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Old 03-14-2015, 12:24 PM
 
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Las Vegas Metro Police no longer respond to minor traffic accidents. I don't know if there's anything such as a police report on these things any longer. It may be left to the insurance companies to work it out themselves.

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Get the police report number turned in to your insurance company (I assume NV cops give you a report number and tell you to call after a week or something similar). A good company's claims processors will track down the control number and get the details of the report without troubling you to get it. I hope you have a good company, as claim service is often an afterthought on the fly-by-night cheapies. Also, your company does not want to pay you, so they will mix it up with the at-fault driver's company to get you paid. Insurance companies are all about making someone else pay.

If anyone in your vehicle suffered any injury from impact....even complaint of soreness...get them to a doctor. Too often, people shake off a little discomfort or a slight abrasion. This is not about trying to get personal injury money, but impact injuries may not present pain or visible damage for a few days, and if untreated, the victim could develop chronic pain or debilitating loss of use or mobility. Especially dangerous to kids as they are growing 24/7.

With that said, if there are any injuries, report this information to your insurance company and consider a consultation with a personal injury lawyer. Even if you all walked away from the accident and everyone said "we are okay" you could be hurt. I do not endorse or advocate the overblown tort and personal injury business, but you need to rule out injury to you and your passengers before leaving this as a simple vehicle damage claim. Health is priceless--don't take a chance on it.

FWIW, I am not a lawyer, never filed a personal injury lawsuit, never received an injury settlement or judgment....but I have connections to folks (not one of them a lawyer) who see hundreds of cases annually and prepare expert testimony in multi-million dollar cases.

Glad you and yours are okay. This stuff is very stressful and the process can be a pain. Judge your insurance company rigorously in this process. If you do not have a dedicated claim processor, someone telling you where to take the vehicle or the steps for estimates and quickly responding to your questions, then fire them. Nothing worse than an outfit that cashes premium checks for years and puts you on hold when you need them.
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Old 03-14-2015, 01:05 PM
 
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If there is no police report made, make sure you complete an SR-1

http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/sr1.pdf

You only have 10 days and failing to do so could get your license suspended.
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Old 03-14-2015, 01:23 PM
 
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If there is no police report made, make sure you complete an SR-1

http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/sr1.pdf

You only have 10 days and failing to do so could get your license suspended.
I didn't even know that existed.
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Old 03-14-2015, 01:41 PM
 
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I didn't even know that existed.
If you get in an accident your insurance company will make sure you do this. If you are uninsured well obviously you have bigger problems than this form.
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Old 03-14-2015, 02:06 PM
 
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Las Vegas Metro Police no longer respond to minor traffic accident.
The bike behind EA's wrecked Xterra is a police motorcycle with lights on.
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Old 03-14-2015, 02:55 PM
 
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Okay, so if they see something happening, they may check things out. I guess if they're called about it they don't send someone

EA,

Did the cop on scene file a report?

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The bike behind EA's wrecked Xterra is a police motorcycle with lights on.
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Old 03-14-2015, 04:50 PM
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Yes, the cop gave us the police report. I might be taking the wife to the er. Her shoulder is in bad shape.
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Old 03-14-2015, 04:57 PM
 
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Yes, the cop gave us the police report. I might be taking the wife to the er. Her shoulder is in bad shape.
I would call an attorney before heading to the doctor. There is a procedure for injuries if you don't want further screwage by the other guy's insurance company.

Just avoid the "heavy hitters" who advertise all over the place (your settlement money ends up being spent on radio ads and billboards -- those things don't pay for themselves). I don't have any experience with Las Vegas injury attorneys so I can't make a recommendation. I would call an attorney who specializes in something else (patents or similar) and ask for a referral.

They WILL try to use "preexisting condition" on you if you're not careful.

Maybe Girlesq might notice and get in touch.
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Old 03-14-2015, 05:01 PM
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I just want my vehicle back. This has happened before and I got screwed.

Why could this have happened when I was 6 months behind on my really expensive truck???

I appreciate all the advice. I am definitely consulting a lawyer. Are there any with offices open on a Saturday, though?
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Old 03-14-2015, 05:10 PM
 
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I'm sure there's a ton of them open on Saturdays. Accidents happen every day, and most people go with the first attorney that they contact. (And attorneys know this.)

Whenever I need an attorney's services, I make absolutely sure to contact someone who is in an unrelated specialty -- my tax attorney, for instance. She doesn't want anything to do with accidents, so she'd steer me to someone who doesn't spend millions on billboards. I'd call her now but I'm on break at work.

Just avoid the people who spend millions on billboards and you should do fine.
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