Las Vegas Personal Injury Attorneys
Gazda & Tadayon are top-rated personal injury attorneys in Las Vegas, NV, and surrounding areas. Our law firm has helped numerous clients receive the compensation they deserve after experiencing a personal injury. We have over 50 years of combined experience in personal injury cases and are one of Nevada’s most experienced traffic accident attorneys.
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- Ranked AV Pre-eminent by Martindale Hubbell, their highest designation
- Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 National Trial Lawyers
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Bodily Injury
Wrongful death claims – When someone dies from injuries caused by another person or entity. This includes deaths as a result of traffic accidents, work-related incidents, at school, in a public space. The liable party can be held responsible for bills from medical treatment, funeral services, and emotional damages to the family. In Las Vegas, this is most often filed on behalf of the victim by a spouse or their minor children. Occasionally family members can also be eligible to file a claim.
Head and brain injury claims – Also known as traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims. Any injury to the head or brain can be severe and often involves intensive medical care and rehabilitation. Symptoms may not be immediately obvious, and can develop over time after the accident. Victims often develop cognitive trouble, loss of coordination, chronic pain and can be disabled, resulting in an inability to work.
Dog bite injury claims -Dog bites are the most common injury from animal attacks in the United States. The owner of a dangerous dog can be held liable for the attack, especially since dog bites can result in infection (such as rabies and tetanus). Infected dog bites are especially threatening to children, the elderly, and patients with pre-existing medical conditions. Dog attacks can also cause severe lacerations, bone breaks and fractures, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other bodily injuries that can require medical care and rehabilitation.
Spinal injury claims – The spine is one of the most important parts of the human body, and a spine injury can lead to paralysis (either paraplegia or quadriplegia), mobility issues, trouble breathing, sexual dysfunction, and a host of other complications. Symptoms may not be immediately obvious, and can develop over time. Many spinal cord victims are unable to return to work after the accident.
Neglect & abuse claims – Also known as elder abuse or nursing home abuse, a neglect and abuse case is one of the most heinous acts. In these cases, the victim suffers physical, emotional, sexual, or financial abuse at the hands of their caregivers in a home care, facility, or nursing home environment. Sometimes, victims cannot speak up about the abuse or their injuries because they are intimidated by staff or otherwise unable to communicate. It is critical to investigate elderly neglect and abuse claims and hold the liable parties responsible.
Traffic Accidents
Car accident injury claims – After a collision on the road, injured drivers or passengers can claim damages for costs of hospital visits, medical bills, rehabilitation, and medication, as well as for emotional damages (like PTSD) as a result of the car crash. Some common injuries that can be covered by auto accident claims include whiplash, brain and head injuries, spinal injury, and paralysis. Even if the injured driver or passenger is partially at fault, they can still file a claim as long as the other driver is held more than 50% responsible. Insurance often cannot cover all the costs of the accident, making it critical to pursue legal action after the traffic accident.
Truck accident claims – No one wants to be injured in a truck accident. Trucks can be 20 to 30 times more heavy than most vehicles, and truck collisions often result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. In truck accident claims it is usually the trucking company that is held responsible. It is crucial not to communicate or accept direct settlements from the trucking company’s insurance, as they will often attempt to minimize the truck accident injury claim.
Motorcycle accident claims – Car drivers are often at fault for these accidents, as they fail to check their blind spots or make wide turns, injuring the motorcyclist. Motorbike accidents often lead to severe and sometimes fatal injuries, with a significant percentage of paralysis, disability, spine injury, and traumatic brain injury reported in these crashes. Insurance rarely covers all the costs of the motorcycle collision, making it necessary to pursue legal action and demand compensation after the bike accident.
Public transportation injury claims – After a traffic accident involving an airport shuttle, hotel shuttle, limousine, taxi, or other form of public transportation in Las Vegas, the operating company can be held liable for any injuries caused to passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, or other motorists. Many of these companies will attempt to minimize the claim and settle out of court with a small payout, but it is crucial to avoid these offers and instead pursue full and complete compensation for the public transit injuries.
Bus accident injury claims – Poor maintenance or reckless driving can cause a serious bus crash or collision, injuring the bus rider, pedestrians, or other motorists. This can happen on an RTC transit bus, school bus, or any other private or public bus in Las Vegas. It is the operating company that is usually held responsible for these bus collisions, but note that they will often try to avoid the claim and/or settle with a small payout which often neglect to cover all the damages owed to the victims. Legal action is often pursued instead.
Roll over accident claims – If a driver or passenger is injured in a roll over accident in their car, they can pursue legal action against the car manufacturer for defective products or other manufacturing defects and safety issues in the vehicle, or against a negligent or reckless driver at fault who caused the accident. Rollover accident injuries are some of the most serious traffic accidents in Southern Nevada. While they make up a small percentage of the vehicular accidents in Las Vegas, they are the most likely to cause severe injury, disability, or even death. The high medical costs and intense emotional damages from these rollover incidents can be covered by compensation won in an injury claim.
Pedestrian accident injury claims – Negligent and reckless drivers, including drunk drivers (DUI) and those texting while driving, can hit a pedestrian at a crosswalk or on the road and cause severe injury. It is almost always the fault of the driver in these situations, but even if the pedestrian is partially liable for the accident, they can still be eligible to file a claim. If the at fault driver has not been identified, the case is classified as a hit and run, but the driver can still be found and held liable with efforts from law enforcement and an experienced injury law firm who can help collect evidence and interview witnesses.
Bicycle accident claims – Bike accidents are unfortunately quite common in Nevada, since many drivers and even pedestrians neglect to share the road with cyclists. These bicycle crashes can be complicated by poorly marked roadways or bike lanes. Even when wearing a helmet and appropriate safety gear, riders injured in a bicycle collision often suffer severe injuries that require extensive medical care and rehabilitation. In cases there the bicycle rider is partially responsible for the accident, they can still file a claim and receive damages as long as the other party is more liable for the accident.
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Personal Injury FAQs
In the event that you have been harmed in a mishap, the most significant need is getting clinical consideration. If you are not brought to the emergency room promptly, you should take photographs or recordings of the mishap scene and get the contact data of any observers. You should not concede blame or apologize to any other individual who was included, regardless of whether it appears to be a considerate activity.
You don’t have to settle on this choice all alone. Contact Gazda & Tadayon and set up a free discussion to go over your circumstance in detail. Our lawyers will have the option to disclose to you whom you can sue and what you can hope to recoup, in light of the realities of the mishap and the laws in Las Vegas.
You may at present have a case regardless of whether you don’t feel hurt at the scene. The natural reaction to an awful circumstance like a mishap sends a surge of adrenaline through the body, which can reduce pain. You may begin feeling huge agony or creating different side effects later. It is insightful to counsel a specialist regardless of whether you don’t feel quick, unbearable torment, since the absolute most genuine conditions rise after some time.
This will rely upon the legal time limit in Las Vegas. An individual physical issue case may should be documented inside a time of the mishap, or you may have as much as four years to record. You should check the standard in Las Vegas to ensure that you don’t accidentally postpone your privileges. There are a few special cases to the legal time limit, yet they are exceptionally tight, so you ought not accept that an exemption applies. In addition, you should attempt to seek after a case as quickly as time permits while the proof is still new. This will assist you with demonstrating obligation and the extent of your harms.
The main type of harms is known as compensatory harms, which is additionally isolated into economic damages and non-economic damages. Economic damages epend on unmistakable, generally target expenses and misfortunes, for example, doctor’s visit expenses, lost pay and winning limit, property harm, and the expenses of future treatment. Non-economic damages are increasingly abstract, covering things, for example, torment and enduring, mental anguish, and lost pleasure throughout everyday life. Harms must be sensibly quantifiable to be granted, as opposed to being theoretical.
GAZDA & TADAYON INJURY LAW PRACTICE AREAS
Attorney Lewis J. Gazda
Awards
- Million and multi-million advocates forum
- Martindale Hubbell with AV Ratings
- Top-Rated Avvo Lawyer
- Top 25 Motor Vehicle Accident Attorneys
- National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiffs Lawyers
With almost 30 years of experience, Attorney Lewis Gazda is one of the most respected lawyers in the Las Vegas community. Attorney Gazda specializes in both personal injury and wrongful death cases. He is recognized by his peers for his superior negotiation skills and extensive legal knowledge, earning the highest possible rating of AV Pre-eminent from Martindale-Hubbell.
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Attorney Afshin Tadayon
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Attorney Afshin Tadayon has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney in Las Vegas, with a diverse range of practice areas including personal injury, premises liability, wrongful death, criminal law, and mass tort litigation. Attorney Tadayon formerly served as a defense lawyer for insurance companies; his insider knowledge of their legal tactics makes him a potent advocate for clients seeking the compensation they deserve after an accident.
Attorney Tadayon is ranked AV Pre-eminent by Martindale-Hubbell, a rating reserved for only the top 10% of attorneys as designated by their peers.
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