Jesse Lozano v. Paris Hotel And Casino

Summary

A Nevada state court jury returned a roughly $3.4 million verdict April 13 in a long-running premises liability lawsuit filed by a man claiming he slipped and injured himself on a casino’s wet marble floor.

The Clark County jury found Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino partially responsible for injuries plaintiff Jesse Lozano suffered in 2018, when he claims a slip on a spilled drink that went unnoticed by casino staff left him with serious back injuries requiring millions of dollars in medical treatment. However the casino argued insufficient evidence existed to prove what Lozano actually slipped on and suggested the liquid on the ground could have come from a beer in Lozano's hand or a flask in his back pocket.

While the jury found the casino liable, the panel also assigned Lozano 50 percent liability for the incident, reducing his collectible damages to roughly $1.7 million under Nevada’s comparative negligence statute.

Outcome

$3445000 with liability split 50/50 between the parties