Las Vegas Train Accident Lawyers

Serving Individuals in the Greater Las Vegas Area

Trains make up an important segment of Nevada’s transportation system. Four freight carriers along with seven passenger trains pass through our state regularly. These trains allow freight and thousands of travelers to make their way in and out of the state. Train passengers can travel without having to resort to cars and trucks. While reducing traffic, trains occasionally are involved in accidents that can result in serious injuries to passengers, train crews, and others involved in these collisions. They may collide with other vehicles, trucks, buses, and even pedestrians or suffer malfunction and derailments. 

Train accidents occur much less often than motor vehicle accidents. However, injuries can be devastating to those involved. If you or someone you love has suffered injuries due to a train accident in or around our region, you should turn to a legal team that is experienced in filing personal injury claims related to train accidents. At Sierra Nevada Injury Lawyers, our attorneys have more than a decade of experience with proven results in securing maximized compensation for clients injured through negligence. 

Talk to our Las Vegas train accident lawyers at Sierra Nevada Injury Lawyers in a free case evaluation. Book yours by contacting us online or at (800) 440-8058. 

Train Accident Causes

Every injury case is different with different causes and circumstances. Like other accidents, train accidents can be caused by various factors, many of them a result of human error or negligence on the part of the train company, its crew, or others who collide with them.

Causes of train accidents can include:

• Train conductor negligence or error
• Speeding trains, often resulting in derailment
• Overloaded train cars
• Poor train maintenance
• Improperly maintained train tracks
• Poorly trained conductors/crew
• Collisions with other vehicles
• Faulty train signals
• Poorly designed railroad crossings
• Improperly parked train cars
• Safety hazard failures

Victims of a train accident can include passengers on board, employees working on board, the occupants of other vehicles into which the train collided, motorcyclists hit by trains, and even pedestrians hit by trains. Their injuries can range from severe whiplash to broken bones, internal injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and more.

Compensation for Train Accidents

After suffering an injury in a train accident, you deserve compensation for all of your damages. However, obtaining it can be challenging. Train companies are large corporations represented by often bigger insurance companies. Thus, dealing with these companies can involve pitting yourself against powerful and well-funded adversaries. Their main objective is to protect themselves against expensive liability by getting you to settle quickly and for less than the real value of your claim. 

Sierra Nevada Injury Lawyers can protect you from being taken advantage of in dealing with insurance companies. We are here to help you secure every dollar to which you are entitled under the law. 

Depending on the circumstances of your case, your damages can include:

• All medical expenses, including surgeries, treatments, assistive therapies, and follow-up care
• Lost wages or income
• Diminished earning capacity
• Motor vehicle property damage
• Pain and suffering
• Disfigurement, short-term or long-term disability

Our team can determine the full value of your claim through documented evidence followed by aggressive negotiation with the other side to help you secure the financial resources you need and deserve to restore your health and put your life back on track.