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Will You Recognize When Someone Is Drowning?
With summer months fast approaching, children and adults alike will soon try to take a break from the heat by visiting pools, ponds, rivers and other recreational swimming spots. As a casual onlooker, however, will you be able to recognize the signs of someone...
Proposed Law Would See Lower Speed Limits For Large Trucks
Louisiana is a large state with a great variety of roadways that can make it very difficult for commercial truck drivers to maintain safety behind the wheel. Fortunately, Louisiana lawmakers take the dangers of commercial vehicle accidents very seriously, and...
Ladder Falls Can Create Several Kinds of Liability
Ladder falls are a very common way that individuals can suffer very serious injuries. However, in many cases where private citizens slip and fall on ladders, determining who may hold legal liability (and more specifically what party may actually be able to pay for...
Can I File a Wrongful Death Suit For An Unemployed Person?
When a person you love is killed before his or her time, a wrongful death suit is often appropriate. However, despite the immense loss of the one you love, it may be difficult to understand how a wrongful death may proceed if the person who was killed never held a...
Appeals Court Rules In Favor of Victim’s Children
The fourth circuit court of appeals, which covers Louisiana, recently rejected a motion to reduce damages awarded to the survivors of a man killed by a collapsing wall. The court chose to uphold the lower court's decision, moving forward with the nearly $1 million...
Donut Shop Faces Wrongful Death Suit
Wrongful death suits can arise nearly anywhere, but some still manage to surprise. In a sad turn of events for a business built on offering joy than heartache, a Louisiana donut shop is facing a wrongful death from a man from Georgia. The suit demonstrates just how a...
Motorcyclists face unique dangers
Riding a motorcycle presents some specific risks that other motorists may never have to endure or consider. If you ride a motorcycle, you should always understand these risks before getting on your bike and hitting the open road, for your safety and the safety of...
Woman Sues New Orleans Medical Care Facility After Injury
A woman living in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit claiming that the health care facility where she lives is not, in fact, qualified to operate as a health care provider according to the stipulations of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act. Her suit alleges that the...
Common problems for large trucks
Sharing the road with other drivers always presents some level of danger, but the danger increases dramatically when one is sharing the road with a large truck. On top of all of the ways that that a traditional driver can wreak havoc, large trucks present some unique...
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