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2012-02-16 13:12:34
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
If you are driving and strike a pedestrian, you should stop, call 911, and render aid or medical assistance to the victim if you can. The last thing you should do is try to flee the scene of the auto-pedestrian accident.
But what if the person you hit appears to be only slightly injured? Wh....
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2012-02-14 16:03:14
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Throughout the ages, teenagers have always played pranks on people around them. But it seems like many years ago, those pranks were mostly of the harmless variety like wrapping houses with toilet paper, egging cars, and occasionally pummeling a mailbox or two.
Many of today\'s pranks, however, ap....
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2012-02-13 13:13:47
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
It\'s a law which should be common sense to all drivers in Las Vegas. But it bears repeating here since too many people do not seem to take it to heart: drivers are responsible for the safety of their passengers. So when a driver chooses to operate a motor vehicle recklessly or negligently without....
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2012-02-09 15:22:43
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
We are all taught during our driving lessons that a yellow light means, "Caution! Slow down!" But in reality, many motorists in and around Las Vegas understand a yellow light to mean, "Hurry up and get through the intersection before it turns red!" And sometimes, this misinterp....
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2012-02-08 13:26:25
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
It\'s every parent\'s nightmare. One minute your teenager has his whole life ahead of him, and the next minute his life has been irreparably changed forever. All because of the recklessness of a complete stranger.
That\'s what the family of a 15-year old boy is facing today after an auto-....
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2012-02-06 11:17:35
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
This blog joined the countless other voices from law enforcement and elsewhere that urged residents and tourists in Las Vegas to avoid driving under the influence of alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday. Apparently, that advice wasn\'t heeded by everyone, because authorities arrested more than a dozen p....
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2012-02-02 09:59:21
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
It\'s that time again. The annual NFL Super Bowl kicks off this Sunday, and hundreds of thousands of valley residents will be tuning in to the big game. Many of these fans will spend the afternoon at a bar, casino, or private party - and there is a high probability that alcohol will be part of the....
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2012-02-01 13:18:17
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
After several high-profile auto-pedestrian accidents in the latter part of 2011, authorities in the valley were hoping that 2012 would see a drop in these types of incidents. But not only has this not been the case, but it almost appears that they are becoming "twice" as bad.
As repor....
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2012-01-31 13:49:55
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Last summer, a half dozen guests at the Aria Resort and Casino contracted Legionnaires\' Disease. Thankfully, none of the victims died and the hotel took steps to remedy the problem. Unfortunately, Legionnaires\' has reared its ugly head again at a different Las Vegas property - and this time, a....
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2012-01-26 13:52:11
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
This blog has striven to drive home an important point: no matter what happens, you should never flee the scene of an accident. Instead, you should wait there until first responders arrive - whether it was your fault or not.
The second fatal auto-pedestrian accident this month on Boulder Highway ....
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2012-01-24 15:03:23
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
One of the great advantages to the valley is the prevalence of temperate weather all year round. That allows residents and tourists alike to engage in numerous outdoor activities throughout the year - like golfing, motorcycling, and bicycling.
But an incident earlier this month should remind ever....
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2012-01-23 09:52:22
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
The latter part of 2011 saw a larger-than-normal number of auto-pedestrian accidents in the Las Vegas metro area. (And they haven\'t stopped in 2012.) These incidents prompted numerous discussions about how to keep pedestrians safe from harm while crossing streets in the valley. Some of the obviou....
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2012-01-19 12:16:38
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
We\'ve been over this numerous times in this blog over the past several months: vehicles are required to stop for pedestrians or bicyclists who are in marked crosswalks unless drivers have a green light. So it would stand to reason that if an auto-pedestrian accident occurs in a crosswalk, the dri....
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2012-01-18 13:08:17
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
You\'ve heard the expression many times before: speed kills. Some people rationalize driving too fast by saying that they never do it in heavy traffic. Others argue that it\'s their decision to assume the risk of speeding and claim that they aren\'t hurting anyone else.
Both of those justificatio....
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2012-01-16 10:49:13
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Sometimes, it\'s readily apparent who is at fault in a motor vehicle collision if one of the drivers clearly disobeyed a traffic law, sign, or signal. But liability in an auto accident may be less clear if both drivers believe that they were acting within the law - for instance, when two drivers....
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2012-01-12 16:25:47
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Obviously, drivers should be conscious of yielding the right-of-way to other vehicles on the road. However, must also be aware of everything else that is happening around them - and not lose focus just because they may have a green light. Doing so could result in serious injury to others - or ev....
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2012-01-11 23:33:07
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Drunk drivers cause numerous auto accidents each year in Las Vegas and across the valley. These wrecks often result in injury or even death to innocent people. As a result, Metro Police does all that it can to catch and prosecute people who are caught driving under the influence.
But a new ruling b....
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2012-01-11 23:37:11
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Motorcyclists and drivers of passenger vehicles can take many precautions to reduce the likelihood of dying in an accident. They can drive at or under posted speed limits. They can obey all traffic laws and warning signs. They can even "drive defensively" and do everything they can to avoi....
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2012-01-11 23:38:19
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
You may remember that back in the early morning hours of the first day of 2011, a New Year\'s partygoer from California fell to his death from the roof of a Las Vegas Resort. Tragically, history repeated itself this year as the calendar charged on the Strip.
Around 3:45am on New Year\'s Day, a 21-y....
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2012-01-11 23:39:07
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
The last few months of 2011 were plagued by several auto-pedestrian accidents. In response, authorities in and around Las Vegas are trying to increase awareness among motorists about the need to yield to pedestrians who are inside marked crosswalks. But law enforcement personnel has also instructed ....
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2012-01-11 23:40:06
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Many Las Vegas residents rang in the New Year at a party, casino, or club over the weekend. Everyone is hoping for a good beginning to 2012. However, four people had a rough start to the new year after being victimized in a hit-and-run auto accident.
About 2:15am on New Year\'s Day, a woman, two te....
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2011-12-30 13:44:41
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Every year, millions of people attend the unique, dazzling, and exciting shows which help make Las Vegas famous. When tourists attend one of these performances, they expect to have an entertainment experience which they cannot find anywhere else in the country. They don\'t expect to suffer an in....
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2011-12-28 14:08:31
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
Because this weekend is New Year\'s Eve, police in and around Las Vegas will be out in full force looking for drunk drivers. But we shouldn\'t assume that there won\'t be any impaired drivers on the roadways in the days leading up to the holiday weekend.
Sadly, it appears that a drunk driver is....
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2011-12-27 15:55:31
By Farhan Naqvi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Nevada
For kids (and adults) of all ages, Christmas Eve is supposed to be a time of joyous anticipation. Many Nevadans eagerly await the celebration of the birth of Jesus and/or the opportunity to open holiday gifts. But for a few people in Nye County, Christmas Eve was a day of mourning, sadness, and a....
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