When Are Schools Liable For Child Sexual Assaults?
When sexual misconduct or assault occurs in a child’s school, victims have legal rights to seek damages against the school and school employees in federal and state civil courts. Sexual Assaults at School In Nevada, statutes clearly define guidelines on school child abuse and neglect including acts of sexual assault, misconduct, exploitation, and sex trafficking. Guidelines stipulate that abuse or neglect of a child can also be caused by acts of school administrators, employees, teachers, and volunteers in a school who are not legally responsible for the welfare [...]
Which Personality Types Get in the Most Highway Accidents?
Drivers who are young with reckless, irresponsible, and impulsive behaviors, as well as older drivers who are impaired or under significant levels of stress, are in a higher risk group of drivers likely to be involved in highway traffic accidents. What Personality Traits Are Linked to Highway Accidents? Studies show that common personality factors are often associated with a higher risk of vehicle accidents. Research on driving behaviors and traffic accidents suggests that certain drivers may be more “accident-prone” due to personality traits, as well as driving skills. [...]
What Is Highway Hypnosis?
Highway hypnosis creates a hypnotic, trance-like effect on commercial truckers who drive long hours and distances. What Are the Dangers of Highway Hypnosis? Highway hypnosis is a real problem that impacts many commercial truckers. It falls under the general umbrella of drowsy driving, a common problem within the trucking industry that causes more than 100,000 accidents in the U.S. each year. Highway hypnosis occurs when a driver falls into a type of hypnotic trance behind the wheel. The condition relaxes the brain and creates a hypnotized state of [...]
Why Parents Should Sue When Their Kids Are Sexually Abused
When a child is abused or sexually assaulted, parents can file a civil lawsuit to expose the perpetrator and prevent harm to other children who may become victims. Child Sexual Assaults Children who suffer abuse and sexual assault are often victims of sexual predators who have hurt other children. Perpetrators can be punished for their acts in criminal courts, as well as civil courts. If convicted in a criminal court, perpetrators face fines and prison sentences. If convicted in civil court, perpetrators face monetary damages and public exposure [...]
How to Get Medical Bills Paid After a Crash in Nevada
When a Nevada car accident results in medical bills that create financial hardship, MedPay insurance and letters of promise provide payment options. Paying Medical Bills After a Crash Car accidents that result in injuries leave many people struggling with high medical bills they can’t pay. Following a car crash, injury victims often require immediate medical care and hospitalization to prevent complications that may lead to death. As a result, medical bills mount up quickly creating a lack of resources to pay the bills. In many cases, an injury [...]
How to Calculate Lost Earning Potential After an Injury
Work-related injuries that result in time away from work, lost wages, and personal injury claims require accurate calculations of current and future lost income. What Is the Loss of Earning Potential Following Injuries? Work-related injuries, especially in certain occupations, are not unusual, but some can have devasting consequences for a worker’s potential earnings and career path. Serious work injuries often result in temporary or permanent disabilities, vocational rehabilitation to develop new skills, permanent loss of a job, and complete career changes. When a workplace injury occurs, an employee [...]
Personal Injury Lawsuits: Can You Sue After a Product Is Recalled?
If a person suffers injuries from a defective product, he or she can file a personal injury lawsuit against the manufacturer to recover compensation, even if the product has been recalled. Defective Product Recalls In many cases, dangerous product defects do not become apparent to consumers until products are on the market for a period of time and they are purchased and used by many people. Sometimes defective products cause thousands of severe injuries, even deaths, before consumers realize they have been recalled. When a defective product malfunctions [...]
These Diabetes Medications Could Double Your Amputation Risk
Diabetes medications containing SGLT2 inhibitors, such as Farxiga and Jardiance, may double a patient’s risk of lower limb amputation. What Are the Dangers of Diabetes Drugs? Recent health studies show that popular diabetes medications like Farxiga and Jardiance present serious amputation risks of lower limbs, a risk that’s already greater for people with diabetes. While these drugs provide help with the management and treatment of diabetes, their dangers may far outweigh their advantages. Farxiga and Jardiance are part of a class of drugs called sodium-glucose co-transporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. [...]
How In-Cab Monitoring Could Save Your Life
Commercial trucking companies are testing in-cab driver monitoring systems to detect fatigued and distracted driving behaviors behind the wheel. In-Cab Monitoring Systems for Truckers In-cab monitoring systems in commercial trucks are expected to reduce drowsy and distracted accidents for truckers. Advancements in technology have created sophisticated in-cab truck monitoring systems that view a driver’s head and eye movements behind the wheel to detect signs of fatigue, drowsiness, and other distractions that may cause a serious crash. What Is the Guardian System? The Guardian monitoring system developed by Seeing [...]
Speeding: A deadly Danger on Nevada Roads
Published on December 6, 2019, by Matthew Sharp
Car Accident
Nevada drivers rank 13th in the nation for deadly car crashes that involve excessive speeds. In 2018, 331 people died on Nevada roads, accounting for the highest traffic fatality rate in the last 10 years. Speeding Drivers on Nevada Roads Between 2013 and 2017, the Nevada Department of Traffic Safety projected a five-year average of 92 speed-related crash fatalities, including car, truck and motorcycle accidents. The actual number of fatalities was 104. In 2018, there were 331 traffic deaths, and close to 40% were related to speeding drivers. [...]
