A Clark County jury has ordered Caesars Entertainment and Three Amigos Restaurant Group to pay $56.5 million to a man who suffered a serious brain injury after two men attacked him outside a Las Vegas Strip restaurant, ending his career in the U.S. Navy. Omar Alrabadi was at Chayo Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar with a group in 2021 when a brawl broke out inside and spilled into the LINQ Promenade, where he was beaten unconscious.
According to KSNV, Alrabadi sued Caesars Entertainment and Three Amigos Restaurant Group, alleging the companies were liable for the attack and his resulting injuries. His attorneys argued that Chayo security staff failed to detain the assailants, render aid, or call for help after two men hit Alrabadi until he lost consciousness. Alrabadi suffered a brain injury that led to his discharge from the Navy and forced him to abandon his engineering studies.
Plaintiff attorney Kimball Jones said the security guards at Chayo were supposed to protect the guests inside that restaurant, per his statement. He also said companies inviting the public onto their property cannot ignore employees who fail to keep guests safe, per the same statement reported by the station.
Trial Testimony Detailed the Brawl and the Injury
Court proceedings covered by Courtroom View Network showed the case was tried in Nevada's Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County before Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells under case number A-23-874247-C, with Jones of Bighorn Law representing Alrabadi and defense attorney Joel Odou of Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP representing the defendants. The suit was filed in 2023 following the 2021 incident at Chayo.
During opening statements in July, Jones presented surveillance video arguing that poorly trained bouncers escalated a verbal dispute into the brawl in which Alrabadi suffered kicks to the head that caused a diffuse axonal brain injury, according to the outlet's coverage. Alrabadi had been celebrating with family when the fight broke out. Security officers denied there was an altercation when police arrived, per the seed facts of the case.
Defense Pointed to a Fired Guard but Disputed Who Struck the Blows
Defense counsel acknowledged during the trial that a security guard was fired over his actions that night, but the defense maintained that the blows causing Alrabadi's brain injury were delivered by an unidentified third-party assailant rather than security staff, per Courtroom View Network's reporting. The defense also contended that claimed future medical risks, including dementia, were speculative.
Jones argued in court that Caesars and the restaurant operator should face punitive damages in the liability phase over allegations that they attempted to destroy records and surveillance footage after the brawl, the outlet reported. That spoliation dispute matters under Nevada law: per CaseMine, when a party negligently or willfully fails to preserve key evidence like surveillance video, Nevada courts can issue an adverse inference instruction letting jurors infer the missing evidence was unfavorable to that party. The trial was structured in bifurcated phases.
How the Jury Split the $56.5 Million Verdict
The jury awarded Alrabadi $15 million for direct damages and more than $41.5 million for future damages, according to the seed reporting. Three Amigos Restaurant Group and Caesars Entertainment were each assigned 50% responsibility for the verdict. Caesars Entertainment and Three Amigos Restaurant Group may appeal the verdict, per KSNV.
The case turned on Nevada's premises liability framework, under which commercial property owners owe business invitees the highest standard of care. Under Nevada Revised Statutes § 41.130, venues must conduct active inspections, fix dangerous conditions promptly, and maintain reasonable security to prevent foreseeable violent acts, according to Joey Gilbert Law. Negligent security claims in Las Vegas frequently hinge on whether venues provided adequate bouncer training and crowd control, since round-the-clock alcohol service and heavy foot traffic impose a duty to protect guests from foreseeable third-party violence, per Winters Spelman, PLLC.
A Pattern of Guest-Safety Litigation on the Strip
Nevada's modified comparative negligence statute also shaped the case's stakes. Under NRS 41.141, an injured plaintiff can still recover damages as long as their share of fault doesn't reach 51%, with any award reduced by that percentage, according to Hansen & Harmon Injury Law. Defense teams routinely raise comparative fault arguments to try to limit their exposure in these cases.
This is not the only guest-safety lawsuit Caesars Entertainment has faced in Clark County District Court recently. A Vegas family previously sued Caesars in a February wrongful-death complaint alleging staff called a rideshare instead of emergency medical services for a patron in medical distress inside Caesars Palace, with the complaint alleging negligent hiring, training, and supervision. Together, the cases point to a broader trend of high-stakes negligent security and guest-safety litigation facing Las Vegas Strip operators.
The LINQ Promenade itself has changed hands since the 2021 incident. Caesars Entertainment completed a $275 million sale of the 300,000-square-foot outdoor retail and dining corridor to a joint venture of TPG Real Estate and Acadia Realty Trust in December 2024 to pay down debt, while retaining ownership of the adjacent hotel-casinos, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Caesars had originally invested $550 million to build the corridor before it opened in 2013 and 2014.
