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Hire a Successful Trial Attorney for Your Upcoming Business or Personal Case.

Hiring the right trial attorney to represent your interest, whether it be a business lawsuit or a personal injury case, it’s a decision that can pay off. It’s important for you to understand your limitations and rights when it comes to filing a civil case, and you’ll want to be sure to hire someone not only with the experience but also the capacity to give your case the attention it needs. Not all Trial Attorneys in Las Vegas are created equal, so when you do your personal vetting, make sure to ask about caseload, client load, and past similar experiences before retaining counsel for your trial.

Protecting your business is a necessary step in ensuring your future and securing your personal wealth. There are a variety of business litigation types and various situations in which you’ll want to retain legal counsel to help settle a dispute. This may include cases of injury occurring at your place of business, potential product liability, or accusations of negligence or unsafe working conditions. A good trial attorney from Las Vegas can explain both the local and state laws that govern potential rulings and judgments and also advise you of the best options on whether to settle or go to trial.

A Gamble that Pays Off

If you find yourself needing a trial lawyer for your personal injury cases, find someone well versed and knowledgeable on how to seek compensation to pay for your ongoing medical expenses, wages and salary lost from missing work due to the injury. Also, consider the long-term impact of the injury on your ability to provide for yourself and your dependents. An experienced trial attorney often receives referrals from other inexperienced personal injury attorneys, especially on difficult cases, or cases where there is gross negligence. Maximize your payout by retaining someone with a successful record, past similar experience, and a great reputation within the local industry. If you want the same trial attorney from beginning to end of your trial rather than one who passes you on to another trial lawyer because you can’t settle, then look for someone with the best trial experience. In Nevada, that trial lawyer is Dennis Prince at The DPLG.

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Infant Birth Injury Warning Signs and Symptoms

Most birth injuries involve serious complications that can lead to permanent disabilities and disfigurement, especially if not treated immediately. Left untreated, these injuries can develop into severe consequences that can also lead to your child developing a brain trauma or paralysis. As a new parent, it’s critical to understand and be on the lookout for the warning signs and symptoms children can experience following delivery.

Here are some immediate warning signs and symptoms your child has suffered a birth injury:

Actions Symptoms:

  • Arched back while crying
  • Breathlessness
  • Difficulties with sucking, eating, and swallowing
  • Excessive drooling
  • Excessive fussiness for no apparent reason
  • Grunting and/or high-pitched crying
  • Nausea, vomiting
  • Lethargy
  • Light sensitivity
  • Seizures

Health-Related Symptoms:

  • Anemia
  • Changes in vision
  • Fever
  • High-frequency hearing loss
  • Dizziness
  • Hypertension or hypotension
  • Inflamed nasal passages
  • Low heart rate
  • Low oxygen levels in the blood
  • Persistent coughing
  • Poor weight gain
  • Constipation
  • Headaches
  • Wheezing
  • Jaundice
  • Paleness and/or wax-like appearance to the skin

Muscle and Bone Symptoms:

  • Arm and/or hand bent towards the body
  • The hand may curl up and take on a claw-like shape
  • Skull fractures
  • Spasms
  • Muscle stiffness or looseness (muscles may alternate between the two)
  • Weak movements
  • Weak or absent reflexes
  • Writhing movements
  • Hairy patch on the back
  • Favoring one side of the body

Symptoms That May Surface Between 12-24 Months of Age
Although a birth injury may have happened just before, during, or after delivery, the body takes a while to demonstrate its symptoms, sometimes into toddler-hood.

The common birth injury symptoms that appear during the toddler years include:

  • Ataxia (the loss of the full use of bodily movements)
  • Delay in motor skill development
  • Difficulties in walking normally
  • Intellectual disabilities (memory, inability connecting actions to consequences, explosive tantrums, difficulty problem solving, or difficulty with logical thinking)
  • Difficulties with problem-solving
  • Involuntary pulling of the neck
  • Lack of muscle control
  • Poor control over coordination
  • Speech problems
  • Difficulties dressing alone, potty training, and grasping spoons to eat

Developmental Milestones:

Infants, toddlers, and children who miss developmental milestones may have experienced a birth injury.

2 to 4 months old:

  • Turns head when noises are heard
  • Coos and smiles
  • Follows people with eyes and recognizes faces
  • Holds head up
  • Can reach and grasp objects
  • Pushes up on elbows if lying on stomach

6 to 9 months old:

  • Brings objects to mouth
  • Looks around easily at nearby objects
  • Rolls over from back to front and front to back
  • Can pass objects from one hand to the other hand
  • Sits alone without assistance
  • Can bounce when standing on the ground, with assistance
  • Can pick up small things with fingers
  • Begins to crawl
  • Bears down weight on legs when standing, with assistance
  • Understands different words and sounds

1 years old:

  • Explores and finds hidden objects
  • May be able to walk or can walk while holding on to furniture
  • Understands simple instructions, such as putting something in the trash
  • Starts to say words

18 months old:

  • Can scribble alone
  • Stands and walks
  • Eats with a spoon without assistance
  • Drinks from a cup without assistance
  • Can say a variety of single words
  • Understands one-step instructions
  • Points to objects they want to play with

2-3 years old:

  • Knows body parts and is familiar with family members
  • Begins to complete sentences and understand rhymes
  • Can run and kick a ball
  • Walks up and down stairs without assistance
  • Can draw straight lines and circle shapes
  • Knows and says name and age
  • Can dress and undress without assistance

4-5 years old:

  • Begins to cooperate with other kids
  • Uses scissors
  • Can hop and stand on one foot for short periods of time
  • Retells favorite stories
  • Understand basic grammar and songs
  • Uses the toilet without assistance
  • Climbs without assistance

Keep in mind that only a physician can diagnose disabilities and disorders. If your child is showing signs of birth injuries or is behind in developmental milestones, call a medical professional for help.

If you believe a medical professional or hospital is responsible for your child’s birth injury, contact my office today to discuss your case. We can help make sure your child obtains the compensation they need to live their life to the fullest. 

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Here’s What Hospitals Should do to Prevent Women From Experiencing Hypertension During Childbirth

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We are dedicated to helping pregnant women and their families obtain the maximum possible compensation for injuries they’ve sustained during the delivery process. Contact my office today with questions about your case!

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The Only Way to Become a Great Trial Lawyer is by Doing it

Las Vegas Trial Lawyer

As new a trial lawyer you can rehearse, you can do mock trials, you can do focus groups all you like, but until you’re in front of a live jury with a real client where the stakes are real, there is no replacement for the trial and error of being a trial lawyer and actually doing it.

That’s the art of trial advocacy. And that’s where my 25 years and more than 100 jury trials come into play. I’ve seen things dozens, if not hundreds of times that most lawyers haven’t. I know what the potential pitfalls are of trials. In particular, nowadays, expert witnesses drive trials in virtually every type of civil case. These individuals are being paid tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in cases they’re serving as professional expert witnesses. Unless you have had the experience of cross-examining a smart, difficult expert witness who can inflict real harm on your case, you should not be taking a case to trial. You need to have the experience of someone who is very seasoned as a trial lawyer who has not only seen it all before but has a vast array of experience in dealing with expert witnesses of all types so you can better understand what plays well and what presents well to a jury.

The Cross

The art of cross-examination of expert witnesses is something that can only be accomplished through seasoned experience as a trial lawyer. My team and I have a unique understanding of what works in front of juries and what doesn’t work. We’ve polled thousands of jurors following trials to find out exactly what they liked, what they saw, and what they would like to see us improve upon. Unless you have had the full opportunity to speak to jurors who have actually served as a juror in a case after weeks of trial testimony and making a decision based upon all the evidence they heard, you don’t have the full story and you certainly don’t have the feedback you need to evolve your level of trial experience. While focus groups are important and play a very important role, presenting your case in front of a jury, making real opening statements and finding your preferred presentation method is the only true way to become a great trial lawyer.

These days, most lawyers go to trial maybe 5 or 10 times in their career while I personally go somewhere between 5 to 10 times every year. It is that level of experience that enables me and my law firm to ask for millions or even tens of millions of dollars. We have the experience, knowledge base, and tools to persuade juries and judges to find in our client’s favor.

Contact the best Trial Lawyer in Las Vegas

If you or your firm is considering taking a case to trial, contact my office today to schedule some time to talk about how we can help. Our presence on the team can dramatically increase its value.

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PRINCE LAW GROUP

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Las Vegas, Nevada 89135

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