Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

You may have a personal injury case even if you were jaywalking when a car hit you. Nevada law uses comparative negligence, meaning shared fault. Your ability to get compensation depends on your percentage of fault compared with the driver’s. Many times, drivers bear primary liability for jaywalking pedestrians’ injuries since drivers’ speed, distraction, failure to yield, or other issues may have factored into an accident.

Las Vegas, NV (December 1st, 2025) – Nevada law enforcement agencies conducted a major coordinated operation over the weekend, resulting in 38 DUI arrests during a two-day enforcement campaign. The second annual "Sergeant Abbate and Trooper Felix" DUI Blitz honored two fallen Nevada Highway Patrol officers while working to remove impaired drivers from Nevada roads.

Liability for pickup-zone crashes at Vegas resorts often depends on whether hotels, rideshare companies, or drivers failed to uphold their duty of care. This is the obligation to maintain safe conditions and prevent foreseeable harm. 

Las Vegas, NV (September 23rd, 2025) – Las Vegas police issued nearly 200 citations in a single weekend as part of a citywide DUI blitz, underscoring the persistent dangers of impaired driving in our community. According to FOX5 Vegas, the operation led to 199 citations, 16 DUI arrests, and four additional arrests. Officers from multiple units, including Northeast, Southeast, Traffic, and 911 Communications, joined forces, and a phlebotomist was on hand to perform blood draws for testing.

Have you been injured in a Las Vegas car accident while visiting? Your legal rights as a tourist are intact. The laws in Nevada protect car accident victims, whether they are residents or visitors. Of course, you can help yourself more with the pursuit for compensation by documenting the scene, seeking medical care, preserving evidence, and connecting with a local lawyer.

If you’ve driven through Flamingo Road & Rainbow Boulevard in Spring Valley recently, you’ve passed the intersection with the highest number of reported crashes in Las Vegas in 2025. From January through April, Metro police recorded 26 collisions at that single spot.

Liability in a Las Vegas e-scooter accident depends on comparative negligence, with multiple parties often sharing liability. Riders can be held responsible to some degree if they rode an e-scooter distracted, and drivers could be held responsible in part if they collided with a scooter, with their automobile insurance company usually covering injuries.

Whether Las Vegas is doing enough for pedestrian safety depends on who you ask. The city's challenges go past protecting pedestrians from logjams, drunk or distracted drivers, and similar dangers. After all, pedestrians can be uniquely at risk in terrorist attempts. However, no matter what measures the city takes, pedestrian accidents will happen.

Auto and motorcycle insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, special bicycle insurance, and even health insurance can cover bicycle accidents. Las Vegas sees its share of bike injuries, and cyclists can better protect themselves by understanding what insurance covers bicycle accidents. Of course, the answer is not always straightforward. It may depend on the types of insurance available in the situation, the policy limits, who is at fault in the accident, the types of damages, and the cooperation of the insurer, among other things.