Las Vegas Amputation Injury Lawyer

Lost a limb in an accident in Las Vegas, NV? Contact the top Las Vegas amputation injury lawyer to seek justice and compensation.

Losing a limb in an accident changes how you work, move, and care for your family. Amputation injuries often require several surgeries, months of physical therapy, and prosthetic devices that need replacing every few years. Many people also deal with phantom limb pain, costly home modifications, and the hard reality that they cannot go back to their old job. While you adjust to these changes, insurance companies often focus only on your current medical bills and push a quick settlement that ignores decades of future costs.

At Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, our amputation injury lawyers represent injury victims exclusively, and catastrophic cases like amputations are at the center of what we do. We work with life care planners, prosthetists, vocational experts, and economists to show what your injury will cost over a lifetime, not just this year. Attorney Ramzy Ladah is certified as a personal injury specialist by the State Bar of Nevada and previously worked in insurance defense, so we know exactly how insurers try to undervalue these claims. We prepare every case for trial in Clark County courts, which gives you real leverage at the negotiating table.

Get a free consultation and discover how our amputation injury attorneys in Las Vegas can help you seek the compensation and justice you deserve.

Why Hire a Las Vegas Amputation Injury Lawyer?

An amputation affects your ability to work, drive, care for your kids, and handle simple daily tasks you never thought twice about. The costs add up fast, from surgeries and rehabilitation to prosthetics that need replacing every few years. Insurance companies know these numbers better than anyone, and they often make an early offer that covers today’s bills while leaving you to pay for the decades ahead. At Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, we fight to recover the full value of what you have lost. Here is why our team is the right choice for your amputation injury claim:

• We value your case for a lifetime. We work with life care planners, prosthetists, vocational experts, and economists to calculate your future medical care, lost earning ability, and home modifications so nothing gets left out.
• We know the insurance playbook. Ramzy Ladah and Anthony Ashby both worked for insurance defense firms before representing injury victims. We use that insider knowledge to counter the tactics adjusters use to shrink your claim.
• We prepare every case for trial. Insurers pay more when they know a firm is ready to face a jury. We build every case for court from day one, which gives you real leverage in negotiations.
• We bring certified expertise. Ramzy Ladah is one of only a handful of attorneys certified as a personal injury specialist by the State Bar of Nevada.
• We have a proven record. Our firm has recovered more than $400 million in verdicts and settlements for injury victims, including multiple seven and eight figure results.
• You can reach your attorney directly. We give clients direct access to their lawyers, including cell phone communication, so you never have to wonder where your case stands.
• You pay nothing unless we win. We handle every case on a contingency fee basis, so you can get experienced help without worrying about upfront costs.

Do You Have an Amputation Injury Case in Nevada?

If another person or company’s negligence caused your accident, you have the right to pursue compensation for your limb loss. Amputation injuries fall into two types:

• Traumatic amputation: The limb is severed at the moment of impact, such as in a violent vehicle crash or an industrial accident.
• Surgical amputation: Doctors remove a limb days or weeks after the accident because the tissue damage is too severe to repair.

Both are fully compensable under Nevada law, as long as we can establish that the other party’s negligence caused the injury.

Who Can Be Held Liable for an Amputation Injury?

Identifying every responsible party is one of the first and most important steps we take, because more defendants often means more available insurance coverage and a larger recovery for you. Liable parties may include:

• Negligent drivers: Motorists responsible for crashes that result in traumatic limb loss
• Trucking companies: Carriers liable for unsafe hiring, vehicle maintenance failures, or hours-of-service violations
• Construction companies: General contractors and subcontractors who failed to keep a job site safe
• Product manufacturers: Companies that designed or built defective machinery, tools, or vehicle components
• Property owners: Businesses, hotels, and casinos that allowed dangerous hazards to exist on their premises
• Medical providers: Doctors or hospitals whose negligent treatment made amputation unavoidable

One pattern we consistently see in Las Vegas amputation claims is that the most important defendant is not the person named first in the crash report. When a limb is lost in a collision on I-15 or US-95, or on a construction site along the Las Vegas Strip, the trucking company, equipment manufacturer, or general contractor often carries far more insurance than the individual at fault. We name those parties early, because their coverage is usually what pays for a lifetime of prosthetics and care.

What Compensation Can You Recover after an Amputation?

Catastrophic injury is the legal classification for permanent, life-altering harm like limb loss. This classification matters because it allows you to pursue compensation that accounts for a lifetime of consequences, not just what you have spent so far.

Economic Damages	Non-Economic Damages
All past and future medical expenses	Pain and suffering
Prosthetic devices and future replacements	Phantom limb pain
Rehabilitation and occupational therapy	Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Lost wages and diminished earning capacity	Permanent disfigurement
Home and vehicle modifications	Loss of enjoyment of life
Vocational retraining costs	Loss of consortium

When the at-fault party’s conduct was especially reckless, such as a drunk driver or a company that knowingly ignored safety violations, the court may also award punitive damages. Request a free damages evaluation. Call (702) 252-0055.

“You have to show the jury… how the injuries prevent them from working that job, and also what jobs they could still qualify for, and then compare those jobs… when it comes to income.” – Adrian Karimi

How We Build Your Lifetime Care Claim

The insurer’s opening offer will not account for the full picture. We do.

Our team works with life care planners, prosthetists, and vocational economists to calculate every future cost your injury will create: repeat surgeries, prosthetic replacements, rehabilitation, home modifications, and years of reduced income. This is the difference between settling for what you need today and securing what you need for the rest of your life.

What we see across the amputation claims we handle in Las Vegas is that early settlement offers are built around the first prosthetic, not the replacements that follow every few years. Clients treated at University Medical Center, Southern Nevada’s only Level I trauma center, often face revision surgeries and new fittings long after discharge, and adjusters routinely leave those future costs out of their numbers. A life care plan that prices every future device and procedure is what closes that gap.

What Is Phantom Limb Pain and Can You Be Compensated for It?

Phantom limb pain is pain or sensation felt in a limb that is no longer there, caused by the brain’s nerve pathways continuing to fire signals even after amputation. It is a recognized medical condition, and it is fully compensable as part of your pain and suffering and future medical treatment damages.

Treatment is often long-term and complex, involving nerve stimulation therapy, specialized medication, and ongoing rehabilitation.

“I show the jury that the number I am asking is not a number I made up, it’s a number that’s based in science and in law.” – Adrian Karimi

How Long Do You Have to File an Amputation Claim in Nevada?

Nevada’s statute of limitations, the legal deadline for filing a personal injury lawsuit, is two years from the date of injury in most cases. Miss that deadline, and the court will permanently bar your claim, no matter how serious your injuries are.

Different timelines may apply in certain situations:

• Government entity claims: A separate formal notice of claim is required under NRS 41.036, but the deadline is the same two years, not shorter
• Medical malpractice amputations: Under NRS 41A.097, the deadline is three years from the date of injury or two years from the date the injury was or should have been discovered, whichever comes first

Do not wait. Evidence disappears fast, and every day without legal representation benefits the other side.

“Ramzy was truly concerned from the first day that he saw our son. We felt he was going to be good for our son, the accident and the case. He always gave us good attention. He was always on top of anything we needed. He always gave us a hand and he never told us no. He always cared.” – Client, Las Vegas

Does Partial Fault Affect Your Amputation Settlement in Nevada?

Nevada follows modified comparative negligence, which means you can still recover compensation as long as you were not more than 50% at fault for the accident. If you were 20% responsible, your award is reduced by 20%, and you still recover the remaining 80%.

Insurance adjusters routinely overstate your share of the blame to reduce what they owe. We counter that tactic by securing liability evidence quickly and building an airtight case from the start.

What to Do after an Amputation Injury in Las Vegas

The actions you take in the immediate aftermath of your accident can significantly strengthen, or weaken, your case.

Get Ongoing Medical Care

Your treatment record ties the injury to the accident and documents the severity of your condition. Follow every referral, keep every appointment, and never allow gaps in care, because adjusters use missed appointments to argue your injuries were not as serious as claimed.

“It’s a sword in the shield that the insurance company does. They try to delay and prevent people from going to see doctors, and then use it against them when they don’t.” – Adrian Karimi

Preserve Evidence before It Disappears

Request all police and incident reports immediately. If the accident happened at a business or worksite, send a written demand that they preserve surveillance footage, equipment records, and all relevant documentation before it is erased or destroyed.

Do Not Give a Recorded Statement

The at-fault party’s insurer will call within days and ask for a recorded statement. You are not required to provide one. Decline, and direct all future contact to our office.

Document Every Expense and Daily Limitation

Keep receipts for all costs connected to your injury, including home modification estimates and out-of-pocket medical expenses. Also keep notes on how the injury affects your daily life, because this becomes the foundation of your non-economic damages claim.

Call Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas

Our attorneys are available 24/7. Call (702) 252-0055 and we handle everything from there.

What Types of Accidents Cause Amputation Injuries?

Amputations usually happen in one of two ways. Some occur at the scene when a limb is severed or crushed beyond repair. Others happen later, when surgeons must remove a limb because of severe tissue damage, infection, or blocked blood flow. Either way, the loss is often the result of someone else’s carelessness. At Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, we handle limb loss cases arising from many types of negligence throughout Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, including:

• Truck and semi truck crashes: The size and weight of commercial trucks can pin or crush a limb, especially in underride and rollover collisions.
• Motorcycle collisions: Riders have little protection, and legs and arms often take the full force of the impact.
• Car accidents: High speed and side impact crashes can trap occupants inside crushed vehicles.
• Pedestrian and bicycle accidents: A vehicle striking someone on foot or on a bike can cause severe damage to the legs and feet.
• Construction and industrial equipment accidents: Unguarded machinery, forklifts, and heavy equipment can catch or crush a worker’s hands, arms, or legs. We pursue claims against negligent third parties beyond your employer.
• Defective products: Faulty power tools, machinery, and vehicle parts can fail without warning and cause traumatic injuries.
• Electrocution and severe burns: Deep electrical and thermal burns can destroy tissue so badly that amputation becomes necessary.
• Crush injuries at commercial and casino properties: Malfunctioning doors, escalators, elevators, and falling objects can cause serious harm. 
• Medical malpractice: Delayed diagnosis of infections, circulation problems, or surgical errors can lead to a preventable amputation.

Do Workplace Amputations Limit Your Legal Options?

No. Workers’ compensation may cover some of your losses after a job-site amputation, but it does not pay for pain and suffering and typically replaces only a portion of your lost income. If a defective machine, an unsafe third-party contractor, or another negligent party contributed to the accident, we can file a separate personal injury lawsuit, and we regularly pursue both tracks at the same time.

A tactic we see repeatedly from contractors and property owners after a job site amputation in Clark County is pointing to the workers’ compensation claim as if it were the only recovery available. In our experience handling these cases in Las Vegas, identifying the third party whose defective equipment or unsafe work actually caused the injury is what opens the door to pain and suffering damages that workers’ comp will never pay.

Why Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas Is the Right Firm for Your Amputation Case

Other personal injury attorneys send us their hardest cases because they know we are not afraid to try them. We build every file for the courtroom, and that willingness to go all the way to a verdict is exactly what forces insurance companies to make serious offers.

• Insider knowledge: Ramzy Ladah defended Nevada’s largest insurance companies early in his career. He knows every strategy adjusters use to minimize catastrophic claims, and he now uses that knowledge exclusively against them.
• Seven-figure results: Our track record includes major wrongful-death and trucking verdicts and substantial recoveries on behalf of injured clients.
• Peer-recognized excellence: Acknowledged by fellow attorneys and legal organizations for outstanding trial advocacy and client service.
• No fee until we win: We work on a strict contingency basis, clients get direct access to their attorney’s cell phone, and our team is available 24/7 across three Southern Nevada offices: Downtown Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Spring Valley.

That is Ladah Money™. By your side, securing your future.

“I was rear-ended when I was pregnant and had to have multiple surgeries. I’m beyond grateful for everybody and I would definitely recommend Ramzy Ladah and his law firm to anyone who’s looking for a great lawyer.” – J.L

Frequently Asked Questions

Can You File a Claim If the Limb Was Surgically Amputated Weeks after the Crash?

Yes. As long as your medical records establish that the injuries from the original accident made surgery necessary, a surgical amputation is treated the same as a traumatic one for both liability and damages purposes.

Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Pain and Suffering after a Workplace Amputation?

No. Workers’ comp benefits do not include pain and suffering. However, if a third party like a machine manufacturer or subcontractor contributed to your injury, we can file a separate lawsuit to recover those damages in full.

Will Your Claim Include Future Prosthetic Replacements and Upgrades?

Yes. A complete claim projects the full cost of prosthetic replacements, fittings, and future upgrades over your lifetime, not just the device you need today. We document these costs through life care planners, which often adds significant value to the final settlement.

Is Phantom Limb Pain Compensable If It Develops Months after Surgery?

Yes. Phantom limb pain is a recognized medical diagnosis, and your claim can include compensation for it even when the condition develops or worsens long after the original amputation, provided your treating physician documents it.

What Happens If the At-Fault Party Does Not Have Enough Insurance to Cover Your Losses?

We investigate every available source of recovery, including your own UM/UIM coverage, umbrella policies, and all potentially liable third parties. In serious amputation cases, there is almost always more coverage available than the first adjuster discloses.

Can a Tourist File an Amputation Injury Claim in Nevada?

Yes. If your injury occurred in Nevada, Nevada law applies to your claim regardless of where you live. We coordinate with your out-of-state doctors and employers throughout the process so you can focus on your recovery at home.

What If a Company Destroys Surveillance Footage after Your Accident?

We send immediate written preservation notices requiring all parties to retain relevant evidence. If evidence is destroyed despite that demand, we pursue spoliation sanctions, which can include a jury instruction telling jurors to assume the destroyed evidence was damaging to the defendant’s case.

How Long Do Amputation Injury Cases in Nevada Typically Take to Resolve?

High-value amputation cases can take considerable time to fully develop. Rushing to settle early almost always leaves significant compensation on the table, and our reputation for going to trial is what forces insurance companies to make fair offers.

Contact Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas

An amputation leaves you facing hard questions about prosthetics, work, and your family’s future, while insurance companies are already working to limit what they pay. In Nevada, you generally have two years to file a personal injury lawsuit, and key evidence can disappear long before then. The sooner you call, the sooner we can protect your claim.

We handle the insurance companies so you can focus on healing. You get direct access to your attorney, and you pay nothing unless we win.

Call (702) 252-0055 or contact us to schedule a free consultation. We are available around the clock.