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My wife can't keep fighting this Bossier dog bite denial over an old MRI

A child's facial dog bite claim can lose value fast when treatment stalls, and the insurer will happily use an old MRI and every missed appointment against you.

ARTICLE by Derrick Franklin

just got back from Willis-Knighton in Bossier and now my lungs are worse than they looked at first

A Bossier City project manager inhaled toxic fumes on the job, got brushed off at first, then got much sicker later and now needs to know whether Louisiana law treats it as workers' comp, a personal injury case, or both.

ARTICLE by Derrick Franklin

Property owner says "not us," maintenance says "not us," and your Bossier City kid ended up septic

A school sports injury can turn into two separate legal fights in Louisiana: one over the unsafe property, and another over the hospital missing a post-op infection until it spread.

ARTICLE by Janet Boudreaux

What evidence should I save after my employee hit a Bossier City pothole?

If you do not lock this down now, the pothole gets patched, the dashcam overwrites, witnesses disappear, and the insurer gets to say there is "no proof" the road caused the...

Slipped on ice in Lafayette and already had a bad back? The footage fight starts fast

What the claim process actually looks like in Lafayette when a parking lot ice fall blows up an old back injury and the owner sits on video.

ARTICLE by Alma Hernandez

That dog bite claim can die fast in Louisiana - especially if you signed something

A Lafayette dog bite case can get wrecked by delay, bad assumptions about arbitration, and letting the owner shift blame onto you.

ARTICLE by Janet Boudreaux

Missed Treatment After Bicycle Dooring Injury in Louisiana

A gap in treatment after a motorcycle dooring wreck can wreck claim value fast, especially when the other side is already blaming you and the medical record went quiet.

ARTICLE by Keisha Robinson

Burned on a Kenner jobsite and the insurer says your treatment was "too much"

A Kenner construction worker with electrical burns can still push a claim even if the insurer is calling the treatment unnecessary and the contractor is using immigration fear to shut him up.

ARTICLE by Rodney Arceneaux

Can my husband be fired in Bossier City for filing workers comp?

Form LWC-WC-1008 is the filing used to start a disputed Louisiana workers' compensation claim, and it generally must be filed within one year of the work injury. The worker...

Louisiana Deadlines for Reporting Tool Injuries

If a saw, grinder, drill, nail gun, or other power tool hurt you on the job in Louisiana, the clock starts fast and waiting can wreck the workers' comp claim.

ARTICLE by Derrick Franklin

Can a Bar Be Liable for a Drunk Driving Crash?

If an impaired driver hit you in Louisiana, the criminal DUI case and the civil injury claim are related but not the same, and going after a bar is much harder than people think.

ARTICLE by Claude Broussard

Kenner driver, Mississippi jobsite, tennis elbow: which filing deadline screws you first?

Repetitive-use injuries get messy fast when you live in Louisiana, got hurt on an out-of-state jobsite, and didn't realize right away that "tennis elbow" was a work claim.

ARTICLE by Alma Hernandez

What evidence proves a Kenner store caused my shelf-collapse head injury?

$50,000 in medical care and home-help costs can turn on whether you got the right proof in the first 48 hours. To prove a Kenner store caused a falling-shelf head injury, you...

houma crash, pain got worse days later, and now every insurer is dodging blame

A delayed internal bleeding diagnosis after a Houma crash does not kill the case, but Louisiana law treats drunk drivers, bars, pills, and multiple insurers very differently.

ARTICLE by Trang Nguyen

The facility's insurer says the policy is tiny - so why are they pushing you to settle fast?

A Houma freelancer dealing with a medication-error hospitalization can switch lawyers mid-case, and the old lawyer usually fights over fees with the new one instead of getting a second payday from you.

ARTICLE by Marcus Batiste

My child has a spine fracture after a Lafayette pothole crash, who pays later?

In Texas, your own PIP coverage might start paying quickly no matter who caused the wreck. In Louisiana, there is no required PIP system, so the insurance company will often...

I'm pregnant after a Lake Charles crash and their doctor says I'm fine now?

Everyone says to trust the insurance doctor, but actually that doctor is not in charge of your pregnancy care. If you were hit in Lake Charles and you're pregnant, a quick...

I kept working after my Kenner hotel fall, did I ruin my case?

Not necessarily. Picture this: you're off Williams Boulevard near Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Kenner during summer travel season, you slip on a wet, uneven hotel walkway,...

driver's license suspension

A temporary loss of legal driving privileges, usually ordered by a state agency or court because of a traffic offense, unpaid obligation, failure to meet licensing rules, or...

Is suing worth it after a Houma road rage shove sent me pregnant to ER?

Yes - and the worst mistake is treating a road-rage shove like a small incident before your pregnancy monitoring is finished. The payout question turns on a few ugly Louisiana...