Wrongful Death

• Dissecting the History of the Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | April 21, 2009 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  NRS 41A.097 provides the limitations period for filing lawsuits regarding medical malpractice and wrongful death claims, among others. The statute has gone through a complicated series of...

• Patient-Doctor Privilege Doesn't Cover Doctor's Testimony, Says Judge.

  Steve Klearman | February 18, 2009 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Reno Gazette Journal reported on a controversial ruling in federal court regarding patient privacy under federal and Nevada law. The issue arose in a wrongful death case. The plaintiff...

• Hepatitis Victims May Be Duped By Med Mal Insurance Industry

  Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Nevadans, you were duped by the medical malpractice insurance industry when you voted for the KODIN Ballot Initiative a few years back.Now those injured through the sheer negligence and stupidity of a group of Nevada doctors may find that they've limited their ability to collect compensation.Consider, for instance, that damages for pain and suffering are now capped in Nevada at $350,000.00. ...

• Ricin Found - Disease and Poison in Las Vegas(2)

  Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 7:10 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  First news of 40,000 exposed to Hepatitis in Vegas and now authorities are reporting discovering what appears to be Ricin in a hotel. What's up in Vegas? Reminds me of an art exhibit I recently saw (still on display at the Barrick Museum there) that depicts scenes of apocalypse and absurdity with Vegas as the backdrop.Barrick Museum ExhibitAccording to Yahoo News, Ricin is made from the waste...

• HIV on the Rise in America

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2001 to 2005 (the latest years available), the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed among 15-to-19-year-olds in the United States rose from 1,010 in 2001, held steady for the next three years, then jumped 20 percent in 2005, to 1,213 cases.For young people aged 20 to 24, cases of new infection have climbed...

• Fallon Nevada's Arsenic Problem

  Steve Klearman | November 26, 2007 6:44 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  In Fallon, Nevada (about an hour and a half away from Reno) residents have been experiencing high numbers of cancer diagnoses. Although the town has a population of roughly 8,500 people, 12 children were diagnosed with leukemia over a course of approximately three years. According to the American Cancer Society approximately 1.27 percent of the population (1 in 79) will come down with the...

• More Fun with Allstate

  Steve Klearman | August 16, 2007 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  As you may have seen in earlier blogs, Allstate's Nevada Counsel has got himself into a lot of trouble with the Nevada Supreme Court and a number of District Courts and has incurred high sanctions. I received this email update from Peter Chase Neumann, one of the attorneys keeping the heat on Allstate:In the wrongful death case of Duncan Estate vs. Peri and Stratton, the Trial Court, Dept 4,...

• Reno Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

  Staff Writer | October 28, 2005 6:28 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  A murdered police officer's family settled a lawsuit filed against his killer, the killer's ex-wife and the ex-wife's mother. Reno officer John Bohach was killed in the line of duty during a standoff in which Larry Peck barricaded himself inside a house after fleeing the scene of a routine traffic stop.Peck was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced in April 2003 to two life prison...