Las Vegas businesses have a legal obligation to keep their premises safe. Casinos, hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, and parking structures owe visitors a duty of care, and when they fail that duty, people get hurt. Wet floors without signage, broken tiles, poor lighting, uneven transitions between surfaces, and neglected walkways cause serious injuries every day across Clark County.
A slip and fall may sound minor. It is not. These accidents produce fractures, traumatic brain injuries, spinal damage, and injuries that can take months or years to fully present. The businesses and insurers you are up against know that, and they count on victims not knowing their rights.
At Temple Injury Law, we represent slip and fall victims across Las Vegas, Henderson, and Clark County. The consultation is free, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Call (702) 487-4999 or contact us online.
How Temple Injury Law Investigates Slip and Fall Cases in Las Vegas
Premises liability cases hinge on evidence that disappears fast. Surveillance footage gets overwritten. Spills get cleaned up. Maintenance logs get updated. Witnesses move on. The moment you retain us, we send preservation demands to the property and request all relevant records: incident reports, inspection logs, maintenance schedules, and any prior complaints about the same hazard.
Marissa Temple spent 20 years as a defense attorney, including eight years working in-house for a major insurance company. She knows exactly how property insurers defend these claims, how they argue the hazard was open and obvious, how they try to shift blame to the victim for not watching where they were walking. That knowledge is now on your side.
Once you hire us, the property owner’s insurer deals with us, not you.
What Nevada Law Requires of Property Owners
Nevada premises liability law holds property owners and operators to different standards depending on why you were on the property.
If you were a customer, hotel guest, casino patron, or otherwise invited onto the property for a business purpose, you are an invitee. Property owners owe invitees the highest duty of care: they must conduct reasonable inspections, identify hazards, and either correct them or provide adequate warning within a reasonable time. This is the category most slip and fall victims fall into.
The key legal element is notice. To establish liability, we generally need to show that the property owner knew about the hazard or should have known about it through reasonable inspection, and failed to act. In many Las Vegas cases, this is documented in the property’s own records. A spill that was reported and not addressed for two hours, a broken tile that appeared on an inspection log three months before your fall, a lighting fixture listed as pending repair since before the accident: these are the facts that build a premises liability claim.
Nevada Laws That Govern Slip and Fall Claims
The Two-Year Filing Deadline for Premises Liability Claims (NRS 11.190)
You have two years from the date of your slip and fall to file a personal injury lawsuit in Nevada. That clock runs from the date of the accident, not from when your injuries are fully diagnosed. If a government entity owns the property where you fell, the notice of claim deadline is significantly shorter. Call us before you assume you have time to wait.
Nevada’s 51% Comparative Negligence Rule (NRS 41.141)
Property owners and their insurers routinely argue that victims were not watching where they were going, were wearing inappropriate footwear, or should have recognized the hazard and avoided it. Under Nevada’s Modified Comparative Negligence law, you can still recover as long as you are found less than 51% responsible. Your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault, but an insurer blaming you for the fall does not end your case.
Do not accept a fault argument without speaking to us first.
Punitive Damages for Deliberate Safety Failures (NRS 42.005)
When a property owner had clear notice of a dangerous condition, documented evidence that it was reported, and chose to ignore it, that conduct can support a punitive damages claim under NRS 42.005. These damages go beyond what you lost, punishing the defendant for egregious indifference to safety. In high-traffic commercial properties where ignoring hazards is a cost decision, this is a real possibility we evaluate in every case.
Common Locations for Slip and Fall Accidents in Las Vegas
Las Vegas presents a specific set of high-risk environments. Casino floors combine high foot traffic with spilled drinks, transitions between carpet and polished tile, and themed lighting that obscures hazards. Hotel lobbies and pool areas see constant wet-foot traffic from guests moving between pools and common areas, and cleaning schedules that cannot keep up with the volume. Restaurant and grocery store floors are among the most common settings for slip and fall claims nationally, and Las Vegas venues are no exception.
Parking garages and parking lots present their own hazards: poor lighting, oil slicks, uneven pavement, and drainage problems that create standing water. Strip sidewalks and pedestrian walkways owned by private properties carry the same duty as interior spaces. Construction zones throughout the valley create temporary hazards that contractors and property managers are responsible for marking and managing.
We handle slip and fall cases in all of these settings. If you are not sure whether the property owner or operator can be held responsible for where you fell, call us and describe what happened.
Common Injuries in Las Vegas Slip and Fall Accidents
Slip and fall accidents can lead to both short-term and life-changing injuries. At Temple Injury Law, we’ve worked with many accident victims whose daily lives were seriously affected by injuries caused by unsafe property conditions. Below are some of the most common injuries we see in fall cases:
- Hip fractures: Falls often cause broken hips, especially in older adults. Recovery can involve surgery, extended rehabilitation, and long-term mobility issues.
- Spinal cord injuries: A hard fall can result in damage to the spine, which may lead to loss of movement, chronic pain, or even paralysis.
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs): When someone hits their head during a fall, it can lead to a concussion or a more severe brain injury. Symptoms may include memory loss, dizziness, or long-term cognitive problems.
- Fractured wrists and ankles: Many people try to catch themselves during a fall, resulting in broken bones in the arms or legs.
- Torn ligaments and soft tissue damage: Even if bones aren’t broken, falls can cause painful sprains, strains, and tissue injuries that require therapy.
- Head injuries: Even minor head trauma should not be ignored. Head injuries can impact concentration, mood, and daily function.
- Emotional distress: Beyond physical pain, fall victims often suffer anxiety, depression, or fear of walking in public areas, especially after a serious injury.
- Long-term medical care: Some injuries require ongoing treatment, physical therapy, or even assisted living care, depending on the severity.
- Wrongful death: In tragic cases, a fall can be fatal. This is more common among elderly or medically fragile individuals and may lead to a wrongful death claim by surviving family members.
What to Do After a Slip and Fall in Las Vegas
Taking the right steps early on helps protect both your well-being and your legal rights. Here are the steps to take after a fall injury in Las Vegas, explained clearly so you know what to expect.
Prioritize Medical Attention Immediately
After a fall, getting medical care is the most important step. Even if you feel okay, injuries like hip injuries, spinal cord injury, or traumatic brain injuries may not show symptoms right away. Visiting a doctor protects your health and creates an official medical record that can support your personal injury claim later.
Take Photos and Videos of the Area
Use your phone to capture the scene where the fall occurred. Focus on any dangerous condition like a wet floor, uneven surface, broken tile, or poor lighting. These photos serve as proof of the hazard that caused your injuries and are valuable when building a slip and fall lawsuit.
Notify the Property Owner or Manager
Let the property owner, store supervisor, or building manager know what happened. File an official report, and ask for a written copy. This creates a paper trail that confirms the slip and fall incident and ties it to the location and time it occurred.
Collect Witness Contact Information
If anyone saw the fall, ask for their name and phone number. Witness statements can support your fall claim by verifying how the accident happened and describing the scene. These third-party accounts may help in disputes with insurance companies or during legal proceedings.
Contact a Las Vegas Slip and Fall Attorney
After you’ve taken care of your health and documented the fall, call a fall accident lawyer. The legal team at Temple Injury Law can explain your rights, gather evidence, and handle communication with insurance companies. We offer a free consultation and work on a contingency fee basis, so there are no upfront costs.
Las Vegas Slip and Fall Case Results
$250,000: Restaurant Premises Liability Our client was injured due to a Las Vegas restaurant’s failure to maintain a safe environment. We established the property owner’s duty of care, their knowledge of the hazard, and their failure to act. We recovered $250,000.
$495,000: Negligent Security, Las Vegas Strip A client attacked on a Strip property where the owner failed to provide adequate security. We established the institution’s liability for the unsafe conditions it allowed to exist and recovered $495,000.
$1,300,000: Pedestrian Struck in a Marked Crosswalk Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury when a driver failed to yield. We found a witness, built the liability case against an insurer that denied fault, and recovered $1.3 million.
Prior results do not guarantee what your case will recover. Every case is different.
Frequently Asked Questions About Slip and Fall Claims in Nevada
Not necessarily known about it directly, but they must have known or should have known through reasonable inspection. A spill that was there for two hours in a busy casino is something staff should have caught. A cracked tile that appeared on a prior inspection report is something management knew about. We investigate what the property knew and when.
Not automatically. A sign warns of a general hazard but does not always satisfy the property owner’s full duty of care. If the hazard was unusually dangerous, if the sign was inadequate for the conditions, or if the property failed to address the underlying problem rather than just posting a warning, liability can still exist.
These properties are subject to the same premises liability laws as any business in Nevada. Casino and hotel operators owe their guests a high duty of care as invitees. These cases also involve large corporate defendants with experienced legal teams, which is exactly why having a lawyer from day one matters.
Same principles apply. Large retailers have internal protocols for documenting and responding to spills and hazards. We request those records in discovery. When records show a report that was not acted on, or a pattern of similar incidents, that significantly strengthens your claim.
The insurer may raise it, but footwear alone is rarely enough to defeat a claim under Nevada’s comparative negligence rules. What matters is whether the property was unreasonably dangerous and whether the owner failed to address it. We address footwear arguments with the full context of the fall.
Cases where liability is clear and injuries are documented can settle in a few months. Cases involving large commercial properties that contest liability often take longer and may require litigation. We give you honest timelines based on the specifics of your case.
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency, meaning our fee comes from your recovery. If we do not win, you owe us nothing.
Jeff Temple
Personal Injury Lawyer
Talk to a Las Vegas Slip and Fall Attorney Today
If you were injured in a slip and fall at a Las Vegas casino, hotel, restaurant, store, or any other property, you may have a premises liability claim. Jeff Temple and Marissa Temple represent slip and fall victims across Las Vegas, Henderson, and Clark County. For any type of personal injury claim, the consultation is free and there is no fee unless we win.
Call (702) 487-4999 or contact us online.
