Las Vegas jurors awarded nearly $19 million for the family of a hand surgeon killed after being struck and swept under a bus because of a flaw in the aerodynamic design of the vehicle.
David Ferrara
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Three political watchdog groups have filed complaints against Clark County District Judge Susan Johnson over comments she made regarding President Donald Trump, despite a finding from the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline that her statements were OK.
A 67-year-old man was sentenced Friday to about two years in federal prison for illegally selling the horns of an endangered black rhinoceros.
Prosecutors are deciding whether to seek capital punishment for a former Las Vegas police officer charged in a woman’s 1997 shooting death.
Senior District Judge Allan Earl, who served on the Clark County District Court bench for 14 years before his 2015 retirement, has died.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson was not obligated under Nevada law to publicly disclose the 2014 theft of nearly $42,000 in campaign funds, the secretary of state’s office said.
A day after a Review-Journal story revealed that District Attorney Steve Wolfson did not press charges in a nearly $42,000 theft from his campaign, longtime defense lawyer Robert Langford filed papers to run against him.
A longtime aide to District Attorney Steve Wolfson stole nearly $42,000 from his campaign four years ago to cover a gambling habit, but was allowed to pay back the money and avoid being charged, a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation has found.
A Las Vegas woman faces a possible life sentence after jurors found her guilty of imposing years of abuse on her three adopted children.
Las Vegas’ Metropolitan Police Department cannot charge journalists hundreds of thousands of dollars for records related to the Route 91 Harvest festival massacre, a judge ruled Friday.
Recently paroled O.J. Simpson ate pancakes with his lawyer Friday morning at a downtown Las Vegaqs cafe near the Regional Justice Center, where he was convicted of robbery more than nine years ago.
A Las Vegas pain doctor says he stopped treating Henderson Municipal Judge Diana Hampton two months before she died and “had nothing to do with her untimely demise.”
A man was indicted Wednesday on a terrorism charge after authorities accused him of making threats at a Las Vegas church.
The family of the late Henderson judge Diana Hampton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a doctor charged with illegally distributing fentanyl.
More than four months after agreeing to pay back nearly half a million dollars in connection with a “pure cash” promise of beating Las Vegas casino pit games, Mark Georgantas persuaded a judge to postpone his sentencing for theft.
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