Drivers of vehicles owe a legal duty of care to their passengers. What this basically means is that they are supposed to avoid actions that would be deemed unreasonable and that would place a passenger in a position of harm. Unfortunately, that’s possibly what occurred with a Las Vegas car accident in which a passenger [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 2, 2011
When Las Vegas car accidents occur in areas where traffic is heavy, what would otherwise be a relatively mild collision can quickly spiral completely out of control. Unfortunately, that appears to be what occurred today thanks to the involvement of a suspected drunk driver in a five-vehicle Las Vegas car accident that injured at least [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 19, 2011
When police are in pursuit of a suspect, they are generally given much leeway to do what they need to do in order to bring someone who is creating danger under control. However, there are limits to this leeway, particularly if pursuing officers are ordered multiple times to end their pursuit. Tragically, a police pursuit [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 14, 2011
The issue of texting while driving has been a contentious one in Nevada in recent years, and despite efforts from several people and organizations, none of the bills that would have outlawed texting while driving if they had passed have made it out of their respective committees. Now comes word that with the forthcoming state [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 5, 2011
One of the functions of local law enforcement is to track Las Vegas car accidents, Las Vegas bicycle accidents and Las Vegas pedestrian accidents within regular time intervals. This allows police and government officials to recognize trends that are developing or continuing and to take steps that could be available to make the traveling public [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 23, 2010
It’s that time of year when even in the desert, the weather can become somewhat unpredictable. In an area such as Las Vegas where rain and precipitation in general are not a regular occurrence, the appearance of even a slight amount of moisture can wreak havoc on the local roads. Unfortunately, that appears to be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 24, 2010
People who get behind the wheel often make dozens of judgments during their trips that are so instinctive that they are barely noticed. However, when something goes wrong, figuring out which party was at fault for a collision usually involves measuring these decisions in order to determine which party was mistaken. Tragically, a Massachusetts man [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Intersections are driving situations that we encounter on a daily basis, and few of us at this point stop to consider all that must go right in order to avoid serious problems. Unfortunately, even the smallest mistake in these settings can lead to disaster, and that appears to be what occurred yesterday when a Las [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 20, 2010
One would assume that driving in an area near the desert with no one around would present little danger to a passenger. While that may normally be true, it proved to be anything but for an area woman who was killed in a one-vehicle Las Vegas car accident early this morning. The driver of the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 15, 2010
When someone gets behind the wheel of a vehicle and gets out on public roads, he or she owes what’s known as a legal duty of care to everyone around him or her who could be affected by the decisions that are made. Those who are protected by this legal duty include those in other [...]
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