I saw an ad on instagram the other day from Nevadans for Fair Recovery that made some outrageous claim like “Nevada households would save $4,400 if lawsuit abuse were capped” or something along those lines.
But do you contend the PI attorneys are not out of control and driving lawsuits of highly questionable merit and pushing people to get medical treatment they may not need in order to drive up settlement value if the case?
The harm you describe isn’t solved, or even addressed, by Uber’s ballot initiative. In fact, it could make it worse by pushing parties and attorneys to make even more marginal claims in order to make cases financially viable.
If insurance companies did the right thing then lawyers would not be needed. How do you claim medical treatment is not needed? That sounds like malpractice by the doctor. You get hit by a car and your back hurts. Should that be limited to 6 weeks of only pt because the insurance company says so or should you be able to treat to feel better? Every PI lawyer has had cases that have crazy property damage and no injuries and had cases with no property damage with surgery needed. There are shady lawyers just like any other profession. Unfortunately there are more shady insurance companies, which causes the need for lawyers.
This complaint has been bandied about for 30 years. Nothing changes and nothing sunstantive needs to change. Other than limiting recoverability for unlicensed and uninsured drivers. THIS is the reform that we need.
Now, under my plan, Etta’s prescription drugs would be covered. Under my opponent’s plan, her house would be burned to the ground. And that is wrong. That is just wrong!
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March 6, 2025 9:32 am
Regarding the GSA firings in NV, I can confirm that security officers are still posted outside of the federal courthouse this morning. On a related note, Nicole Tersigni on Bluesky writes: “you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today. wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.”
Can’t wait until the A/C need maintenance or repair in the federal courthouses and no one in Las Vegas can contact someone to get it fixed.
Or this summer, when the complaints start to skyrocket at Mt. Charleston or Lake Mead because the trash and crap has begun piling up, causing the facilities to be smelly, unusable and an embarrassment. Or when swimmers start reporting rashes and illnesses because the water quality made them sick, and there wasn’t anyone actively testing it.
Or the spring and fall, when hikers or climbers start getting lost at Red Rock or falling, and there’s delays for Search and Rescue.
Or next winter, when avalanche mitigation hasn’t been done.
Boring Co and Starlink AI robots can clean trash and fix A/C quicker and more efficiently than any human government employee could… probably. Don’t ask how much those private contracts will cost taxpayers, we’re only looking for government program waste, not government funding of private contractors.
We’ll all see how efficient DOGE is when the courts are forced to pay 5x more for a contractor to fix the A/C or plumbing after all the in-house guys on salary have been fired.
I am against the slash and burn cuts to GSA. But the notion that there are in-house guys fixing the HVAC system at the courthouse is erroneous. That work is outsourced.
Look, everyone who was fired thinks that his/her job was the most important, or at least invaluable. With regard to @10:36’s comments about not having federal employees to provide services, the federal government is notorious for contracting out almost any job that involves labor.
And there is some stupidity in that comment. For example, Red Rock and Rescue is a private non-profit, not a federal service.
All of these dislikes are people that see that 9:36’s response has nothing to do with the comment they replied to.
Reading comprehension, people!
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March 6, 2025 11:20 am
Is Uber just spending down the remaining funds they have in their PAC here? Are they hoping the Legislature will be receptive to a cap? Are they hoping to plant seeds now to harvest later in another attempt? Why didn’t the insurance companies contribute to this PAC?
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March 6, 2025 12:42 pm
If Uber really wants to cut law suits 2 big changes would make Nevada an insurance heaven. 1) get rid of the collateral source rule and make people talk in real numbers, and 2) bar non-economic damages if you don’t have a license, your car is not insured, or you are driving without a license. Do these two things and within a few years we will be paying $50 a month in car insurance.
Your 2nd one is something I’ve wanted in Nevada for years. I refuse to represent parties who got hit while driving without a license, or without insurance, or without having registered their vehicle for PI cases; even if it means I’m losing money by doing so.
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March 6, 2025 1:37 pm
Who do you guys use for traffic tickets referrals, these days? I know the system has changed, but there are still firms who do them, right?
Craig Kenny’s office has been the mac daddy of that practice for 30 years!
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March 6, 2025 11:17 pm
Quick technical questions for those in the legal area. I met with someone (not a lawyer) who insisted that if a deed was recorded with an indication that this recording had been requested by a lawyer, that this would somehow make the transaction insured or insurable under the original title policy, or the next one. Anyone have any possible idea what they are referencing?
The other point they brought up which seem strange to me was that they always used grant, bargain, and sale deeds, even in transactions that don’t involve a sale, transaction, or title insurance of any kind. If someone were to do this without any kind of title insurance or even title review, aren’t just creating more risk for themselves? basically making representations they have no way of knowing are true?
To your first question, it might be something to do with ‘Accommodation Recording’ where a title company will have a document recorded for you, but they disclaim any liability for incorrectness, etc. They might be thinking something along those lines.
I do real estate law and I’ve never heard of insurance being triggered by a lawyer recording.
Second question – yeah probably best to just quitclaim deed.
Disagree with regard to the answer to the 2nd Q.
I have used GBS deeds for every transfer of real property. There were some scares with QC deeds going back to the early 2000’s that changed the way that alot of us were doing these.
I also have to disagree on using QC deeds by themselves, although not because it’s not a sale. NRS 111.170 says what a GBS deed means. If there are any encumbrances – including an HOA lien, an IRS tax lien, a garbage/sewer/water lien, hell even a mortgage, then it can’t be a GBS deed i.e. you can’t use the GBS deed if there is a mortgage because that is a misrepresentation that there is no encumbrance created by the grantor at any time during their owning the property.
We started using special warranty deeds – it’s basically a QC deed with an indemnification paragraph. That resolved the issue title companies were giving us about uninsured transactions and not wanting to insure a sale without the original QC grantor signing an affidavit confirming that yes, they were the ones that signed it.
I saw an ad on instagram the other day from Nevadans for Fair Recovery that made some outrageous claim like “Nevada households would save $4,400 if lawsuit abuse were capped” or something along those lines.
Yes it is the lawyers fault. I am
Sure Uber and the Truckimg association are concerned about the regular people and not their own financial interest.
But do you contend the PI attorneys are not out of control and driving lawsuits of highly questionable merit and pushing people to get medical treatment they may not need in order to drive up settlement value if the case?
The harm you describe isn’t solved, or even addressed, by Uber’s ballot initiative. In fact, it could make it worse by pushing parties and attorneys to make even more marginal claims in order to make cases financially viable.
If insurance companies did the right thing then lawyers would not be needed. How do you claim medical treatment is not needed? That sounds like malpractice by the doctor. You get hit by a car and your back hurts. Should that be limited to 6 weeks of only pt because the insurance company says so or should you be able to treat to feel better? Every PI lawyer has had cases that have crazy property damage and no injuries and had cases with no property damage with surgery needed. There are shady lawyers just like any other profession. Unfortunately there are more shady insurance companies, which causes the need for lawyers.
This complaint has been bandied about for 30 years. Nothing changes and nothing sunstantive needs to change. Other than limiting recoverability for unlicensed and uninsured drivers. THIS is the reform that we need.
Now, under my plan, Etta’s prescription drugs would be covered. Under my opponent’s plan, her house would be burned to the ground. And that is wrong. That is just wrong!
Regarding the GSA firings in NV, I can confirm that security officers are still posted outside of the federal courthouse this morning. On a related note, Nicole Tersigni on Bluesky writes: “you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today. wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.”
The establishment left is desperate to find a way to make government corruption seem like a good thing
Grandma, go back to facebook.
Which comment are you referring to?
Probably the one they replied to.
Can’t wait until the A/C need maintenance or repair in the federal courthouses and no one in Las Vegas can contact someone to get it fixed.
Or this summer, when the complaints start to skyrocket at Mt. Charleston or Lake Mead because the trash and crap has begun piling up, causing the facilities to be smelly, unusable and an embarrassment. Or when swimmers start reporting rashes and illnesses because the water quality made them sick, and there wasn’t anyone actively testing it.
Or the spring and fall, when hikers or climbers start getting lost at Red Rock or falling, and there’s delays for Search and Rescue.
Or next winter, when avalanche mitigation hasn’t been done.
Boring Co and Starlink AI robots can clean trash and fix A/C quicker and more efficiently than any human government employee could… probably. Don’t ask how much those private contracts will cost taxpayers, we’re only looking for government program waste, not government funding of private contractors.
We’ll all see how efficient DOGE is when the courts are forced to pay 5x more for a contractor to fix the A/C or plumbing after all the in-house guys on salary have been fired.
I am against the slash and burn cuts to GSA. But the notion that there are in-house guys fixing the HVAC system at the courthouse is erroneous. That work is outsourced.
Outsourced by who? Who is in charge of handling the coordination of contractors? The GSA guys that just got fired?
This whole thing is a big fat red herring. A red herring touted by the strongly diminished minority. Cry harder, mofo!
Look, everyone who was fired thinks that his/her job was the most important, or at least invaluable. With regard to @10:36’s comments about not having federal employees to provide services, the federal government is notorious for contracting out almost any job that involves labor.
And there is some stupidity in that comment. For example, Red Rock and Rescue is a private non-profit, not a federal service.
Please explain how what is described in the comment is finding a way to make gov’t corruption a good thing.
Mostly because its a misrepresentation of what is actually happening.
Birds are a misrepresentation of nature. They aren’t REAL!
All of these dislikes are people that believe that there is no govt corruption. . . . .
All of these dislikes are people that see that 9:36’s response has nothing to do with the comment they replied to.
Reading comprehension, people!
Is Uber just spending down the remaining funds they have in their PAC here? Are they hoping the Legislature will be receptive to a cap? Are they hoping to plant seeds now to harvest later in another attempt? Why didn’t the insurance companies contribute to this PAC?
If Uber really wants to cut law suits 2 big changes would make Nevada an insurance heaven. 1) get rid of the collateral source rule and make people talk in real numbers, and 2) bar non-economic damages if you don’t have a license, your car is not insured, or you are driving without a license. Do these two things and within a few years we will be paying $50 a month in car insurance.
Your 2nd one is something I’ve wanted in Nevada for years. I refuse to represent parties who got hit while driving without a license, or without insurance, or without having registered their vehicle for PI cases; even if it means I’m losing money by doing so.
Who do you guys use for traffic tickets referrals, these days? I know the system has changed, but there are still firms who do them, right?
Craig Kenny’s office has been the mac daddy of that practice for 30 years!
Quick technical questions for those in the legal area. I met with someone (not a lawyer) who insisted that if a deed was recorded with an indication that this recording had been requested by a lawyer, that this would somehow make the transaction insured or insurable under the original title policy, or the next one. Anyone have any possible idea what they are referencing?
The other point they brought up which seem strange to me was that they always used grant, bargain, and sale deeds, even in transactions that don’t involve a sale, transaction, or title insurance of any kind. If someone were to do this without any kind of title insurance or even title review, aren’t just creating more risk for themselves? basically making representations they have no way of knowing are true?
To your first question, it might be something to do with ‘Accommodation Recording’ where a title company will have a document recorded for you, but they disclaim any liability for incorrectness, etc. They might be thinking something along those lines.
I do real estate law and I’ve never heard of insurance being triggered by a lawyer recording.
Second question – yeah probably best to just quitclaim deed.
Disagree with regard to the answer to the 2nd Q.
I have used GBS deeds for every transfer of real property. There were some scares with QC deeds going back to the early 2000’s that changed the way that alot of us were doing these.
I also have to disagree on using QC deeds by themselves, although not because it’s not a sale. NRS 111.170 says what a GBS deed means. If there are any encumbrances – including an HOA lien, an IRS tax lien, a garbage/sewer/water lien, hell even a mortgage, then it can’t be a GBS deed i.e. you can’t use the GBS deed if there is a mortgage because that is a misrepresentation that there is no encumbrance created by the grantor at any time during their owning the property.
We started using special warranty deeds – it’s basically a QC deed with an indemnification paragraph. That resolved the issue title companies were giving us about uninsured transactions and not wanting to insure a sale without the original QC grantor signing an affidavit confirming that yes, they were the ones that signed it.