Personal Injury
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What To Do In The First 24 Hours After An Accident
Just for a moment consider the unthinkable: You’re driving through the intersection of Flamingo and Decatur, listening to your favorite music, thinking about shopping, picking up the kids, going to a meeting when suddenly you’re completely disoriented by a loud crash and a jolt. You’ve been t-boned by a careless driver. You’re in shock and…
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Nevada Workers’ Compensation Benefits: Beyond Loss of Income
Suffering a work-related injury or illness can be life-altering, both physically and financially. The Nevada workers’ compensation system is designed to compensate employees for losses incurred due to the work-place injury or illness and get him or her back to work as quickly as is reasonably possible. That being said, workers’ compensation also limits the…
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Marijuana is Now Legal – But Driving While High is Not
Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Nevada — and suppliers have been licensed — it almost goes without saying that Nevada will see an increase in drivers impaired by marijuana use. And drivers under the influence are dangerous and potentially deadly. Driving while high is a crime. Back in the early 1990s, one study…
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Bitten by a Dog? You Are Entitled to Compensation
As we discussed in another article, Nevada is a “one-bite” state, but you are still entitled to personal injury compensation from the owners if you have been bitten by a dog. You may also be entitled to recover monetary damages from any other persons who may have some control over the dog, such as a…
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Paul Padda Law Enlightens Vegas Shooting Victims on Possible Path to Answers
Attorney Paul Padda gives his perspective on what it will take for personal injury and wrongful death victims to get the information they need to make sense of this unfortunate tragedy, reports www.paulpaddalaw.com. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Las Vegas, NV)–On October 1, 2017, shortly after 10:00 P.M., a gunman who has since been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock…
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5 Things You Need to Know Before Suing the Veterans Administration
It’s sad, but many veterans are coming home from the wars overseas and not getting the treatment they deserve. However, suing the Veterans Administration for medical malpractice is not an easy proposition; it is, after all, a branch of the federal government, which means there are complications that arise in seeking compensation for wrongdoings. That…
