$56.5M Las Vegas Negligent Security Verdict

A night out on the Las Vegas Strip should never end with a guest fighting for his life.

For Omar Alrabadi, it did.

On August 7, 2026, a Clark County jury returned a $56,500,000.96 verdict in favor of Alrabadi, a U.S. Navy servicemember who suffered a devastating traumatic brain injury after being beaten unconscious and repeatedly stomped on the head and neck.

The jury found Caesars Entertainment and Three Amigos Restaurant Group, LLC, the operator of Chayo Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar, responsible for the security failures surrounding the attack.

Just as importantly, the jury assigned zero fault to Omar.

The verdict included:

• $15,000,000 in direct damages
• $41,500,000.96 in future damages
• $56,500,000.96 total award
• 0% fault assigned to Omar Alrabadi
• Responsibility divided equally between Caesars Entertainment and Three Amigos Restaurant Group

For the Bighorn Law trial team, the result represents something even larger than the dollar amount: accountability for a young man whose life was permanently altered.

“This verdict speaks for a young man who served his country and did absolutely nothing wrong,” said Kimball Jones, partner at Bighorn Law. “Omar Alrabadi walked into a Caesars property as a paying guest and was handed to the men who nearly killed him. The jury saw what happened, and it held the people responsible accountable.”

“No amount of money gives Omar back the future that was taken from him, but this verdict tells him, and tells this community, that what happened to him mattered.”

What Happened to Omar Alrabadi?

In the early morning hours of July 31, 2021, Alrabadi was inside Chayo Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar at the LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas. Evidence presented at trial showed that Chayo security personnel confronted Alrabadi and his group and forcibly escorted them from the restaurant.

Surveillance footage shown to the jury captured a security guard initiating physical violence and then pushing Alrabadi toward two men who attacked him.

Alrabadi was initially punched in the LINQ Promenade.

He tried to escape.

The men chased him.

They caught him near the entrance of the Flamingo Las Vegas, where he was beaten to the ground, knocked unconscious and repeatedly stomped on the head and neck.

Plaintiff security experts testified that Alrabadi was nonviolent throughout the incident and was attempting to flee his attackers. The assault fractured his skull and caused bleeding in his brain. Medical experts testified that the injuries came dangerously close to becoming fatal.

A Traumatic Brain Injury Changed the Course of His Life

Before the attack, Omar Alrabadi had a future he was actively building. He was serving in the United States Navy and pursuing studies in engineering. The traumatic brain injury he suffered that night changed that path.

Because of his injuries, Alrabadi was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was unable to continue his engineering studies and later attempted to transition into computer programming, but could not continue.

He has been rebuilding his life ever since.

Among the medical experts who testified on his behalf was Dr. Bennett Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist widely known for his work involving chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

1,013 Previously Undisclosed Surveillance Videos Became a Major Issue at Trial

One of the most extraordinary aspects of the case involved surveillance footage.

According to evidence presented during the litigation, the defense initially disclosed only a handful of low-quality surveillance videos and maintained that additional footage did not exist.

That position continued even after employees testified that additional video existed and after the issue was raised during multiple discovery conferences.

Then, months after discovery closed, 1,013 previously undisclosed surveillance videos from the night of the attack were produced.

The court ultimately ordered that jurors receive an adverse inference instruction, allowing them to infer that the withheld evidence would have been harmful to Chayo regarding liability and the relationship between Chayo and Alrabadi’s attacker.

“We were told for years that the video didn’t exist. Then more than a thousand clips suddenly appeared,” Jones said. “What happened to Omar Alrabadi should be studied in the security industry as a textbook example of how not to protect the people you’re responsible for.”

Surveillance Footage Raised Serious Questions About the Attackers and Security Staff

Jurors were also shown footage that, according to evidence presented at trial, depicted the attackers interacting socially with Chayo security personnel.

Before the attack, footage showed an attacker with an arm around a security guard’s shoulder.

Afterward, the attackers and security personnel were shown talking, embracing and shaking hands while Alrabadi lay motionless.

Evidence presented at trial also showed that security personnel did not immediately provide aid or call for emergency assistance. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrived approximately 14 minutes later. According to evidence presented at trial, security personnel told officers they had no knowledge of an altercation.

No police investigation was opened that night.

Security Experts Identified Multiple Failures

Security experts retained by Alrabadi concluded that Chayo personnel departed from accepted security practices in several ways.

Those failures included:

• Using excessive force
• Violating Chayo’s own written security policies
• Failing to de-escalate the confrontation
• Failing to identify or detain the attackers
• Failing to immediately render aid
• Failing to properly cooperate with responding law enforcement

Experts also faulted Caesars Entertainment, as owner and operator of the LINQ Promenade, for inadequate security and oversight of the common areas involved in the attack.

Plaintiff attorneys additionally presented evidence concerning the level of police activity in the surrounding area, including approximately 11,000 calls for service during the five years preceding the assault.

The evidence supported the plaintiff’s position that those responsible for the property knew or should have understood the security risks associated with the location.

The Jury Put Responsibility Where It Belonged

Throughout the case, defendants attempted to place responsibility on Omar.

The jury rejected that argument.

Omar Alrabadi was assigned zero percent fault.

Instead, jurors divided responsibility evenly:

50% — Caesars Entertainment

50% — Three Amigos Restaurant Group, LLC

For Bighorn Law, that finding was particularly significant.

“The security guards at Chayo were supposed to protect the guests inside that restaurant,” Jones said. “Instead, they put Omar in harm’s way, handed him off to two men who appear to have been their friends, and then walked away while he was beaten nearly to death on the LINQ Promenade.” “This verdict makes clear that companies who invite the public onto their property cannot look the other way when the people they hire to keep guests safe do the opposite.”

Read the Press Release here.

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Bighorn Law’s Trial Team

Omar Alrabadi’s trial team was led by Bighorn Law partner Kimball Jones.

Jury selection was conducted by Jones and Jacqueline Bretell, partner at Bighorn Law.

The case was tried by:

• Kimball Jones, Bighorn Law
• Valentina Ortega, Bighorn Law
• Waleed Zaman, Zaman & Trippiedi
• Michael Trippiedi, Zaman & Trippiedi

Joel Henriod and Jamie Leavitt of Henriod Stern handled motion practice.

The case was heard in Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County before Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells, Department 23.

When Businesses Fail to Protect Their Guests, They Can Be Held Accountable

Hotels, casinos, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues invite thousands of people onto their properties every day.

With that comes responsibility.

Negligent security cases can arise when a property owner or business fails to take reasonable measures to protect guests from foreseeable dangers.

Depending on the circumstances, negligent security claims may involve issues such as:

• Inadequate security staffing
• Poorly trained security personnel
• Failure to respond to known threats
• Failure to de-escalate confrontations
• Excessive force by security personnel
• Failure to intervene during an assault
• Failure to properly monitor a property
• Failure to provide reasonable security in high-risk areas
• Failure to assist an injured guest
• Failure to cooperate appropriately with law enforcement

Every case is different, and a large verdict in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another.

But when negligence or misconduct causes catastrophic harm, Bighorn Law is prepared to investigate what happened, uncover the evidence and pursue accountability.