Louisiana Injuries

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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

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...

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

Can a trucking company in Louisiana delete the driver's electronic logs or dash data after a serious wreck?

No. After a serious truck crash, the carrier should preserve key evidence, and some records are only kept for a short time unless someone demands they be saved. Under FMCSA...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

activities of daily living

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often point to small, routine tasks - getting dressed, making coffee, driving a short distance, or walking into a store - to argue that...

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...

Houma roofer got burned by exposed wiring and now the contract says arbitration - does that block a real injury case?

A Houma roofer hit with electrical burns on a jobsite may still have claims outside arbitration, depending on who wrote the contract and who actually caused the hazard.

ARTICLE by Derrick Franklin

license reinstatement hearing

People often confuse a license reinstatement hearing with a traffic court date. A traffic court hearing decides whether you committed a driving offense and what penalties...

How many months do you have after a Lake Charles nursing home fall?

In Louisiana, the clock on a nursing home fall can be one year or two, and if you were also hit by a suspended, uninsured driver, that is a separate deadline with its own mess.

ARTICLE by Claude Broussard