Speedy crap needs urgent sdvice

I have been here sine 29 may. Having a good the til few hours ago. Need advice and anyone providing advice is relieved of possible legal liability. Just need sound advice.
Travelling on Sahara bus lane with moped. No driver license. Got hit by a car from driving lane making a turn into a strip plazas. Did not make turn signal. I couLd not stop and now lying in hospital with 2 fractured ribs. Hospital wants 3000 deposit. What is my opinion please?

Tell the hospital to bill you. They cannot refuse a patient services because of his/her ability to pay (the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.)

Doctor says I can eave now. Ribs will heal on its own

Vegas has the worst drivers. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Good. Feel better. Does not sound fun what you've been through. Only up from here...

Fractured ribs. It's probably going to be painful to cough for awhile. Try to stay away from people with infectious respiratory diseases like common cold so you won't end up sneezing or coughing unnecessarily. But if you need to cough or sneeze, you got to cough or sneeze.

Also second day after injury usually worst than first if you don't have pain relievers on hand.

Welcome to Vegas. Everyone local has a Better call Saul guy in their phone on speed dial. It's sort of a right of passage.

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I have been here sine 29 may. Having a good the til few hours ago. Need advice and anyone providing advice is relieved of possible legal liability. Just need sound advice.
Travelling on Sahara bus lane with moped. No driver license. Got hit by a car from driving lane making a turn into a strip plazas. Did not make turn signal. I couLd not stop and now lying in hospital with 2 fractured ribs. Hospital wants 3000 deposit. What is my opinion please?

Did you say it was the other person's fault(I don't think you are allowed to drive in the bus lane)? Did anyone call the cops? If yes, what happened? If not, why?

There should have been a ticket given for the person at fault if the cops were called out.

From my understanding, even if you are driving around without a license you are NOT automatically at fault and you can still be compensated. You would still follow all the steps as if you had one. There may be fines at the court level for not having a license and stuff, but no doubt the fines would be less than what the cost of your injuries and claim is worth.

You need to contact an attorney.



FYI Glen Lerner will send someone to you(Perhaps they all do). The people they send out get paid for each client that sign up.

Not sure how it is there, but here in AZ. if the motor size is 49cc or less, you don't need a license. Lot's of motorized bikes and such are 49cc for that reason.

Sounds like you were in the ER being treated as an outpatient and they never admitted you to the hospital at all. Your rights are greatest that way.
It doesn't sound like anything that needs further treatment anyway.

I'd talk to a lawyer anyway. The hospital didn't want to run up their bill on an uninsured patient, nor did the ER want to.

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I'd be nervous about hiring any of the attorneys who advertise via billboard, but you need to talk to a competent attorney about your options.

Assuming you don't have an attorney in mind, you could either check Las Vegas personal injury attorney reviews on a website which rates them (AVVO), or you could call Bob Nersesian's office and ask for a referral to someone he recommends.

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Did you say it was the other person's fault(I don't think you are allowed to drive in the bus lane)? Did anyone call the cops? If yes, what happened? If not, why?

There should have been a ticket given for the person at fault if the cops were called out.

From my understanding, even if you are driving around without a license you are NOT automatically at fault and you can still be compensated. You would still follow all the steps as if you had one. There may be fines at the court level for not having a license and stuff, but no doubt the fines would be less than what the cost of your injuries and claim is worth.

You need to contact an attorney.



FYI Glen Lerner will send someone to you(Perhaps they all do). The people they send out get paid for each client that sign up.

Thanks. Police gave me a ticket and said it was my fault driving on bus lane. Doctor said minor injury with 2 (only 2) fractured ribs. Ribs will heal by themselves. The Glen Lerner guy, should I contact him?

You will be in excruciating pain, starting tomorrow or the day after. For a period of about 5 days, you will hardly be able to breath, depending on which ribs got fractured. The problem is the swelling surrounding the site... the pain is exasperated, and so it is critical that you take some Motrin right away to help prevent fluid build-up. The severe pain will then subside but you will still hurt for another 6 weeks or so, more so when you move or bump into something, or you cough or sneeze. Hiccups are really bad.

A wrap-brace is really helpful, so get a decent one with three-way Velcro straps and use it every day.

I have cracked ribs 7 times in the past 10 years, so I speak from experience. But I'm 65 years old... I hope you're a bit younger and tougher.

Try not to get hooked on the pain meds, bro.

Thanks discflicker. I am a bit younger but not that young and tough.

Yeah, I've always read that cracked ribs are best taped tightly, but no personal experience with it, and making no recommendation as IANAD.

Really sorry this happened to you, speedycrap. I'm afraid you're in for weeks of soreness/pain.

You can usually get advice from the billboard attorney but not retain him. They often do high volumes and settle rather than go to trial, but if they give you that thirty minutes for free stuff it can be valuable to you.

I forget who the lawyer who advertises at DT is.

I hope your recovery is quick and relatively painless. It sounds moot now, but it's my understanding hospitals cannot refuse service for situations where you need immediate care, although I think they can send you somewhere that will take you. The place most people end up who can't pay and have no insurance is UMC. As someone else advised, just say "bill me."

As to the legal situation, if there is someone else at fault with money or insurance, there are hundreds of lawyers in Vegas who will happily talk to you. If the person at fault has neither, a common situation, you're pretty much on your own.

Will we get to see this incident on a future episode of COPS? 😎

J/K, get better.

Do not forget that you can legally buy pot while here. Tell the clerk you are looking for something for pain.

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Thanks. Police gave me a ticket and said it was my fault driving on bus lane. Doctor said minor injury with 2 (only 2) fractured ribs. Ribs will heal by themselves. The Glen Lerner guy, should I contact him?

At least they didn't haul you off to jail(-;

I don't think you have to have insurance here for a Moped/scooter, so that's good.

Ya, that's what I figured, you can't use the bus lane to travel on, it's not a moped lane like most people think, perhaps if you are turning into business or something like that. It seems as if this is what they were doing?

How much was the ticket for? Must you appear in court? The judge may drop it down if you get a DL. Good luck with that, the written test is actully fairly hard nowadays here in NV(trust me, I passed but it was hard, I know people who have failed multiple times, most of the people you see there seem to fail the first few times).




Didn't they cite you for not having a driver license(ill let them know they forgot(-;)? You do need that to drive a Moped/scooter.

If it's your fault, I think the odds are slim that you get anything covered.

Its free to contact an attorney, so why not, I don't think it can hurt. As I said, they come to you for an interview. I don't just don't know what the requirements are for them to come out. I have never used an attorney for a car accident. I'm partial to Glen Lerner since I have known him since the 90's, before he blew up, it's a big operation now. Hell, I even tried to use him for a gaming case way back when, but that was not his forte, to say the least.

Thanks