Legal Question in Personal Injury in Nevada

Re: Personal Injury

A lawsuit for extreme emotional distress? While your son may have a valid claim against his assailant, what are the odds that the convict has any means to satisfy a judgment against him? No insurance he might have will cover an intentional criminal act. To further complicate things, it is extremely unlikely that a plaintiff can recover for (solely) emotional distress in Nevada without physical injury to accompany it.

Addressing your question more directly, a tort action of this type has a statute of limitations of two years in Nevada. If there is any hope of bringing an action that might result in recovery from the convicted criminal, your son had better get hustling to an attorney who is interested in pursuing the case.

In my opinion, your son should count his blessings that he is still alive today to look back on the horrible experience, seek professional counseling, and try to move on with his life, knowing that the criminal justice system has dealt with the miscreant who victimized him.