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In car accidents involving multiple vehicles, it can be challenging to determine who is responsible. As a result, the steps you take after are critical, both to your health and your potential claim for compensation. Try to remain calm. Check if anyone is injured and move yourself to safety or stay in your vehicle. Call 911 or report the collision to law enforcement. If you or anyone else requires emergency transportation to a hospital, call 911. On...

After a car accident, you may be wondering whether your case will go to trial. However, most car accident claims settle before ever reaching the courtroom. Reasons Why Your Case Might Go to Trial It is unlikely that your car accident case will go to trial, but there are several reasons why it could. For example: If the Insurance Company Refuses to Settle Car accident cases must often head to trial if the at-fault party’s insurance company...

Staged car accidents are collisions that one or more parties carefully set up with the goal being to walk away with an easy payday. Although the scammers are responsible for the crash, they quickly blame the innocent driver and have witnesses ready to conveniently appear and tell the police what they “saw.” Suddenly the innocent driver is left paying their deductible and any related accident expenses while the scammers are filing a claim against their insurance company...

If you are injured in a personal injury accident, you have the right to hold the liable party accountable by filing a claim. However, several states apply the law of contributory negligence to personal injury cases, which can significantly impact a victim’s compensation. Contributory Negligence Defined Under a pure contributory negligence system, when a plaintiff (victim) is found partially at fault for an accident that caused their injury, they cannot recover any compensation, even if they were...

Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous and the cause of nine deaths every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result, many states, including Nevada, have enacted distracted driving laws to promote safety and penalize these dangerous driving behaviors. Ban on Handheld Devices In October 2011, Nevada’s cell phone law (SB 140) went into effect, prohibiting a person from manually typing text into a cell phone or similar device and sending or reading...