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- The Nevada Legislature adjourns without passing Lombardo priority bills, film tax measure. [TNI; Nevada Current]
- But Reba’s law passed and is headed to the Governor’s desk for signature. [News3LV]
- Culinary, casino resorts unite to reestablish court that could ban people from the Strip. [TNI]
- Which Henderson city employees made the most? [RJ]
Thank to the Assembly, the Culinary, and the Nevada Resorts Association (with a little assist from IRA Hansen), SB 457 (the “crime” bill) is dead. If the Assembly hadn’t amended it to do the Culinary’s and Nev. Resorts’s bidding, it would have gone to the Governor’s desk instead of back to the Senate. If Ira hadn’t complained about a commission change until the clock ran out, the Senate could have considered it.
Isn’t he about termed out, at long last?
Sadly, no. He switched from the Assembly to the Senate in 2018, and his wife won his Assembly seat. He was re-elected in 2022, and will face re-election in 2026. If he wins, and he likely will, he’ll be around until 2030. At that point, he’s term limited.
While I generally do not agree with his politics, he was the only Senator who had the guts to oppose the unconstitutional SB179. He needs to be applauded for that.
I don’t agree with him (most of the time) either, but there is something to be said of people like Ira Hansen. He actually believes what he says. Mitt Romney made a similar distinction about Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, he’s a true believer, as opposed so someone like Ted Cruz or Josh Hawley who certainly know all the MAGA doctrine and alternate facts are just bullshit but pander. Cruz/Hawley are threats, Johnson/Hansen are not. And the reason is simple. Someone like Ira Hansen might be far right, but he’s not going to abandon what he believes to lick boots like Cruz have. IOW, Hansen’s politics, while extreme, are not malleable and that’s what keeps him from being dangerous.
Wooo! win for small government, am I right ladies!!!
Off topic: I was thinking it would be interesting to hear from court reporters in the community what they think of the attorneys that appear in front of them. They should vote on the “best and worst of.” It would probably be hilarious. While they’re not lawyers, they’ve seen enough day in and day out to make them qualified to offer those opinions. For example, a “lifetime un-achievement” award for the bloviating arrogant idiot that has failed to improve in over a decade of practice, the “habitual boozehound” showing up after sipping the sauce,” the “mark misser” that never knows what the hell is going on or what’s important to the case, then obviously the nicest, most prepared, most composed under pressure, and a litany of other categories. That would be fun and I’d love the entertainment of it.
Sounds like a recipe for attorneys to pose as court reporters to take shots at “the bloviating arrogant idiot that has failed to improve in over a decade of practice, the habitual boozehound showing up after sipping the sauce,” the mark misser that never knows what the hell is going on or what’s important to the case.”
This sounds like middle school.
Don’t think this would be a good idea. However, to the extent Mr. Dawg allows it, how about a category for the guy (haven’t had a gal do it yet) that for the life of him cannot ask an unobjectionable question, or who goes off on so many tangents that the question is incomprehensible. I swear that dude was on drugs.
Spill
Will not dish on attorney name. But there was some justice. Long story short: I bet he spent $100K+ on experts to assert a TBI claim. His jack-hole of a client was a Facebooker and his page was public. Lots of good Facebook posts to use against him that directly refuted his numerous “injury” allegations. His interrogatory answers and deposition testimony was that he essentially could do nothing other than stay in his cool dark room and suffer and be depressed. When confronted with the first batch of Facebook posts showing him engaging in vigorous outdoor recreational activities with his brothers, he initially refused to admit that he was depicted in the posts. Ultimately, he admitted that it “could be him.”
One of his “injury” allegations was that he could no longer drive or enjoy driving his high performance luxury vehicle. There were several Facebook posts of his speedometer showing in excess of 110 mph as he was driving to Las Vegas after the incident.
Plaintiff was a POS. Attorney was a POS who, as referenced above, could not ask an unobjectionable question.
Insurance carrier ended up paying a low, low, low amount to settle the case. Certainly less the what the attorney paid in expert fees. About two years after the settlement, the attorney’s staff member called and asked for the settlement check to be re-issued as it had gone stale. Apparently dividing up pennies among the “medical providers” and the experts took some time. Ha Ha, and f you.
Reason number 10,000+ why Nevada PI system is broken. I’m all for legitimately injured plaintiffs getting ever dollar possible, but come on man.
Because the guy was an ass and took a case he shouldn’t have taken (or that he should have dropped early on) does not mean the system is “broken.” In fact, I would suggest exactly the opposite based on the result you described above. In a “broken” system, he would have recovered your policy limit.
But he shouldn’t have gotten a dime. There is no denying BS claims are rampant which is why the atty took a BS case he shouldn’t have taken. And how much did the defendant have to spend defending a case that never should have seen the light of day.
Exactly
I forgot to add to my original synopsis that liability was weak, weak, weak. The system is broken, because a POS attorney took a bs case and spent a lot of money on experts because he thought under the system he could hit a grand slam.
How about some court reporter stories.
I think this is an excellent idea! It could form the basis of a class in law school.
Long-time court reporter here. We already play this game. Nicknames/awards best and worst of everything will remain secret unless you can read steno.
Anyone else been waiting forever for defaults from the clerk office? I filed one two weeks ago and it is still just sitting there pending.
Defaults. Writs. Summonses. It is getting really bad.
We are going on 7 weeks with writs pending in the queue and 4 weeks for Summonses pending in the queue. On the Summonses (because 30 for our 120 days to serve has elapsed without them being issued) we actually just had the partner in the firm take them to the Clerk’s Office and ask to have them issued over the counter.
That’s what I do.
If that works, I’m surprised they don’t reject that, pointing to the rule that says attorneys must do everything by e-filing.