Family Sues Aquarius Casino After Man’s Fatal Fall
Posted on: April 13, 2026, 04:57h.
Last updated on: April 14, 2026, 09:20h.
- Family alleges casino withheld footage after fatal elevator fall incident
- Man left paralyzed after fall later dies from injuries
- Lawsuit claims negligence despite unclear cause of accident
The family of a man who was left paralyzed and later died after a fall at the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nev., claims the casino has been uncooperative in providing related incident reports and surveillance footage.
Now, the estate of the deceased, Theodore “Ted” Webber, is suing the Aquarius for negligence, despite admitting it does not know exactly what happened to him.
Webber was visiting the casino from his home in Anthem, Arizona on October 13 when he apparently slipped and fell while exiting an elevator.
The fall caused Webber catastrophic injuries, rendering him a quadriplegic. He died as a result of those injuries on November 3, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in the Clark County District Court on April 8.
‘Unfulfillable Void’
Webber, 78, was a US Army veteran and a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied biochemistry. He spent more than 40 years working for the Genuine Parts Company (NAPA) in Minnesota, according to his obituary in The Minnesota Star Tribune.
His family remembered him as “one of a kind, a scholar and a gentleman,” whose departure “leaves an unfulfillable void.”
An unspecified elevator company is also included as a defendant in the lawsuit, which alleges negligent hiring, training, supervision and retention.
The suit invokes res ipsa loquitur — a Latin phrase meaning “the thing speaks for itself.” This is a legal doctrine that allows plaintiffs to rely on circumstantial evidence when the exact cause of an incident is unknown, but when it is the kind of event that typically would not occur without negligence.
In this case, the estate argues that a fall resulting such catastrophic injuries while exiting an elevator is not something that ordinarily happens without some kind of dangerous condition or failure in maintenance.
Mystery Persists
A lawyer for the estate, Daniel S. Simon, told The Las Vegas Review-Journal that Webber’s wife, Mary Miller, still does not know what caused the fall and wants answers about what led to her husband’s paralysis and eventual death.
The estate is seeking more than $2.5 million in medical, funeral and related expenses, along with additional damages exceeding $15,000 for pain and suffering, disfigurement, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life.
Plaintiffs are also pursuing compensation exceeding $15,000 for the family’s grief, sorrow and loss of support, as well as legal costs and any further relief the court finds appropriate.
Golden Entertainment, which operates the resort, declined to comment on the pending litigation wshen contacted by Casino.org.
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