Latest Nevada Headlines
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People Moves: Alliant’s Caterino on Nevada Agent Advisory Council; Venbrook in California Names Reddy Chief Human Resources Officer
Jan 31 2022 // Karen Caterino, senior vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Division of Insurance Agent Advisory Council. Caterino was selected by Nevada Insurance...
Black Man in Nevada Arrested as White Felon Twice His Age Suing
Jan 25 2022 // A 25-year-old Black man is suing two police agencies in Nevada after he was misidentified as a white ex-felon nearly twice his age, arrested, and held for six days in jails in two Las Vegas-area jurisdictions. Shane Lee...
‘Jeopardy!’ Champ’s Parents Sue Nevada Hospital After His Death
Jan 13 2022 // The parents of a five-time champion on the game show “Jeopardy!” are accusing a Las Vegas-area hospital where he underwent abdominal surgery of causing his death in February 2021. Brayden Smith, who died at 24,...
Nevada to Join $26 Billion Nationwide Opioid Settlement
Jan 5 2022 // Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, the...
Nevada Maintains Mandate for Higher Ed Staff, Fires Unvaccinated
Jan 3 2022 // Hundreds of unvaccinated employees who work at public colleges and universities in Nevada were fired Friday, a day after state Board of Regents voted to keep a staff vaccine mandate in effect, officials said. The Nevada...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Richied & Associates in Nevada
Dec 15 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Reno, Nevada-based Richied & Associates Inc. in Nevada. Paul Richied, Tera Hodges, Cindy Fleischer and their associates will remain in their current locations under the direction...
Nevada Jury Says Health Insurers Owe ER Doctors $60M in Damages
Dec 9 2021 // One of the largest U.S. health insurance companies and its branches in Nevada were found liable for $60 million in punitive damages for underpaying out-of-network emergency medical providers. A state court jury said three...
Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Deadly Las Vegas Shooting Suit
Dec 6 2021 // Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon...
Brightway Insurance Expands into Nevada, Opens More Locations in California
Nov 30 2021 // Brightway Insurance opened of 12 new franchise locations in October and November, with new locations in Nevada and California. Richard Hancock opened Brightway, The Hancock Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first of the...
People Moves: LP Adds DeHart, Pino and Warner in Nevada; Powers-Leavitt Names Woodruff Managing Partner
Oct 18 2021 // LP Insurance Services LLC added Deanna DeHart, Courtney Pino and Bryce Warner to the Reno, Nev., employee benefits insurance team. All three brokers will serve employee benefits clients in the northern Nevada...
Earthquake Confirmed in Northeast Nevada, No Damage
Sep 2 2021 // A magnitude 4.7 hit in a remote area of northeast Nevada, where officials said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS said temblor struck about 10:20 a.m. about...
Nevada Jury Awards $38.8M to Family of Girl Killed by Trash Truck
Aug 30 2021 // A jury in Las Vegas, Nev., has awarded $38.8 million in damages to the family of an 11-year-old girl who was fatally hit by a trash truck as she walked home from school in February 2017. The Clark County District Court...
Nevada Senator Wants Ideas to Address Wildfire Smoke
Aug 20 2021 // Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is urging firefighters, scientists, teachers and moms to help form new strategies to deal with increasingly unhealthy air quality in Nevada caused by wildfires that continue to worsen and no...
People Moves: Alliant Names Caterino Senior VP in Nevada; LP Adds Micco
Aug 17 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Karen Caterino senior vice president in its public entity practice. Caterino is based in Nevada and will focus on leading public entity, education and pooling business growth and...
Judge Revives Class-Action Claim Against Wynn Resorts in Nevada
Aug 6 2021 // A federal judge in Nevada has revived elements of a securities fraud lawsuit seeking class-action status for allegations that executives at Wynn Resorts Ltd. knew about, but disregarded, reports of sexual harassment and...
California, Nevada Governors Tour Site of Massive Wildfire
Jul 28 2021 // The governors of California and Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance Wednesday as they toured a region blackened by one of several massive wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in the West. Nevada...
Aftershocks From M6 Earthquake Rattle California, Nevada
Jul 12 2021 // Aftershocks have hit the region between Northern California and Nevada Friday after a magnitude 6 earthquake sent large boulders rolling into highways and knocked smaller items off shelves. The quake shortly before 4 p.m....
InterWest Opens New Nevada Office, Acquires Aegis in California
May 17 2021 // InterWest Insurance Services LLC has opened a new office in Reno, Nev., and has acquired Aegis Insurance Markets in Truckee, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tony Commendatore, founder of AEGIS, will continue...
Nevada Police Officer Suspended for Tweets Seeks $1M
May 13 2021 // A Sparks, Nev. police officer who is accusing the city of violating his free speech rights is seeking $1 million in damages after he was suspended for four days for making comments on his private social media account that...
M4.7 Quake Confirmed in California-Nevada Border Area
May 10 2021 // A series of earthquakes – the largest with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 – struck the California-Nevada border area Thursday night but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey...
