Just because personal injury cases don’t often involve heated jury trials and proceedings, that doesn’t mean that they are easy or simple tasks. One aspect about personal injury litigation is that the defendant isn’t always a person–businesses, insurance companies, and even government entities can also be sued. Determining the guilty party and proving their negligence is just as difficult as any legal task; suffice it to say that you’ll need an experienced attorney to reach your goals. 

Attorneys are also licensed to practice in specific jurisdictions, meaning that they will know about all the particular rules and regulations that you will need to follow in order to remain compliant with court policy. One of the most important tidbits for Nevada claimants to remember is that of modified comparative negligence. 

Under modified comparative negligence, the fault for an accident is on a percentage scale that is divided between all parties at the discretion of the court. In other words, instead of an absolute winner and loser, everyone can be given blame, with the totals adding to 100 percent in the end. The fault for an accident may be split in any combination, from 50-50, 75-25, 32-68, etc. Just keep two things in mind: 1) a percentage of fault equates to a reduction in end settlement (i.e. 20 percent fault reduces settlement by 20 percent) and 2) any party with over half (50 percent) of the fault cannot receive compensation at all.