LAS VEGAS NEGLIGENCE ATTORNEY

Experienced Accident Attorney Here For You

The Nevada Department of Transportation reports that nearly 30,000 people are injured in crashes in the state every year. While some of these injuries are thankfully minor, sadly, many others are extremely serious. All car accident victims deserve compensation for the full value of their damages. Unfortunately, the big insurance companies often make fair compensation difficult to obtain.

Victims must be fully prepared for the accident claims process. More specifically, injured victims need to know how to prove fault in a Nevada car accident case. In our state, fault is generally established by proving negligence. To prevail in your car accident case, you will need to prove negligence.

At Naqvi Injury Law, our top-rated Las Vegas car accident attorneys have extensive experience proving negligence in Clark County car accident cases. If you were injured in a crash, and you believe another party was to blame, you need to take action now to protect your legal rights. Contact our team for immediate legal assistance.

Las Vegas car accident injury claims are typically brought under NRS 41.141, Nevada’s comparative negligence legal standard. Under this type of system, you must be able to prove negligence to hold another party legally liable for your damages. Broadly defined, negligence is the failure to act with due care in a particular situation. Though, applying the negligence standard to real-world situations can sometimes be challenging.

Indeed, while negligence is clear cut in some cases, such as when a driver blows through a red light, causing a major accident, in other situations it can be more difficult to prove. This is why it is imperative that auto accident victims get a qualified attorney by their side as soon as possible after a crash.

A skilled attorney will be able to begin an immediate investigation of your claim to determine the true cause of the accident and to obtain the evidence needed to prove it in court. To establish negligence, your attorney will need to prove each of the following four required legal elements:

• Duty: First, your attorney must prove that the defendant owed you a duty of care. Put simply, a duty is a legal obligation to look out for the well-being of another person. In Nevada, all drivers owe everyone else on the road a duty to operate their vehicle in a safe manner and to comply with all state and local highway rules and regulations.
• Breach: Next, you will need to prove that the driver in question breached their duty of care. This means that you will need to be able to prove that the other driver did something unsafe, and that their actions fell short of what an ordinary, prudent driver would have done in similar circumstances.
• Causation: You will also need to prove that there is some level of causation between the defendant’s breach of their legal duties and your injuries. In other words, proving that another driver did something unsafe is not sufficient to prevail in an auto accident claim; the unsafe action must have, at least in part, contributed to your accident.
• Damages: Finally, you will need to prove your damages. This is a very important step of the legal claims process that is often overlooked by victims. To maximize your compensation you will need to be able to sufficiently document all of your losses.