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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

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

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

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

pain management program

What trips people up most is that this is not just a prescription plan for pain pills. A pain management program is a coordinated course of treatment meant to reduce pain,...

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...

physical therapy

A structured course of treatment uses guided exercise, hands-on care, movement training, and pain-control techniques to help someone regain strength, range of motion, balance,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

vocational rehabilitation

Not the same as physical therapy, medical treatment, or a disability rating, vocational rehabilitation focuses on getting an injured or disabled person back into suitable work....

I waited to treat PTSD after my Monroe work injury, did I ruin it?

$15,000 to $75,000 is a common Louisiana settlement range when PTSD, anxiety, or depression follows a documented physical injury, with stronger cases going higher. So no,...

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...

personal representative

One year is the usual Louisiana prescriptive period for a wrongful death claim or survival action after someone dies from another person's negligence. So who actually handles...