce v. Cohen, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, the Court stated:On December 28, 2006, this court issued an opinion in these consolidated appeals.[2] The defendants in each of the four...

• Stem Cell Research in Cardiology

  Steve Klearman | August 29, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Stem cell will create countless new legal issues in coming years. The following article from Reuters, taken from Yahoo News, describes recent developments in stem cell research in cardiology: By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nutritious cocktail helped human embryonic stem cells thrive and repair the damaged hearts of rats, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday....

• How Private is Your Health Information?

  Steve Klearman | December 14, 2006 2:20 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This will be an ongoing topic starting today. As a technology-obsessed attorney, our privacy as healthcare consumers interests (distresses) me.A recent example: I had a small, simple auto accident case in which my client was the passenger in a vehcle that was hit. Clear liability any way you look at it. My client broke bones. Her only medical claim related to those broken bones. ...

• Personal Email May Be Discoverable

  Steve Klearman | September 17, 2007 8:21 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This entry was sent to me today by Scott Roseland at CyberControls.net:Around the same time that a number of White House staff members were trying to extricate themselves from the probing questions of certain congressional inquiries about personal e-mail accounts being used to allegedly bypass the official government provided e-mail service, a very interesting survey was being released called,...

• Northern Nevada Hospitals Expand

  Steve Klearman | June 24, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Everywhere you look in Northern Nevada hospitals are expanding (and advertising more).This article by Zack Hall from today's Reno Gazette Journal provides detail:The region's major hospitals want people in Northern Nevada to know that the reasons for leaving Nevada for health care are waning.Renown Health, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center and Northern...

• Nevada Attorney Recommends Samsung Blackjack

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yes, occasionally we diverge, strictly speaking, from law.I've had a Samsung Blackjack for a few weeks now. Before that I had an old Nokia. The Nokia was basic. I was fine with basic. Still don't understand why anyone would want to watch television on a 1" screen.But I do use Microsoft Outlook, and the Blackjack sync's in and tracks contacts, calendar and email. And does this, and keeps...

• Nevada Lawyer Charged in Personal Injury Scam

  Steve Klearman | May 23, 2007 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Las Vegas personal injury lawyer Noel Gage was charged in what is described as a "wide-ranging and expansive" investigation into the way that certain personal injury cases were allegedly handled.The following quotes come directly from the Las Vegas Review Journal on May 23, 2007: Las Vegas personal injury attorney Noel Gage surrendered to the federal government Tuesday after he was indicted on...