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Most attackers can’t pay what a family is owed. The casino, bar, apartment complex, or garage that ignored prior incidents often can. Your civil case doesn’t depend on a conviction.
In a Las Vegas negligent security death, a family can hold two parties responsible: the person who caused the death, and the business that failed to prevent it. The attacker is named in the case but rarely able to pay. The property owner, manager, or security company is where recovery usually comes from.
Resorts control their garages, pool decks, hallways, and rideshare zones. Under NRS 651.015, a hotel can be liable for a death caused by a third party when the attack was foreseeable and reasonable precautions weren’t taken.
The Strip · Fremont StreetBouncers, crowd control, and ejection policies are the venue’s job. When security lets a known threat back in, or a fight spills into the lot unchecked, the bar can share liability.
Strip nightlife · Fremont EastLandlords and management companies control gates, locks, lighting, and cameras. A broken gate residents reported for months can make an attack legally foreseeable.
Las Vegas · North Las Vegas · HendersonDark stairwells, dead cameras, and no patrols are classic negligent security failures at resort, shopping center, and office garages.
Resort & shopping center garagesMany Las Vegas properties outsource security. If guards skipped patrols, left posts, or weren’t trained, the contractor can be a separate defendant with its own insurance.
Contract guard & patrol companiesNamed in the civil case whether or not they’re charged or convicted. But insurance rarely covers intentional acts, and most attackers have few assets to collect.
Civil case runs separatelyGovernment property follows different rules. Deaths at RTC transit centers, public parks, or county facilities are claims against a government entity under NRS 41.031, with damage caps and procedures that don’t apply to private businesses.
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Property insurers rarely deny the death happened. They argue the business couldn’t have seen it coming. Nearly every defense comes back to one question Nevada law asks: was the attack foreseeable?
The reality: A business’s security duty exists to guard against foreseeable crime by others. A criminal act doesn’t automatically erase the property’s responsibility.
The reality: Prior incidents prove foreseeability. LVMPD calls for service, past incident reports, and prior lawsuits often show the property was warned.
The reality: Reasonable is measured against the risk they knew about: guard staffing, patrol logs, cameras, lighting, and gate repairs. A policy no one followed doesn’t count.
The reality: Under NRS 41.141, a share of fault only reduces recovery and bars it above 50%. Being out late or drinking isn’t the same as causing an attack.
The reality: The civil case doesn’t need a conviction and uses a lower standard of proof. Nevada’s 2-year deadline (NRS 11.190(4)(e)) keeps running, and surveillance footage can be recorded over in days or weeks.
Property insurers rarely deny the death happened. They argue the business couldn’t have seen it coming. Nearly every defense comes back to one question Nevada law asks: was the attack foreseeable?
The reality: A business’s security duty exists to guard against foreseeable crime by others. A criminal act doesn’t automatically erase the property’s responsibility.
The reality: Prior incidents prove foreseeability. LVMPD calls for service, past incident reports, and prior lawsuits often show the property was warned.
The reality: Reasonable is measured against the risk they knew about: guard staffing, patrol logs, cameras, lighting, and gate repairs. A policy no one followed doesn’t count.
The reality: Under NRS 41.141, a share of fault only reduces recovery and bars it above 50%. Being out late or drinking isn’t the same as causing an attack.
The reality: The civil case doesn’t need a conviction and uses a lower standard of proof. Nevada’s 2-year deadline (NRS 11.190(4)(e)) keeps running, and surveillance footage can be recorded over in days or weeks.
“I spent years on the insurance side, so I know the first move after a violent death on someone’s property: blame the attacker and hope the family stops looking there.
But a business that ignored the warnings shares that responsibility. We find the prior calls, the broken gates, and the empty guard posts, and we carry that fight so your family has room to grieve.
The criminal case belongs to the state. Holding the property accountable belongs to your family, and we’ll stand with you through it.”
To hold a property liable for a violent death, Nevada law requires showing the attack was foreseeable and the business failed to take reasonable precautions. Property records and surveillance video disappear fast, so we lock down all four pieces of proof from the first week.
| What we prove | Evidence we gather | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| ForeseeabilityThey knew or should have known | LVMPD calls for service to the address, prior incident and crime reports, past lawsuits, guest and tenant complaints, and internal emails about safety. | Under NRS 651.015, prior similar incidents the owner knew about can make an attack foreseeable at a hotel. Other properties face a similar test. |
| Inadequate SecurityThe precautions they skipped | Security contracts and post orders, guard schedules and patrol logs, camera maps, lighting surveys, gate and lock repair tickets, and a security expert’s review. | Shows the gap between what the known risk required and what the property actually did. |
| CausationThe failure allowed the attack | Surveillance video, access-control and key-card logs, the police report, witness statements, and the Clark County Coroner’s report. | Links the security failure to the death: a working gate, camera, or posted guard would likely have changed the outcome. |
| DamagesThe family’s loss | Pay stubs and tax returns, funeral and medical bills, the death certificate, and testimony from family and friends about the relationship. | Sets what the heirs and the estate can each recover under NRS 41.085. |
After a violent death on someone’s property, get the police report, make sure the property’s video is preserved, and don’t sign anything. These six steps protect your family’s civil claim while the criminal case moves forward.
Request the report and event number from LVMPD, North Las Vegas, or Henderson police. Ask for the victim advocate assigned to your family’s case.
Property surveillance can be recorded over within days or weeks. A lawyer can send a written preservation demand to the property and its security company right away.
If the property, its manager, or an insurer contacts you, don’t sign a release or give a recorded statement. Early offers are built to close the file.
Note any past shootings, fights, break-ins, or complaints you know about, plus broken gates or dead lights. Save texts and emails sent to management.
Order certified death certificates and save funeral bills and pay records. Nevada’s Victims of Crime Program may help with some funeral costs.
You can cooperate with prosecutors and still file a civil claim. The civil case runs on its own track and its own deadline.
Most Nevada wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of the death under NRS 11.190(4)(e), even while a criminal case is still open. Claims against a government entity follow different rules. Our Las Vegas wrongful death lawyers can confirm which deadline applies and start preserving evidence the day you call.
Yes, if the attack was foreseeable and the owner failed to take reasonable security precautions. This is called a negligent security wrongful death claim, and it is separate from any criminal case against the attacker.
Yes. A civil wrongful death case does not require criminal charges or a conviction. It uses a lower standard of proof, so the family only has to show the claim is more likely true than not.
Yes, under NRS 651.015, when the attack was foreseeable and the hotel did not take reasonable precautions. An attack can be foreseeable when the hotel failed to use due care or knew about prior similar incidents on the premises.
Yes, in some cases. Landlords and management companies that control gates, locks, lighting, and cameras can be liable when they ignored known risks, such as prior crimes or broken gates residents had reported.
It can be, when its security failed. Nevada law generally does not hold a business liable just for serving alcohol to an adult, so these claims focus on bouncers, crowd control, and letting a known threat stay or return.
That is common. The attacker is still named in the case, but property owners, management companies, and security contractors often carry liability insurance, which is usually where a family’s recovery comes from.
Two years from the death in most cases, under NRS 11.190(4)(e). That deadline keeps running while a criminal case is pending, and claims against a government entity follow different rules.
Nothing up front. Howard Injury Law works on a contingency fee, so your family pays no attorney fee unless we recover compensation, and the case review is free.
Tell us what happened. We’ll look into the property’s history, explain your family’s options, and confirm which deadline applies. The case review is free.
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Car AccidentFounding attorney Glen Howard has spent his career standing beside injured Las Vegas residents and visitors after a serious injury or the sudden loss of a loved one turned their lives upside down — and that's shaped the compassion he brings to every case. He and his team understand that losing someone to violence that a property should have prevented isn't a case file; it's a devastating loss for your whole family, and it's treated that way here. He has recovered more than $80 million for injury victims and their families, and you'll work directly with Glen and a dedicated case manager who handle your family with care and respect — not a rotating cast of paralegals.
Read Glen's full storyYou never expected to be here. No one is supposed to know how to fight a property’s insurance company, preserve surveillance video, or figure out how a civil claim fits alongside the criminal case while grieving someone you love.
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