There is a statute of limitations in Nevada before which accident victims can file a lawsuit. If the victims don’t do it during that time limit, then they no longer have their legal rights.
When the victim of the accident dies before the statute of limitations is up, the executor of their estate can still bring a lawsuit. Anytime during that time limit. However, if the victim dies less than a year before the statute of limitations, the executor of their estate has a year from the victim’s death to make a survival action.
The victim’s estate needs time to address all legal matters and ramifications of death. This is why Nevada law allows executors extra time to file a survival claim if the victim dies within the year of the statute of limitations.