Automobile Accidents

• Cell Phone Use While Driving to Be Illegal in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | June 20, 2011 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Distracted driving is a serious problem, and Nevada is now joining other states that ban the use of cell phones while driving. The RGJ reports that Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law a bill that...

• NV Supreme Court Addresses Seatbelt Evidence in Crashworthiness Case

  Steve Klearman | May 31, 2011 3:22 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  The Nevada Supreme Court addressed issues of seatbelt evidence and violations of pretrial motions in limine in Roth v. BMW, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11 (April 14, 2011). The case involved a single...

• Majority of Young Drivers Use Phone While Driving

  Steve Klearman | March 07, 2011 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Reno Gazette Journal reports today that a Consumer Reports poll reveals the high usage of cell phones while driving: 63 percent of young people admit to using a handheld phone while driving,...

• Winter Driving Safety Tips from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Steve Klearman | January 26, 2011 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Avoid car accidents and breakdowns out there on the road in these colder months. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers the following tips to be safe this winter. Get your car...

• Nevada Liability Insurance Validated Electronically Program Affects Registration Status

  Steve Klearman | November 02, 2010 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  In Nevada, all registered motor vehicles must have valid liability insurance. Nevada's Liability Insurance Validated Electronically (Nevada LIVE) program works with Nevada insurance companies to...

• Bad faith dealing between insurer and insured

  Steve Klearman | August 02, 2010 1:53 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  In Allstate Insurance Company v. Miller, the Nevada Supreme Court clarifies issues regarding the relationship between insurance companies and the insured. 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28, July 30,...

• The role of comparative negligence when liability is established by statute.

  Steve Klearman | June 21, 2010 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  In Cromer v. Wilson­, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11 (March 2010), the Supreme Court of Nevada clarified that statutory defenses to liability are not nullified by NRS 41.133. Plaintiff (passenger)...

• Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies Sudden Emergency Jury Instruction

  Steve Klearman | April 16, 2010 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  In Posas v. Hortan, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 12 (April 15, 2010), the Nevada Supreme Court addressed when it is appropriate for a sudden emergency instruction to be given to a jury. The case arose...

• Highways Getting Safer? USDOT: 2009 Traffic Fatalities Reach Record Low

  Steve Klearman | March 15, 2010 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a press release on Thursday, March 11, announcing that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the...

• NRS 41.133 Liability Does Not Abrogate Comparative Negligence

  Steve Klearman | March 11, 2010 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  NRS 41.133 states that when an offender has been convicted of the crime which resulted in the injury to the victim, the judgment of conviction is conclusive evidence of all facts necessary to...