Edward M. Bernstein & Associates

On the evening of September 24, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. I was driving to my work as a night shift nurse at UMC as I have done 100s of times before. I was traveling from my home in Henderson north on the 95 freeway to exit at MLK Blvd. At the 95/MLK off ramp I waited for the light to turn green then turned left onto MLK. I was then T-Boned by another vehicle traveling south on MLK that ran the red light. The full front of his car had severe damage. The right side of my car had moderate damage but was undriveable due to damage to the right front wheel. I got out of my vehicle and approached the vehicle that struck me. He appeared to be intoxicated. He was attempting to leave and was speaking to me in Spanish. Then in English he told me We go, no police. I called 911 and a brief time later an NHP officer arrived. He took my statement and called for a Spanish speaking officer to come and speak to the other driver. A Spanish speaking officer arrived and spoke to the other driver. The NHP officer gave me a report number. At this time, a friend or family member of the second driver arrived. They did a little work to his car then drove away. I could not drive my car due to the damage. My husband arrived and called AAA to have our car towed. Once my Adrenaline, calmed down my back and shoulder were hurting, and I went to the St. Rose De Lima Emergency Room from the accident scene where they performed a CT scan, X-Rays, and prescribed pain killers. I went home and rested and lost five days of work. I went to St. Rose Physical Therapy for 23 visits over a three month period and had three follow up doctors visits. Our car had $3745.40 worth of damage and was repaired by Franks Auto Body. We paid a deductible of $500.00. I was hit by a driver who was a Mexican citizen with a Mexican drivers license. He was driving a car rented in Mexico. He had an insurance policy for the rental car with an office located in California. We contacted the Ed Bernstein Law Office the day after the accident because they have an office near our home. We provided them with the police report, photos, road maps, etc. They contacted the insurance company of the other driver and told us at first they were not responding then later told us they refused liability as their driver claimed I had run the light and his was green, which was not true. He hit me, he had severe front-end damage, his speed was fast enough that his air bags were deployed, my damage was on the passenger side. There were no witnesses, and the police report did not indicate who was at fault since neither officer witnessed the accident. Our insurance company, USAA, after their investigation declared we were not at fault. After six months the Ed Bernstein law firm informed us they were dropping the case as there were no witnesses and declared it to be a He said/She said case that they could not win. We disagree as the relative damage to each vehicle clearly shows the other driver hit me. I feel the Ed Bernstein Law Office gave up too easily without fighting for me. It took a month from the time of the telephone call informing us that they were dropping the case to when we received the certified letter dropping the case so I could proceed with another law firm.
Apr 1st, 2024

Mar 23rd, 2024

Everyone was amazing and I cant thank them enough. A different firm kept giving me the run around and even took some money which they promised would be returned to me; Im still waiting . They explained everything in a way that I understood and they took excellent care of me. Thank you!!
Feb 17th, 2024

My case was a difficult one and had many moving parts. Your team helped me through each step and we're fantastic . I highly recommend them to anyone Thank you for all your help and support.
Feb 14th, 2024

This lawfirm has handled my case for years and I was just told they can't anymore I've had 4 different people over the years I've talked to about my case in the beginning every month I would have to deal with a new person they told me I could leave Vegas and see a dr in north carolina where I was moving come to find out that was a lie I went back to Vegas to get an ime and the Dr ordered an mri and that pretty much was the end of my case because I don't live in Vegas anymore I can't get to see a dr or be represented in my case this firm sucks I don't recommend then anymore I have real damage to my shoulder and back and it hasn't gotten any better idk what to do and Bart is a liar so is the lawyer over my case just lie lie lie .
Feb 1st, 2024