Spokespersons for Boyd Gaming and TK Elevator could not immediately be reached for comment Saturday.īernales’ wife, Vivienne De Jesus-Bernales, is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. The suit also targets the manufacturer of the escalator, Atlanta-based TK Elevator, for allegedly making a “defective” product that did not include instructions and warnings for its safe use, ultimately leading to Bernales’ injuries. The Suncoast, which is owned by Boyd, “negligently, carelessly and recklessly maintained and allowed a dangerous condition to exist,” Gutierrez wrote.

The man was continuously dragged for several minutes and suffered deep cuts to his head, according to Joseph Gutierrez, the lawyer for Bernales’ estate.īernales had attempted to get on the escalator using his walker, and the Suncoast provided no warnings to prevent a person from using the moving walkway with a walker, Gutierrez said in the complaint. Bernales fell backward when he encountered a “hump” on the escalator and his shirt got stuck in the moving walkway, according to a lawsuit filed on June 2 in Clark County District Court.

On July 16, 2021, Roberto Samonte Bernales, and his wife were visiting the Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive. The estate of a deceased man and his wife is suing Boyd Gaming and another company over injuries the man suffered in a fall at the Suncoast after he tried to use his walker to board a moving escalator.

Is suncoast casino a boyd gaming