Nevada Judicial Cases
The Bear Growls: Metro Officer William Mosher — the worst of the worst?
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Coroner’s Jury: Officers justified in fatally shooting Erik Scott outside Summerlin Costco The Metro shooting problem is a serious matter for all of us who live in or visit Las Vegas. Metro is largely an out-of-control gang of thugs. Officer William Mosher, who has killed twice in just five years on the department, may be [...]
Federal jury awards patron $200,000 for false imprisonment by Venetian security guards, and wrongful hotel room eviction
Friday, April 9th, 2010A bully before jury verdict The $200,000 jury verdict against Venetian for abusing a patron is great news. Many casino managers somehow believe that their hotel operations are not subject to the laws and regulations that apply to innkeepers. Just as they run their casinos, these cretins believe their hotels are “above the law” and [...]
The Bear Growls: Nevada Gaming Control Board won’t punish casino wrongdoing
Sunday, November 8th, 2009As regular readers of this blog know, I often criticize Gaming. I think the agency is much too cozy with the industry it is supposed to be policing. I think it fails to mete out adequate penalties when casinos try to cheat patrons. Indeed, most of the time there is no penalty whatsoever for cheating [...]
False imprisonment verdict of over $70,000 against Tao nightclub in Venetian
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008LAS VEGAS – A patron who had spent thousands of dollars in the club was roughed up and falsely imprisoned by security guards from Tao nightclub, prior to being handed over to Venetian guards and trespassed from the property. A Clark County District Court jury awarded damages for false imprisonment, battery, defamation, and trespass to [...]
The Bear Growls: District Attorney helping sweep Harrah’s crimes under the rug
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The casino-hugging Clark County District Attorney, David Roger, is helping Harrah’s sweep the substandard building scandal under the rug. According to this news article, Harrah’s is essentially being given a free pass to correct its criminal behavior without penalty. The arraignment of Harrah’s itself on the criminal charges, as well as the arraignments of two [...]
The Bear Growls: Vegas police talked of ‘getting’ O.J. on recording
Thursday, September 18th, 2008According to this article, Jurors who have been told to refrain from judging O.J. Simpson on his past heard a recording Thursday of a police employee exulting: “This is great. … California can’t get him. … Now we’ll be able to.” I am certainly not a fan of Mr. Simpson, but have long thought [...]
LV Bear’s Guide to Minimizing Risk of Personal Injury During Casino Backoffs and Barrings
Monday, May 14th, 2007Skilled casino patrons are too often dealt with rudely, harshly, and sometimes even violently by casino personnel, merely for using their brains while in a casino. Sometimes inexperienced advantage players make the mistake of inadvertently worsening the situation, usually to their own detriment. With that in mind, I’ve prepared the guide printed below. Skilled patrons [...]
Originally Posted 9/30/05 – Judge Jackie Glass doesn’t allow jury to consider punitive damages in false imprisonment case
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007The Bear Growls: Judge Jackie Glass doesn’t allow jury to consider punitive damages in false imprisonment case September 30, 2005 The judge threw out the punitive damages claim in the case described below. Mind-boggling. If any case ever deserved punitive damages, it was this one. The unrepentant defendants continued to claim they did nothing [...]