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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

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

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

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

Can I still get paid if two insurers blame each other after my Shreveport crash?

Yes. The one thing the other side is hoping you never find out is that, in Louisiana, two insurers pointing fingers at each other does not stop your claim. The legal rule is...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

recorded statement

A taped, written, or transcribed account of what happened after a crash or other injury that insurers and defense lawyers use to pin down your story early and pick it apart...

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

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...

assistive device

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often point to a cane, walker, brace, wheelchair, hearing aid, or other aid and argue that a person is "managing fine" or had problems...

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...

disability rating

The part that trips people up most is that a disability rating is not the same thing as being "disabled" in everyday life. It is usually a medical or legal percentage that...

impairment rating

Think of a dented car after a crash: it may still run, but not like it did before. An impairment rating works the same way for a human body. It is a medical percentage that...