Luxor Las Vegas Guest Sues for Shockingly Bad Experience
Posted on: January 14, 2025, 02:33h.
Last updated on: January 14, 2025, 03:10h.
A former elementary school teacher from Michigan is suing MGM Resorts, claiming that he was electrocuted by a faulty lamp in a hotel room at MGM’s Luxor casino resort.
David Van Horn filed suit in the Eighth Judicial District Circuit Court of Nevada, according to reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which broke the story. Alleging negligence and breach of duty for failing to maintain his hotel room, his complaint seeks financial compensation for past and future damages, including medical expenses and lost employment wages stemming from the alleged incident.
According to the complaint, Van Horn and his wife were staying at the Luxor on Nov. 26, 2023, when he touched a lamp to turn it on.
Van Horn says he felt “severe pain and shock” from a surge of electricity that also caused him to be “suddenly and violently thrown.” Van Horn claims he struck his head on furniture before hitting the floor.
This resulted, according to the complaint, in a concussion and “traumatic brain injury” that caused Van Horn “post-traumatic headaches, memory and hearing issues, imbalance, dizziness, and speech impediments including stuttering.”
These impairments forced Van Horn to retire as a teacher four years before he was eligible to receive a pension, the lawsuit claims, adding that MGM Resorts was directly responsible because it “knew, or through a reasonable inspection would have known, that the dangerous condition existed” and should have corrected it.
MGM Resorts does not comment on pending litigation.
Last Comments ( 10 )
Well I know this person personally one of the best teachers peron and friend He isnt trying to scam anyone or tell an unthurth iWe lost an amazing teacher here because of this incident so if their hotel did that they deserve to pay shame on you thinking hes just trying to get money hes not like that
Don’t you assume the risk by electing to stay at the Luxor? If you read the fine print at check in, they cannot be held liable for legionnaires disease, bed bugs, electrocution, or blackjack dealers who only deal 14s and 15s.
I was there last year in November. The room wasn't perfect but didn't have any issues like this. Only thing I don't like is how the elevators are set up and felt like I had to walk a mile from the room the elevators.
Wow, years ago I was electrocuted on an elevator button at the Luxor. It wasn't to this degree, but it hurt like hell.
First of all any complaints about the Luxor are true. I've been there a few times were bad things happened like a floor fell from the top room from the bathroom floor and fell thru, while someone was showing
110 voltage must be powerful
I've stay at the Luxor many times and there has been issues during my stay. So if this happened, they should be held responsible. If hotels are going to charge such high prices, they should make sure everything is functional and safe for visitors.
Just trying to get money. If he worked for 22 years, his pension would be 3 years not 4. Trying to scam hotel.
I am not shocked...no pun intended. The Luxor's room are pretty run down. The mirror light in our bathroom didn't work, glad I didn't try to mess with it. The hallway to the silver elevators smells like raw sewage. There is no minifrudge to store any of your own beverages or food. Basically you get an overpriced bedroom.
LOL. No money for you pal !