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The cost of fatal car accidents
When people get into car accidents in the Lake Charles area we normally think about the emotional impact for the victims and loved ones. Only later do we think about the cost of car accidents as we turn to the legal system to assess responsibility and liability. In an...
New technology may challenge effort to reduce distracted driving accidents
Every year car accidents caused by distracted driving occur in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Legislators and members of law enforcement across the country have passed and enforced distracted driving laws in various states. It seems just as the law has caught up with...
Mother wants closure in possible wrongful death case
A mother whose son was killed in a hit-and-run car accident wants the public to help her identify the driver who killed her son. If the driver is identified, a wrongful death suit could possible by filed. The hit-and-run accident occurred over Halloween weekend and...
Louisiana mother asks for closure after fatal hit-and-run
Mothers should not need to bury their children and it is especially tragic when a mother must bury her son because of a horrific car crash. After her son became the victim of a fatal car accident, a Louisiana mother is desperate to find the driver who hit her son near...
Drivers know dangers of distracted driving but continue to use phones on the road
In recent years there may seem to be more drunken drivers on the road near Lake Charles, Louisiana than before. But, those drunken drivers are not under the influence of alcohol. Rather those drivers are under the influence of their cellphones. The majority of...
Teen drivers face highest risk for car accidents during first month of driving
Teen drivers in Lake Charles, Louisiana face the same task that other teenage drivers around Louisiana do - they have to learn how to drive from experience. We are all familiar with the old adage that experience is the best teacher. A new study by AAA proves the old...
Jury rules against drug companies in product liability case
Imagine you go to the hospital for a relatively simple outpatient procedure that is conducted to prevent future disease. You receive an anesthetic for the procedure but the vial containing the anesthetic is misused and wrongly packaged by the manufacturer. Because of...
Some car accidents in Louisiana can be prevented by better choices
During our last post, we wrote about how the number of fatal car accidents in Louisiana has decreased over the last few years and how last year saw the lowest number of fatal car accidents in the state since statistics were first kept in the early 1980's. While it is...
Car accidents hit low in Louisiana in 2010
Every year the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission releases a report on the number of car accidents and other motor vehicle accidents that occur in the state. The report also identifies the causes of crashes in Louisiana in order to help government officials develop...
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