Wrongful Death
A drunk driver that causes a death in a Las Vegas car accident is liable for damages to the Survivors as defined by the Nevada Wrongful Death Act. For example, under the Nevada Wrongful Death Statute, heirs of the decedent and the personal representatives of the decedent may each maintain an action for damages against the person who caused the death. In addition, the court or jury may award each person pecuniary damages for his grief or sorrow, loss of probable support, companionship, society, comfort and consortium, and damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement of the decedent. The Wrongful Death Act is complicated in its application. We at Jack Bernstein and Associates have experience in applying the wrongful death act to recover money damages for injuries and damages caused by drunk drivers.
The Nevada law specifies which persons are entitled to recover money damages from a drunk driver and their insurance company as briefly mentioned above. There is no set amount of money damages that a person who looses a loved one in a Las Vegas car accident due to a drunk driver is entitled to. It is a subjective figure arrived at based upon the experience and judgment of the attorney, taking into account the specific facts involved in the accident. Attorney Jack Bernstein has twenty five years of experience in working on drunk driving accidents. The evidence in a case is stronger when the drunk driver's behaviour is more egregious. The higher the intoxication or blood alcohol level, the more serious the insurance company and their defense attorneys will have to view the case. Specifically, a civil jury in Las Vegas can be outraged at someone who was driving with a high blood alcohol level resulting in a car accident. The way for a jury to show their outrage is to award a high amount of money damages to fairly compensate the injured persons family.
We at Jack Bernstein and Associates have experience in putting together a strong presentation for the insurance company to force them to pay the highest amount of money damages possible based upon the injury or death due to the Las Vegas drunk driving car accident. It is important in presenting the wrongful death case that an attorney with experience in both wrongful death cases and drunk driving cases be involved. Jack Bernstein uses his extensive knowledge to supervise his staff of attorneys and case managers to present your Las Vegas Car Accident case properly. The attorney's in your case should ask you to give photos of your deceased loved one in numerous settings to include in the presentation to demonstrate your loss. For example, photos at holiday times, during weddings, marriages, and barbeques, as well as photos covering the person's life from a baby through immediately before their death. If there is home video showing the deceased loved one, that should be worked into a presentation as well. Items of a sentimental nature, such as diplomas, baptism certificates, report cards, birthday cards, photos of medals, and items from the funeral help to show the personal injury and loss you have sustained due to the drunk driver car accident. In one of my cases I sent the receipts for crosses that contained the deceased loved ones ashes. In other wrongful death cases, our presentation has included DVD's containing interviews of family members, Engineering Experts, and Physicians to documents the losses to the high level insurance company executives who make the decisions on how much to offer to settle the case. Such thorough presentation allows these executives to realize the seriousness of the Drunk Driving Car Accidents affect on the family members and let them know the emotional losses involved BEFORE THE JURY PRESENTATION is necessary, helping to avoid additional grief in some cases for our clients.
Additional evidence should be included with the presentation, such as the DUI arrest video of the drunk driver from the police. At Jack Bernstein and Associates we include the police report, and any significant evidence from the criminal court file, such as the police reports where the drunk driver many times confesses to how many drinks were consumed. The driver's license history and outcome of the drunk driving case might be included, as well as the 911 tapes. This evidence along with the funeral expenses, wage loss, and all intangible damages should be presented in a well organized fashion. Some cases require the use of an expert economist to help document the economic looses to businesses, or the loss of earnings over a lifetime. Attorney Jack Bernstein has twenty five years experience helping victims of drunk driving car accidents to recover money damages. It is important to recover compensation to help you with financial support, to try and give you and your family members some comfort due to the personal injury and loss, and to send a message to the drunk driver and others, that such intolerable behavior will not be tolerated by the people of Las Vegas. Send a message by making a claim that you are entitled to, that when someone is drunk in Las Vegas, we want them to call a taxi and not drive drunk.
We need people that are drinking and driving to know that when a drunk gets behind the wheel, we will fight back. In addition to criminal penalties that the State of Nevada imposes such as revocation of the driver's license for a period of one year after the second drunk driving accident within a seven year period, the injured person or family will make them suffer the maximum consequences permitted by law. Attorney Jack Bernstein will bring the maximum legal pressure to bear, to make sure that the maximum money is paid to the Las Vegas Car Accident Victim and their family. Attorney Jack Bernstein will make sure that an effective and forceful presentation of the Las Vegas Drunk Driving Car Accident evidence is obtained and presented. A strong presentation of your Las Vegas Drunk Driving car accident case helps to force an early settlement and avoid delay that occurs during litigation in some cases. We would be honored to assist you and your family in representing you for a Las Vegas Drunk Driving Car Accident.
