Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Voulentters

This client alleges that corrections officers incited other inmates to harass and attack him. He sustained injuries from the attack and now suffers from nerve damage. According to the client, the officers took his personal property away and destroyed it without the appeal process. The client needs an attorney to represent him to recover for the damages he sustained.

This client alleges an Eight Amendment violation against corrections staff for deliberate indifference to his serious medical condition and failure to provide appropriate treatment. He further alleges he has suffered and will continue to suffer harm due to the defendant’s excessive delay in treatment. 

This client claims his constitutional rights were violated when jailers were indifferent to his serious medical needs while he was detained at Washoe County Detention Facility. He alleges that he was denied medical attention for a head injury, medications, and proper clothing and blankets for the winter.

Client seeks help with a breach of contract case following a car accident. The case is currently stayed. Plaintiff is a senior citizen. The client has two insurance policies a $500,000 accident policy which included underinsured motor vehicles and an additional umbrella policy. The client believes these policies covered her during the accident and sued in the 8th Judicial Court of Nevada. The defendants removed the case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction. After the removal, clients attorney withdrew from the matter. Client has subsequently suffered from a second motor vehicle accident resulting in additional injuries, and may need to file a second complaint or amend her current complaint. The client needs representation in the breach of contract claim.

An inmate alleges that he fell on his back after being pepper sprayed by prison staff. He claims that he informed medical of his injury and requested medical attention, but he was refused treatment for months. After a year and a half, an MRI scan showed that he had a herniated disk. This client needs an attorney to represent him.

An inmate requires assistance with his federal civil rights complaint against the state prison medical staff. He alleges that the medical staff did not help him when he was in extreme pain. This inmate needs an attorney to represent him.

This inmate alleges that the staff at the prison failed to secure him in a moving van, which was involved in a T-bone auto accident. He sustained injuries from this accident, but the staff failed to provide him immediate medical care. By the time the inmate received medical care, his spinal injury progressed to the point where he needed spinal surgery. He also did not receive any post-surgery pain medication from the surgeon, leading to more pain and suffering. At this time, this inmate needs an attorney to represent him.

Client has end stage kidney disease and has filed a 1983 claim involving adverse side effects of prescribed medication and deliberate indifference to medical treatment needs. This client needs an attorney to represent him.

This is a dispute over the guardianship, trust, and estate of plaintiff’s mother. Trust divided assets equally. Plaintiff believes she is entitled to punitive damages due to oppression and hardship caused by the original petitioner. This client needs an attorney to represent her.

This client alleges that corrections officers incited other inmates to harass and attack him. He sustained injuries from the attack and now suffers from nerve damage. According to the client, the officers took his personal property away and destroyed it without the appeal process. The client needs an attorney to represent him to recover for the damages he sustained.

After attending court, the client was standing in the CCDC holding rotunda when he was allegedly assaulted by a corrections officer, who allegedly slammed his head into the concrete while he was restrained and without provocation.  He is seeking damages for deliberate indifference, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.