On June 14, 2023, Eglet Adams filed a civil complaint on behalf of a married woman in Clark County District Court against Physical Therapist Brady K. Powell and LV Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance (LV PPTSP) for Powell’s nonconsensual sexual touching during physical therapy sessions. The lawsuit also names Defendant Kuhn Enterprise, LLC, doing business as Premier Physical Therapy, as liable for the woman’s damages due to their employee’s actions. This is the fourth known victim who has reported Powell.
The lawsuit alleges that while undergoing physical therapy at LV PPTSP, Powell’s abuse of the medical professional-patient relationship during treatment caused the woman, who is a current military servicewoman, to feel violated, disgusted, and embarrassed resulting in severe mental anxiety with physical manifestations.
The complaint brings forth six causes of action, these include:
- Negligence- As Against All Defendants And All Named Does and Roes
- Negligent Hiring, Training, Supervision, and/or Retention- As Against Defendant Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance And All Named Does and Roes
- Vicarious Liability/Respondeat Superior- As Against Defendant Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance And All Named Does and Roes
- Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress- As Against Defendant Brady K. Powell And All Named Does and Roes
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress- As Against Defendant Brady K. Powell And All Named Does and Roes
- Assault and Battery- As Against Defendant Brady K. Powell And All Named Does and Roes
The suit seeks general, compensatory, special, treble, and punitive damages as well as medical and incidental expenses and damages for past and future pain, suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of earning capacity and wages, loss of past and future household services, and costs of suit and attorney's fees.
This is the second lawsuit filed by Eglet Adams on behalf of a woman who alleged sexual assault by Powell while undergoing medical care at LV PPTSP. Earlier this year, another Las Vegas law firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of an additional Powell victim.
On February 2, 2023, The Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ) reported about Powell’s arrest, stating that the North Las Vegas Police Department arrest report showed Powell was arrested on February 1, 2023, at LV PPTSM. The RJ noted that Powell faced two gross misdemeanor counts of open or gross lewdness and was booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center.
The court docket shows that in April, a Clark County grand jury indicted Powell on seven counts of felony/gross misdemeanor charges of open and gross lewdness. His criminal jury trial is currently set for June 26, 2023.
The Law Office of Eglet Adams
The Law Office of Eglet Adams has a long history of fighting for the interests of its injured clients. The firm has handled complex civil litigation against corporate titans which resulted in positive policy changes for consumers. Eglet Adams is currently serving as outside counsel for the State of Nevada and represents many of Nevada’s cities and counties in lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The firm is taking on opioid manufacturers and distributors to recoup the costs of saving people’s lives from opioid use and overuse in Nevada.
Eglet Adams’ client-first mentality has enabled the firm to become one of the most successful and well-respected personal injury law firms in the State of Nevada and the United States. The firm obtained the largest catastrophic injury verdict in the country in 2010, as well as in 2013. It also obtained the three largest catastrophic injury verdicts in Nevada history totaling $524 million, $505 million, and $186.2 million. Eglet Adams has been routinely named as one of the Most Influential Plaintiff Law Firms in the United States by the National Law Journal and was once again named such in 2020.
