Las Vegas Hit and Run Lawyer

Injured in a hit and run accident in Las Vegas, NV? Contact the top Las Vegas hit and run accident lawyer to seek justice and compensation.

A driver hit you and drove off, leaving you with hospital bills, a wrecked car, and no one at the scene to hold accountable. Hit and run crashes happen often on the Strip, along Las Vegas Boulevard, and on the freeways that carry heavy traffic through the valley, and victims are frequently left with fractures, head injuries, or other serious harm while the driver who caused it disappears into traffic. Insurance companies count on that uncertainty, using it as a reason to delay your claim or offer far less than your injuries and losses are worth.

At Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, our experienced car accident attorneys have obtained substantial recoveries for injured Nevadans, including major jury verdicts and wrongful death awards. Founder Ramzy Ladah is a Nevada State Bar certified Personal Injury Specialist who has been recognized as a leading litigator. He spent the early part of his career defending insurance companies, and he now uses that same playbook against them on behalf of clients like you.

Contact us today for a free consultation and discover how our hit and run accident attorneys in Las Vegas can help you seek the compensation and justice you deserve.

What to Do After a Hit and Run Accident

The actions you take in the first few hours determine whether you recover the full value of your claim or walk away with far less than you deserve.

• Call 911 immediately: Report the crash to Las Vegas Metro Police or the Nevada Highway Patrol, even if you feel fine. A police report is the official foundation of every insurance claim and lawsuit that follows.
• Write down every detail: Record the fleeing vehicle’s color, make, model, any part of the license plate, and the direction it traveled. Photograph skid marks, debris, and your injuries before anything is moved or cleaned.
• Refuse a recorded statement: Your insurer will call within days asking to record your account of the crash. Decline until you speak with us, adjusters use these recordings to reduce what they owe you.
• Act immediately to preserve video: Las Vegas casinos, gas stations, and storefronts overwrite surveillance footage within days. The moment you call us, we move to lock it down.

Nevada Hit and Run Laws under NRS 484E

Nevada law requires every driver involved in a crash causing injury, death, or property damage to stop immediately. Under NRS 484E.010, a driver must remain at the scene. Under NRS 484E.030, a driver must:

• Provide their name, address, and vehicle registration to the other party
• Present their driver’s license to responding officers upon request
• Render reasonable assistance to anyone injured, including arranging emergency transport

A driver who flees a crash involving injury or death commits a category B felony in Nevada, punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison and fines between $2,000 and $5,000. That criminal liability creates parallel pressure in the civil case we build to recover your damages.

Can You Get Paid if the Driver Is Never Found?

Most hit and run victims assume a driver who fled and was never caught means they have no case. Nevada law is built specifically to prevent that outcome. Your own Uninsured Motorist coverage is your primary source of compensation, and we know exactly how to make it pay.

What Insurance Pays After a Hit and Run

Nevada’s mandatory minimum liability coverage only protects others when you are at fault. When the driver who hurt you has disappeared, these coverages on your own policy become critical:

Uninsured Motorist (UM) Coverage is your most important protection after a hit and run. Nevada law treats a phantom driver, one who fled and was never identified, the same as an uninsured motorist, which means your UM policy steps in to pay for your injuries and other losses.

Medical Payments (MedPay) Coverage is a no-fault add-on that pays your initial medical bills up to your policy limit immediately, before any fault determination is made. It works alongside UM rather than replacing it.

Collision and UMPD Coverage pays for your vehicle repairs regardless of fault, minus your deductible. Uninsured Motorist Property Damage (UMPD) can reduce or eliminate that deductible entirely, depending on your policy.

One pattern we consistently see in hit and run claims across Las Vegas is that a client’s own insurer slows down the UM claim far more than it would a liability claim against an at fault driver, sometimes citing an incomplete Metro Police report as a reason to delay payment. 

We have found that adjusters at some of the larger carriers writing policies in Clark County will request an examination under oath before releasing MedPay funds, even on straightforward claims with injuries documented at Sunrise Hospital or University Medical Center. Pushing back early, with a demand letter and complete medical records in hand, is often what moves these claims off an adjuster’s back burner.

What Damages You Can Recover

Every financial and personal loss tied to the crash is recoverable in your claim. This includes:

• Medical expenses: Emergency care, surgery, physical therapy, and all future treatment tied to your injuries
• Lost income: Every paycheck missed while you were too injured to work
• Reduced earning capacity: Long-term compensation if your injuries permanently limit what you can earn
• Property damage: Full repair or replacement of your vehicle and any personal property destroyed
• Pain and suffering: Money for physical pain, emotional distress, and the impact on your daily life

When Can You Seek Punitive Damages?

Punitive damages go beyond replacing what you lost, they exist to punish extreme misconduct and deter others from the same behavior. If we track down the driver and prove they were drunk, on drugs, or acting in complete disregard for the safety of others, we can ask a jury to impose additional punishment damages. We secured a $15 million jury verdict against a reckless driver in May 2025 because we build every case to go all the way to trial.

How Long You Have to File a Claim in Nevada

Nevada gives you two years to file a lawsuit from the date of the crash to bring a personal injury claim. Property-damage-only claims may carry a three-year window, but the practical timeline for collecting critical evidence is far shorter, surveillance video disappears in days and witness memories fade fast. Waiting is the single biggest mistake hit and run victims make.

“Ramzy is just very thorough, and he explains things very well. He was in contact with me consistently. I felt like I knew what was going on at all times. And the way he prepared me made me feel very, confident in both my ability to testify and also in his strategy. If you are hurt, if you’ve been in a car accident, if you have been injured in some way, I would recommend Ladah Law.” – A. Wilson

How We Find the Driver Who Fled

You hired us to fight, and that starts with finding the person who hurt you. We do not wait for the police to close their investigation; our team launches an independent, parallel investigation the day you hire us, using resources and investigative access most law firms simply do not have.

Surveillance and Business Camera Video

We identify every camera with a view of the crash, casino exteriors, traffic signals, business parking lots, and residential doorbells, and immediately send legal preservation letters to prevent footage from being overwritten before we can use it.

Vehicle Forensics and Black Box Data

Paint fragments, broken glass, and plastic debris left at the scene allow accident reconstruction experts to pinpoint the make, model, and sometimes the year of the fleeing vehicle. Once a vehicle is located, we subpoena its Event Data Recorder (EDR), its black box, to extract speed, braking, and impact data that establishes liability.

Witness Records and 911 Dispatch Audio

We canvass the crash area door to door, locate witnesses law enforcement never followed up with, and subpoena 911 dispatch audio. Callers often described the vehicle in detail, partial plates, distinctive colors, unusual features, and information that frequently never made it into the official report.

Across the hit and run investigations we handle in the Las Vegas valley, some of the most productive evidence comes from doorbell and dash cameras at apartment complexes near Boulder Highway, Flamingo Road, and the Sahara corridor, where crashes involving fleeing drivers happen with some regularity. 

We routinely send preservation letters and subpoena footage before it cycles out of storage, and we have identified fleeing drivers from nothing more than a partial plate captured on a gas station camera near the Strip. Witnesses who called 911 but were never contacted by responding officers frequently hold the missing piece, and we make it a priority to track them down while their memory of the crash is still fresh.

How Nevada’s Fault Rules Affect Your Payout

Nevada uses a modified comparative negligence system. You can recover damages as long as you were less than 51% responsible for the crash, but your final award is reduced by your percentage of fault, a 20% fault finding on a $200,000 claim means you lose $40,000. Insurance adjusters are trained to push partial blame onto injured claimants to shrink what they pay. We fight that tactic by anchoring every case in hard physical evidence.

A tactic we see repeatedly from adjusters handling hit and run claims filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court is an attempt to assign partial fault to the victim, often based on nothing more than where the vehicle was struck or a claim that a driver could have swerved to avoid a car that appeared without warning. 

We counter these theories with the same accident reconstruction evidence we would use against a driver who never left the scene, because Nevada’s fault rules apply just as harshly against an insurer standing in for a driver who fled. Anchoring the case in physical evidence early keeps a fault argument from ever taking hold.

Why Las Vegas Hit and Run Victims Choose Ladah

Ramzy Ladah started his career defending insurance companies at one of Nevada’s largest defense firms. He knows how adjusters are trained, how they evaluate claims internally, and which arguments move their settlement numbers. Today, every bit of that insider knowledge is deployed against the same companies he once defended.

Our results set us apart:

• $400 million+ recovered for injured Nevada clients
• $70,625,594.80 wrongful death verdict
• $15 million reckless-driving jury verdict (May 2025)
• $11 million head injury settlement
• $10 million trucking accident jury verdict
• Named Litigator of the Year, 2024
• Certified Personal Injury Specialist by the Nevada State Bar

Ramzy has a track record of obtaining substantial settlements and verdicts in Nevada. We strive for the highest standards of peer review and client satisfaction. The Nevada Justice Association recognizes Ladah Law as one of the best trial firms in the state, and other personal injury attorneys regularly refer their most difficult cases to us.

We handle every hit and run case on a strict contingency fee, no upfront costs, no hourly billing, and no legal fees unless we win money for you.

Ready to fight back? Call (702) 252-0055, no fee until we win.

What Rights Do Tourists Have After a Las Vegas Hit and Run?

Visitors to Las Vegas have the same legal rights as Nevada residents after a hit and run.

You do not need to travel back to Las Vegas to work with us, we handle out-of-state clients remotely, coordinate with your treating physicians back home, and ensure your out-of-state Uninsured Motorist coverage travels with you and is applied correctly to your Nevada claim.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I File a UM Claim if the Hit and Run Driver Is Never Identified?

Yes, Nevada law allows UM claims for phantom-driver crashes, as long as you promptly report the accident to both law enforcement and your insurer.

What if I Waived Uninsured Motorist Coverage on My Policy?

You may still recover through MedPay coverage, a household family member’s UM policy, or the driver’s insurer if they are later identified and carry coverage.

Will a UM Claim Cause My Insurance Premiums to Rise?

Nevada law prohibits insurers from raising your rates or canceling your policy because of a UM claim for an accident you did not cause.

When Do I Need to File the Nevada DMV SR-1 Form?

File the SR-1 form with the Nevada DMV within 10 days of any crash involving injury or over $750 in property damage, even if law enforcement responded and filed a separate report.

Can I Seek Punitive Damages if the Hit and Run Driver Is Found?

Yes, if we prove the driver acted with malice, fraud, or conscious disregard for the safety of others, Nevada law allows punitive damages on top of your compensatory award.

Does a Criminal Hit and Run Conviction Strengthen My Civil Case?

A guilty plea or criminal conviction is powerful evidence of liability and significantly strengthens your position in a civil lawsuit for damages.

Does UM Coverage Apply if I Was Hit as a Pedestrian or Cyclist?

Yes, your personal Uninsured Motorist coverage extends to you as a pedestrian or cyclist struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Does My Out-of-State Auto Policy Cover a Nevada Hit and Run?

In most cases, yes, your UM coverage and other auto protections apply to crashes across all 50 states, not just your home state.

Can a Passenger File a Hit and Run Injury Claim?

Yes, as a passenger, you may file a UM claim through the driver’s policy, your own auto policy, or a household family member’s coverage.

Contact Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas

We are available 24 hours a day with three offices across Southern Nevada, Downtown Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Spring Valley. No matter where you are in your case, whether you just got hit or you have been fighting an insurer for months, we can help. From the first call to the final resolution, you have direct cell phone access to your attorney.

“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

We are by your side, securing your future.

Call (702) 252-0055 now. No fee until we win. That’s Ladah Money™.