Mainor Ellis Injury Lawyers

Las Vegas is known for its vibrant nightlife and busy streets, also sees its fair share of personal injuries. Whether you’re a local or a visitor, knowing how to handle personal injuries, especially those resulting from common incidents like car accidents, is crucial for your physical and financial well-being. Contact the skilled Las Vegas injury lawyers at Mainor Ellis for more information or assistance.

In Las Vegas, you don’t have to travel very far off the strip to get off the road as well. Adults and children of literally all ages can explore the desert hills, flats, mountains and valleys around Las Vegas on an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), available for rent at over a dozen locations in and just outside of town. No driver’s license is required, and there are no traffic laws to follow. All you need is a sense of adventure and hopefully a dash of common sense about riding with regard for your safety and the safety of others.

While riding an ATV can be exhilarating, these are powerful machines, and lots of things can go wrong that can result in serious injury or death to riders, passengers, or people in their way. If you’ve been hurt in an ATV crash because of the negligence of a driver, passenger, rental company, or manufacturer of a defective ATV, Mainor Ellis Injury Lawyers is here to help you get the care and compensation you need and deserve. Contact our dedicated Las Vegas ATV accident lawyers today.

Facts About ATV Accidents

Experts in motor vehicle safety report 135,000 ATV injuries in the United States annually, and more than 700 deaths. Of those fatalities, over a third are younger than 16 years old. Apart from a rider’s age, factors like inexperience and recklessness are leading causes of ATV crashes, and these factors can be present in ATV operators of any age. Riders who are careless, reckless, speeding, inattentive, distracted, or driving while impaired can cause an accident, and in those cases, they can and should be held liable for the harm they have caused to accident victims, whether the injured parties were their passengers, occupants of another ATV, or people on the ground.

Apart from operator negligence, ATV rental companies often bear the blame for an ATV accident. A rental company’s culpable negligence could include renting a faulty vehicle, failing to provide proper instruction, or failing to provide necessary protective equipment. Although you might have signed a waiver of liability when renting the ATV, it’s worthwhile to talk to a lawyer after an accident, because a waiver might not always protect a rental company from their negligent acts.

Another leading cause of ATV accidents deals with dangerously defective ATVs. In these situations, the manufacturer, distributor, or reseller of the vehicle might bear legal responsibility for the accident. ATV product defects include both design and manufacturing defects, as well as marketing defects when the manufacturer does not adequately warn of the limits of the ATV or provide adequate instructions for safe use. Common ATV defects include problems with the brakes, engine, throttle, clutch, suspension, shifter, gas tank and fenders. The failure of any one of these parts could lead to a serious ATV accident.

Between two and three percent of traffic fatalities in Nevada result from bicycle accidents. This adds up to almost ten people losing their lives in bike crashes every year, and almost all of these deaths occur in Clark County. Las Vegas, known for its crowded streets and sidewalks and vibrant lifestyle, brings unique challenges for cyclists. Bicycle accidents, unfortunately, are not uncommon in this dynamic city. Mainor Ellis Injury Lawyers is dedicated to providing high-quality, dedicated legal assistance to those affected by bicycle accidents. Contact our experienced Las Vegas bicycle accident lawyers if you or a family member has been hurt in a bike crash on the strip or anywhere in town.