If you have ridden in a taxi cab lately and have suffered an injury, you need to contact an attorney right away. You should be focusing on recovering and let the legal professionals help you file your personal injury claim and fight on your behalf for the full amount of damages you are owed.
What to Do After a Taxi Accident
If you have been hurt in an accident involving a taxi cab, the first thing to do is seek appropriate medical attention right away. You should do this even if you do not think that you are injured or if your injuries do not feel that serious. Indeed, you may have suffered injuries whose symptoms will not show up until a later point in time.
Next, be sure to fully document any and all injuries that you have experienced. Doing so will provide the evidence needed to file a personal injury claim with your insurance company. Likewise, keeping a thorough record of your injuries will make it more difficult for the defendant and insurance company to minimize or outright deny your claim.
You should also be sure to get all of the important and relevant information from the taxi driver regarding the accident in which you were involved. Such information includes the taxi cab’s insurance company, the name of the company the driver works for, the driver’s information, and the information of any other people involved in the crash. You will need these details to file your personal injury claim.
Damages Available
Under Nevada law, personal injury victims are allowed to seek “economic” and “non-economic” damages for harm suffered. State law also allows for punitive damages, but under NRS 42.005 these damages are generally capped or limited, with some exceptions, to:
- $300,000 if the amount of compensatory damages awarded is less than $100,000; or
- Three times the amount of compensatory damages if the award is more than $100,000.
Economic damages include those monetary losses that are incurred as a result of the injuries. These include:
- Loss of earnings (past or future);
- Medical expenses (past or future);
- Loss of business opportunities (past or future); and
- Cost of replacement or repair of damaged property.
Non-economic damages include those losses that are not easily quantified by a specific monetary amount. These include:
- Pain and suffering;
- Physical impairment;
- Loss of consortium;
- Mental health issues; and
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
Notably, a physical injury is not required under Nevada law in order to recover damages for pain and suffering resulting from a taxi accident.
Our Attorneys can Help
The Las Vegas personal injury attorneys at Matt Pfau Law Group, will stand by you and your loved ones through every step of the legal process in your personal injury case. We have years of experience fighting for the injured across the state of Nevada, and we will do the same for you. Contact us today to schedule your initial case evaluation to see how we can help.
