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More than a year after a fatal accident, Shauna Miller plead guilty to one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury or death.

In Nevada, if someone is killed in a #DUI accident, their family members can seek compensation for a variety of damages under a#nevada wrongful death lawsuit. If you have lost a loved one due to the negligent decision of another to drink and drive, you have legal rights that allow you to seek compensation for your loss. #samhardinglawfirm #lasvegas #personalinjuryattorney

Las Vegas Police officers will now respond only to accidents in which there are injuries or fatalities.

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Crushing Impact: Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes Into Apartment

Two people were asleep in the apartment when an unidentified driver plowed into the side of a studio apartment, caving in the wall and burying the pickup truck halfway into the building.

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5 Signs An Elderly Loved One May Be Suffering from Financial Abuse

One of the most common ways that elders are abused occurs by way of their finances. Nursing home workers and/or in-home care providers can take advantage of people in this position for their own financial gain http://bit.ly/1jce7P2

5 Facts Regarding Slip and Fall Accidents and Older Americans

Here are 5 surprising facts regarding slip and fall accidents and how they affect Americans who are at least 65 years old. http://bit.ly/1f01Yp0

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Calm Down and Proceed - Aggressive Driving a Factor in Majority of Fatal Crashes

There are certain issues with regards to driver safety that tend to dominate the news in cycles. For many years drunk driving received heavy coverage, and for good reason, as too many people were and continue to make this terrible mistake. More recently, distracted driving has been getting a lot of attention as the prevalence of cell phones and hand-held devices has seemed to increase the number of motorists who are not paying attention to the road as they should. This phenomenon has led to the adoption of laws around the country restricting the use of these devices. While awareness of these driving dangers is a good thing, it should not eliminate the need to continue to pay attention to other dangerous driving activities that continue to inflict a lot of pain and loss on people all over the United States. One of those activities is aggressive driving, and it would be worthwhile to remind people of just how prevalent such conduct is and how much damage it does to people. A link to an extreme example of aggressive driving/road rage can be found here, and police are still searching for the suspect.

Number of Crashes Rises After Daylight Saving Time Switch

There are many reasons that it seems that more and more people are beginning to argue that moving the clocks forward and back every year should be eliminated. Some feel that this is no longer necessary because we are no longer a heavily agrarian society. Others feel that we should eliminate this process because they like the days to be lighter longer into the evening. Regardless of the reasons why, daylight saving time and the switch back that occurs in the fall are generally not very popular in the United States. Based on the results of different studies, there could be another reason to be against the concept of daylight saving time, and that reason is safety for people on the roads. According to a recent report, the days following the ‘spring forward’ step that’s taken in March are extremely dangerous for motorists and their passengers. An article describing this situation can be found here, and the entire line of thinking seems to dovetail into the accepted notion that fatigued driving is dangerous driving.

Paying the Price - Study Reveals Struggles Faced by Accident Survivors

Every now and then studies are done for a particular purpose that wind up providing information that can be important for several, somewhat unexpected reasons. Unfortunately, media coverage of many types of studies is light, meaning that people who could benefit from what was learned never see or hear this information. That could be the case with a recent study that was done regarding survivors of different types of trauma and what they could face in the future. One of the types of trauma detailed in the study was car accidents. We have been serving clients as Las Vegas accident lawyers for many years, and we have seen firsthand the extreme difficulties that people can face even if they manage to survive a crash. It’s common for people to continue to endure pain and suffering as well as additional medical problems that they never would have faced but for the negligence of another motorist. Clearly, these struggles also come with heavy financial costs. An article describing the study can be found here, and needless to say the information uncovered was quite troubling.

5 Facts You May Not Have Known Regarding Slip and Fall Accidents

Slip and fall accidents do not get the serious thought and recognition that they deserve. That is at least partially because of Hollywood’s regular depiction of survivors of slip and fall accidents as people who slip on banana peels and then stumble into the courtroom in a neck brace. Unfortunately, that common depiction glosses over the fact that thousands of people are seriously injured and even killed in slip and fall accidents in the United States every year. The numbers are such that many would consider slip and fall accidents a massive public safety problem. Considering this context, it may be helpful to present some facts regarding slip and fall accidents that occur in the United States. People who have been injured in this manner while on the property of someone else can face enormous financial and non-financial losses, and these losses need to be recaptured if these people were injured because of the negligent conduct of others. Below are 5 facts regarding slip and fall accidents in the United States that may not be very well known by the public.

5 Facts Regarding Child Safety in Car Accidents in the United States

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, regularly puts out reports relating to different issues regarding safety in the United States. One of the agency’s more recent releases involves the relative level of safety experienced by children as they ride in vehicles as passengers. Overall, there is some positive news in this latest report, but there are still many troubling facts present that can make it difficult to accept that everyone is doing what they need to do before they get behind the wheel of a vehicle with children in a car, truck or SUV.

Study Shows Fatalities Rising for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Hit by Distracted Drivers

By now all of us have heard quite a bit about the dangers invited and risks encountered by engaging in the dangerous act of driving while distracted. Whether we are talking in a cell phone, reading or sending text messages, eating or drinking or fiddling with the radio, every second our focus is not on the road is a second that we could cause a car accident. Despite the fact that we should all know about these risks, many of us still make this mistake and cause car accidents that lead to injuries and fatalities. When we hear about distracted driving crashes and fatalities, most of us tend to visualize two or more vehicles colliding because a motorist was not paying attention. While those types of situations do unfold more than others, the results of a recent study point out that the number of people on bicycles and who are out walking who are killed by distracted drivers is rising.

Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Drugged Driving After Two Pedestrians Injured

When people hear that a motorist has been arrested for DUI, they tend to assume that the suspect allegedly consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. While that’s certainly a valid assumption in many instances, some tend to forget that there are other ways to drive while intoxicated. Basically, ingesting anything that can physiologically impair a motorist’s ability to safely operate a vehicle can lead to an arrest on this charge, including illegal substances such as cocaine or marijuana or even legal drugs that are acquired via prescription. Unfortunately, police believe that intoxicants were a factor in a Las Vegas pedestrian accident that occurred on Friday that left two women seriously injured. The driver of the vehicle that allegedly hit the women was arrested and is suspected of driving while under the influence of narcotics. A link to a story describing the crash can be found here, but no update as to the condition of the women who were hit was provided.

CDC Lays Out Costs of Slip and Fall Accidents for Older Americans

Everyone understands that medical care costs money, especially emergency medical care. Everyone also tends to understand that older Americans tend to face a higher risk in general for needing medical care than their younger counterparts. As such, one of the biggest sources of stress for older people is the possibility that they will become ill or suffer injuries that lead to enormous medical costs. Most people cannot afford these costs and some face serious financial difficulties as a result of them at a time in their lives when they should be relatively free of stress. One of the biggest reasons that older Americans face unforeseen medical bills is because they are injured in slip and fall accidents. The problem has become extremely prevalent and it’s expected to get worse as the population of the United States collectively ages. Given this context, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, recently published some startling numbers regarding the cost of slip and fall accidents for older Americans. Read more here.

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Difficult Start - Man Killed in Las Vegas Motorcycle Accident Already Third Traffic Fatality in 2014

Every year brings new hope in just about every context of life. Many of us hope to accomplish personal and/or professional goals, and many others have larger hopes for society as a whole. Anyone who deals with traffic accidents regularly tends to hope that each year will bring about a new level of safety for drivers, passengers, bicyclists and pedestrians. In general, the statistics relating to Nevada traffic accidents have been trending downward, but 2014 is not off to a good start after yet another person was killed in a crash during the first few days of 2014. Specifically, a 27-year-old man was killed in a Las Vegas motorcycle accident that occurred on Monday morning at approximately 8:47 a.m. An article describing what happened can be found here. The man was reportedly moving in a southbound direction on Centennial Center Parkway when the driver of a pickup truck allegedly pulled out from a parking lot and collided with him. The man was critically injured and succumbed to those injuries later in the day. The driver of the truck and the passenger reportedly suffered minor injuries, and police are continuing to investigate the crash.

Study Reveals Much Higher Slip-and-Fall Risk for Older Healthcare Workers

The issue of healthcare has been one that has dominated the headlines in the United States for years now, and that’s because the entire way that we administer this care is in the process of changing. Basically, many more people are going to have access to healthcare, and this change comes at a time when the older members of our population are beginning to enter their golden years by the millions. All of this adds up to an extremely high level of demand that must be met by the different sects of the healthcare industry. What it also means is that the need for healthcare workers is going to continue to rise as the years pass. Younger workers with less experience and older workers who in years past may not have had very much direct contact with patients are going to be more prominent when care is provided. While experience means a lot when it comes to healthcare, there are also risks involved. In fact, according to a study that was recently published, the risks faced by older healthcare workers in terms of the potential for slip-and-fall accidents is much greater than what is faced by their younger colleagues.

Only 11 States Have Worse Drivers Than Those in Nevada

Auto insurance companies make it their business to know as much about the risks presented by motorists as possible. Their profit margin and very existence depends on their ability to accurately predict driving performance, and these predictions take place both on the individual and on the macro levels. As such, an entity known as Carinsurancecomparison.com recently ran its annual survey in an attempt to identify the worst drivers in the United States as separated by state. The survey incorporates several different variables and uses rates instead of raw numbers to account for the differences in population. Unfortunately, Nevada did not do well in the rankings that relate to driving statistics from the calendar year of 2012, the last year from which complete sets of data are available. According to the survey, Nevada drivers are the 12th worst in the United States based on the criteria that were used to make this determination.

5 Reasons Many People Think Large Dogs Bite People More Often Than Small Ones

Tens of millions of dogs live with companions in the United States, and people simply get used to seeing them on a daily basis. As such, there are certain norms that are basically accepted by people who live with or around dogs, and that is the case for just about anything that has become an integral part of our culture. For instance, most people understand that dogs are loyal to their owners and that when their tails are wagging that they are generally happy. Unfortunately, there are also some false beliefs that have developed over time, and one of them involves the general notion that when it comes to dog bites, larger dogs inflict this type of harm on humans more often than smaller breeds.

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