If you suffered a head injury in Las Vegas, the attorneys at Drummond Law Firm will fight to recover the compensation you deserve. Head injuries range from concussions and skull fractures to closed head trauma that damages the brain without breaking the skin. These injuries can alter the way you think, your ability to work, and the quality of your daily life.
If someone else’s negligence caused your head injury, you may be entitled to recover medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Our attorneys handle head injury cases throughout Las Vegas and Clark County. Call (702) 366-9966 for a free consultation.
Head Injury Attorneys Serving Las Vegas
Drummond Law Firm represents head injury victims across Las Vegas with direct, attorney-led legal representation from the moment you reach out. Every client works with a licensed attorney who evaluates the severity of your injury and identifies the responsible parties. Your attorney builds a claim that accounts for both your current losses and the long-term effects of head trauma. You will never be passed off to a paralegal for the decisions that define the outcome of your claim.
Head injuries are routinely misunderstood and undervalued in personal injury law. Symptoms can be invisible to everyone except the person living with them, and insurance companies use that invisibility to minimize payouts. Drummond Law Firm works with neurologists, neuropsychologists, and life care planners to build claims that go beyond what a scan can show. If you or a loved one suffered a head injury in Las Vegas, we are prepared to fight for every dollar your claim is worth.
Do I Need an Attorney for My Las Vegas Head Injury Case?
Insurance companies consistently undervalue head injury claims, especially when the victim does not have legal representation. Research from the Insurance Research Council found that represented victims recovered approximately 3.5 times more than those who handled claims alone. Head injuries produce symptoms that are difficult to quantify without medical expertise, and insurers exploit that ambiguity to reduce what they pay. Going up against that strategy on your own puts you at a serious disadvantage.
| Without an Attorney | With Drummond Law Firm |
| The insurer may dismiss your symptoms because your CT scan or MRI came back normal | Our attorneys work with neuropsychologists to document the cognitive and functional deficits imaging cannot detect |
| Future medical costs and rehabilitation expenses often go unaccounted for | We retain life care planners to project the full cost of your recovery over your lifetime |
| You bear the burden of proving the severity of an injury that does not appear on standard imaging | Our team builds your case with diagnostic evidence, expert testimony, and documented symptom timelines |
| The insurer controls the pace and terms of your claim | Attorney Craig Drummond, a former U.S. Army Captain, has taken personal injury cases to trial and will not back down |
You deserve a head injury attorney who fights for the full value of your claim, not one that allows an insurer to downplay an injury because it does not show up on a scan.
When the stakes are high, you need an attorney who’s already been tested under pressure.
Types of Cases We Handle in Las Vegas
Our firm handles head injury cases arising from car accidents, motorcycle crashes, slip and falls, assaults, and workplace incidents throughout Clark County. Each case requires determining the type and severity of the head injury, identifying the at-fault party, and connecting the injury to the accident through medical evidence. Head injuries do not always present the same way. Early diagnosis and thorough documentation are the foundation of every claim we build.
Concussions and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
A concussion is classified as a mild traumatic brain injury, but the word “mild” refers to the initial mechanism, not the outcome. Some concussion victims recover within weeks. Others develop post-concussion syndrome, a condition where symptoms like headaches and sensitivity to light persist for months or longer. Insurance companies treat “mild” as a reason to minimize the claim. An experienced head injury attorney treats it as a diagnosis that requires proof of how the injury has actually affected your life.
Skull Fractures and Penetrating Injuries
Skull fractures occur when the force of an impact is strong enough to crack or break the bone protecting the brain. Linear fractures, depressed fractures, and basilar fractures each carry different risks depending on whether bone fragments are displaced into brain tissue.
Penetrating injuries occur when an object breaches the skull entirely. These injuries often require emergency surgery, carry a high risk of infection, and can result in permanent neurological damage. The medical costs associated with skull fractures and penetrating head injuries frequently reach six or seven figures over the course of a lifetime.
Closed Head Injuries and Contusions
A closed head injury occurs when the brain is damaged by the force of an impact without the skull being broken. The brain strikes the inside of the skull, causing bruising, swelling, or tearing of nerve fibers. Contusions are localized bruises on the brain that can cause seizures, loss of coordination, and speech impairment.
Diffuse axonal injury, one of the most severe forms of closed head trauma, occurs when the brain rotates inside the skull and tears the connecting nerve fibers. These injuries may not appear on an initial CT scan. Follow-up imaging and neurological evaluation are essential to document damage that standard scans miss.
How Nevada Law Affects Your Head Injury Case
Nevada personal injury law under NRS 41.130 requires anyone whose negligence causes a head injury to compensate the victim for the resulting damages. The injured party must prove that the at-fault party owed a duty of care, breached that duty, and that the breach directly caused the head injury.
Head injury claims in Nevada can arise from multiple legal theories depending on how the injury occurred. A car accident claim targets the negligent driver. A slip and fall goes after the property owner who failed to maintain safe conditions. An assault may name both the attacker and the property owner as defendants.
Modified comparative negligence under NRS 41.141 reduces your compensation by your percentage of fault. If a jury determines that your share of fault exceeds 50 percent, you are barred from recovering any damages. Insurance companies frequently argue that the victim failed to wear a seatbelt, ignored a visible hazard, or contributed to the accident in some other way. Each argument is designed to shift fault and reduce the payout.
Who Can Be Held Liable for a Head Injury?
The party responsible for your head injury depends on how the accident occurred. Multiple defendants can share liability in the same claim, and identifying every responsible party expands the pool of insurance coverage available to pay for your losses.
Negligent drivers are the most common defendants in head injury cases. A rear-end collision, a T-bone crash at an intersection, or a pedestrian being struck in a crosswalk can all produce serious head trauma. The severity can range from a concussion to a life-altering brain injury.
Property owners can face premises liability claims when a slip and fall, a falling object, or a structural collapse on their property causes a head injury. The owner’s duty to inspect, repair, and warn applies to every person lawfully on the premises.
Employers and contractors can face claims when unsafe working conditions lead to head injuries on a job site. Falls from scaffolding, struck-by incidents, and equipment malfunctions account for most of these injuries.
Individuals who commit an assault are personally liable for the head injuries they inflict. The property owner may share that liability if the attack was foreseeable and security was inadequate.
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What Should You Do After a Head Injury in Las Vegas?
Go to the emergency room immediately. Head injuries can worsen rapidly, and symptoms like confusion, nausea, and dizziness may indicate bleeding or swelling inside the skull that requires urgent intervention. A delay in treatment can turn a survivable injury into a permanent one.
Tell the emergency room physician exactly how the injury occurred and describe every symptom you are experiencing, even symptoms that seem unrelated. Medical records created at the time of the injury are the strongest evidence connecting your head trauma to the accident.
If you are able, document the scene. Take photos of the hazard, the vehicle damage, or the conditions that caused the injury. Collect contact information from witnesses.
Do not give a recorded statement to the at-fault party’s insurance company before speaking with an attorney. Adjusters handling head injury claims are trained to use your own descriptions of your symptoms against you, especially when you say you feel “fine” in the hours after the accident.
What Happens When Imaging Comes Back Normal but Symptoms Persist?
This is the most common challenge in concussion and mild traumatic brain injury claims. A patient goes to the emergency room after an accident, receives a CT scan, and the results show no structural damage. The insurance company uses that normal scan to argue the injury is minor or does not exist. The claim gets undervalued or denied.
The problem is that standard CT scans and MRIs are designed to detect structural damage like bleeding, fractures, and large contusions. They are not designed to detect the cellular and metabolic disruptions that cause concussion symptoms. A brain that has been shaken inside the skull can produce debilitating headaches, memory loss, personality changes, and cognitive dysfunction without showing a single abnormality on a standard scan.
These injuries demand evidence that goes beyond imaging. Neuropsychological evaluations measure cognitive function, processing speed, and memory in ways that imaging cannot. Documented symptom timelines tracked by the patient and their physicians establish that the problems started with the accident and have not resolved. Expert testimony from a neurologist connects the clinical findings to the trauma.
An insurer that points to a normal scan is telling half the story. Your attorney’s job is to present the other half.
What Compensation Can You Recover After a Head Injury?
Head injury victims in Nevada can pursue economic, non-economic, and punitive damages through a personal injury claim. Economic damages cover your medical bills, emergency surgery, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation, lost wages, and any future care your recovery will require. Head injuries that affect cognitive function often require years of neuropsychological treatment and occupational therapy.
Non-economic damages account for pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life. Living with the daily effects of a head injury that your family can see but you cannot fully explain takes a toll that the law recognizes. Nevada places no cap on non-economic damages in personal injury cases outside of medical malpractice.
Punitive damages may apply when the at-fault party’s conduct was especially reckless. Examples include a drunk driver who caused a high-speed collision or a property owner who ignored repeated warnings about a falling hazard.
How Long Do You Have to File a Head Injury Claim?
Nevada gives you two years from the date of your injury to file a personal injury lawsuit under NRS 11.190(4)(e). Once that deadline passes, the court will almost certainly dismiss your case regardless of how strong your evidence is.
Head injuries complicate this timeline. Symptoms of a concussion or mild TBI may not appear for days or weeks after the accident. By the time the full extent of the injury becomes clear, months may have already passed. Contacting an attorney early gives your legal team time to begin neuropsychological testing, preserve medical records, and secure expert opinions before the filing window narrows.
How Drummond Law Firm Can Help
Drummond Law Firm provides attorney-led representation for head injury victims across Las Vegas and Clark County. Our attorneys build head injury claims with the medical and expert evidence needed to capture the full impact of your injury, including the deficits that standard imaging does not detect. We do not accept the insurer’s version of your injury. We document the real one.
Craig Drummond, a former U.S. Army Captain and Bronze Star recipient, brings military discipline and a proven trial record to every personal injury case his firm handles. His willingness to take cases to trial is what keeps insurers from dismissing your head injury as something you will just get over.
Our Reduced Fee Guarantee ensures we will never take more than the client receives in a settlement. You will not pay a fee unless we win your case, so call the Captain today at (702) 366-9966 to schedule a free consultation.
