Vegas is known for having much to do, making it a great tourist location. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority (LVCVA) visitor statistics report that the city had nearly 41 million visitors in the last full reporting period. Any time you have hundreds of thousands of people in one place, conflict and accidents will increase.

At Mitchell Rogers Injury Law, we understand that this is a challenging moment in your life. When you retain one of our Las Vegas casino and hotel injury lawyers, you retain our compassion, experience, and dedication to fighting for your right to compensation. This is not a burden you should have to bear without demanding accountability from those responsible for your injuries.

For your free case review, call Mitchell Rogers Injury Law’s casino and hotel injury lawyers at (702) 702-2622 right away.

Types of Injuries that Occur in Las Vegas Casinos and Hotels

In a place as chaotic as Las Vegas, there are a number of ways for guests to get injured. Many of these can be prevented by property management and staff who pay attention and take care of the jobs they do.

Examples

However, when that doesn’t happen, some of the accidents we see are

• Physical assault
• Sexual assault
• Elevator accidents
• Escalator accidents
• Alcohol poisoning
• Slip or trip and fall
• Swimming pool accidents
• Drowning
• Pedestrian accidents.

Effects

Some of these injuries can be treated with standard first aid on the scene or at the emergency department, allowing you to be discharged within the day.

However, some injuries will result in lifelong struggles, whether it be because of a permanent disability or an injury that requires ongoing treatment to manage.

Compensation for an Injury at a Las Vegas Hotel or Casino

If you have been injured in an accident, one of the conversations our casino and hotel accident lawyers will have with you is about damages. Many cases allow recovery of the following:

Medical Bills

The cost of treating injuries, especially serious injuries, can be very high. From X-rays and MRIs to hospital stays to surgeries, these costs could destroy your family’s finances. This is why we typically work hard to seek these damages from the casino or hotel’s insurance.

Lost Wages

If you miss work because of your injuries, that should also be compensated. Getting these damages paid can be essential to you and your family being able to move forward after an injury.

Any lost income, from temporary disability while you heal to permanent disability because of a permanent injury, should be paid.

Other Economic Damages

Other costs and expenses, such as damaged property, can also be claimed. This can also account for things like home adaptations to deal with a disability, hospital transportation costs, and more.

Save all receipts and bills related to the accident.

Pain and Suffering

The effects of an injury are often deeper than just the expenses you face. “Pain and suffering” is sometimes used interchangeably with the umbrella term “non-economic damages” to account for physical, mental, and emotional effects.

Our attorneys can help you put a value on these damages, which otherwise have no bills or expenses to prove their value.

Emotional Distress

Depending on the circumstances that caused your injury and the severity of your injury, you may suffer significant emotional damage as well as physical. For example, being assaulted physically or sexually can have lasting effects.

In both situations, your physical safety is under attack, and there may be a genuine and valid fear for your life. Situations like this can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and similar symptoms like depression and anxiety.

Punitive Damages

The opposing party may be held responsible for punitive damages in more extreme cases. These are damages meant to be a punishment or deterrent to the negligent party and not necessarily as an award to the victim.

This is reserved for behavior that comes from intentionally reckless or malicious behavior. Punitive damages may be awarded if the case goes to trial; they are not something you would request during negotiations.

What to Do After an Injury at a Las Vegas Casino or Hotel

If you have been injured during a visit to a Las Vegas Casino or even in your hotel room, there may be a lot going on at once, leaving you confused or disoriented. The first step after an accident is to make sure everyone is safe. Beyond that and calling a lawyer, there are several vital things to remember that may dramatically help your case.

Observe the Scene

After your accident, you should take time to gather yourself. When you are composed, take a second to look around and understand what happened.

If you can, take pictures of the area, the wet floor, the broken chair, or the defective machinery that caused your injury. Also look for security cameras in the area that might have caught the accident on video; casino floors are typically covered with cameras.

This initial observation and documentation may provide key evidence to support your case.

Seek Medical Care

If you have been injured, it is helpful to have them immediately assessed. This creates documentation to help link your injury to the accident and ensures that your injuries are appropriately treated. It is essential to follow any discharge or follow-up instructions from your provider.

Additionally, seeking an immediate evaluation may make it easier to make your case if you have delayed onset of symptoms, which is common when your body is flooded with endorphins and adrenaline that mask the pain.

Avoid Signing Anything

After an accident, hotel or casino staff may want to speak with you and have you sign a statement or similar documentation. Do not sign anything, as it may be a release of liability or other form meant to limit what damages you can claim or to trick you into acknowledging that the casino was not at fault.

Suing for Assault and Sexual Assault at a Casino or Hotel in Las Vegas

You can certainly sue any individuals who assaulted or battered you at a casino or hotel, but claims can often be filed against the hotel or casino as well.

Suing for Assault by Casino Security

Casino security may be able to put their hands on you or escort you from the premises if you are being unruly, but there are limits to the kinds of physical force they can use. Typically, they are not on-duty police officers and have no law enforcement powers, so they can only hurt other people when acting in self-defense or defense of others.

If you were beaten or treated unreasonably by casino staff or security, you may be entitled to sue the casino for that. There are often plenty of security cameras and body-worn cameras to show exactly what happened, and we can subpoena those as part of your case.

Negligent Security

In addition, lawsuits can often be filed if someone else assaults you at a casino or hotel. These places have security for a reason, and once they undertake to keep people safe, they must do so reasonably.

If security staff failed to properly screen guests, ignored signs of unsafe situations, or otherwise provided negligent security, you may be able to sue them for the assault or sexual assault that happened on their watch.

Suing Hotel and Casino Staff for Sexual Assault

Even worse, hotel and casino staff may be the ones perpetrating sexual assaults. If a bartender overserved you or slipped something into your drink with the intent to sexually assault you, we can fight to hold the hotel/casino responsible for the acts their staff committed while working and for negligent hiring and retention of workers with a history of this kind of activity.

How Can a Casino Injury Lawyer Help?

The experience of a hotel accident lawyer can provide many benefits to your case. One of the biggest is that we can take over the legal aspects of your case. At the same time, you focus on recovery, knowing we will keep you apprised of anything important happening and provide regular updates. Beyond this, additional benefits are:

Investigation

We will investigate your case and assess the evidence you provide to us to explore options and arguments you may not have thought of

Experience

When you have a casino accident attorney who has worked this type of case before, you have someone who knows what they are looking for in the evidence to strengthen your case or even weaken the opposing party.

Negotiation

Much of a personal injury case is negotiation. In most cases, the other party is not interested in the unpredictability of a trial and prefers to negotiate to agree on a settlement amount without taking a case to court.

Request Data and Records

An experienced attorney may be able to collect data and records that will help your case. For example, they may subpoena video footage from the casino or even contact a witness who has video evidence of what happened.

Why You Need a Lawyer

By getting a lawyer, you level the playing field and give yourself a fighting chance. Every lawyer has their own strength and skill to manage a case in a way that you may not expect.

What you can expect from Mitchell Rogers Injury is having our team on your side to handle your case with dedication and compassion. We will work to get you back on your feet and as close to ‘normal’ as possible.

Wrongful Death at a Casino or Hotel

In the worst case, if someone’s negligent behavior has caused the death of someone you love, you may be eligible to file a wrongful death lawsuit.

Damages

The damages in a wrongful death suit can help you and your family recover financial costs, like lost wages and support, end-of-life medical care costs, and funeral/burial costs. We can also help you recover for your own harms, such as your own grief at the loss.

Types of Claims

There are two claims to file here:

• The estate can file a survival action to recover damages the victim would have sued for if they survived.
• The surviving heirs can file a wrongful death suit to recover their own damages.

The distinction between these cases is more of a legal technicality, but it does dictate what damages you can get and how they are assigned or divided. Our lawyers can walk you through all of these technical issues when preparing your case.

Who Can Sue for Wrongful Death?

Under Nevada law, the victim’s personal representative (i.e., the executor of their estate) brings the survival action on behalf of the estate. The heirs who would receive the victim’s estate if they died without a will are the ones who can file the wrongful death lawsuit.

Whether the victim had a will or not does not change who can file or benefit from a wrongful death lawsuit, but it does change who is named as the personal representative of the estate and how the estate’s winnings are divided.

FAQs for Casino and Hotel Injuries in Las Vegas

Can You File Claims with the Hotel or Casino’s Insurance?

Hotels and casinos often have high-dollar insurance policies, but you should never try to reach out to their insurance on your own. Always work with a lawyer.

Insurance adjusters will typically try to use anything you say against you, deny claims, undervalue them, and push you to accept low-ball offers by saying you cannot get more. Instead, we can take the casino or hotel to court, where the insurance company defends them, and use that leverage to push for a better settlement.

Can You Sue for a Drunk Driving Crash if Someone Got Drunk at a Hotel or Casino?

Many states have a “dram shop law” that allows victims of DUI accidents to sue the bar where the driver was overserved. However, Nevada does not have one of these laws.

That means liability for a DUI crash stops with the drunk driver in most cases.

Can You Sue for Injuries if You Were Drunk at a Hotel or Casino?

While you cannot typically sue the hotel or casino for plying you with drinks, you can sue for the effects of what happens next. Casinos and hotels in Las Vegas know they are dealing with drunk patrons all the time, and they need to keep their premises safe.

This means following everyday safety standards, like having handrails on stairs, keeping floors dry and clean, and having railings on balconies. If the premises were unsafe, we can sue them, and your intoxication may be only one of many factors involved in determining who was at fault.

Call Our Las Vegas Casino & Hotel Injury Lawyers Today

Taking a vacation to a place like Las Vegas can be a memory you treasure forever. Unfortunately, if things go wrong, it can also be a nightmare. At Mitchell Rogers Injury Law, we understand the additional stress and vulnerability you may be experiencing by being in an unfamiliar place and away from the comforts of home.

Contact Us Any Time

We encourage you to contact our casino and hotel accident lawyer at any time to schedule a case consultation to discuss your situation and educate you on the resources and services we may be able to provide.

Free Case Evaluations

Do not let a concern for finances deter you from reaching out. The consultation is free, and we do not charge you a penny until we have secured compensation. Our goal is to relieve some of the stress by handling the legal side of your case, not add to it by piling legal fees on top of medical bills.

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