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3 Important Things You Need To Understand About…

If you work on the navigable waters of the United States or in the adjoining areas, such as docks, piers, terminals, wharves, or areas where loading and unloading of vessels take place, you need to know about the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA).…

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Giant Cranes Used In The Maritime Industry Pose…

Louisiana’s waterways are a major part of our culture and our economy. In fact, Louisiana leads the United States in maritime employment. While a lucrative and important industry here in the South, working in, around, or on, fishing vessels and riverboats is dangerous work. Maritime…

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Statute of Limitations. What Does it Mean for…

Law and litigation present a number of challenges to anyone —whether you are the person bringing the lawsuit (the “plaintiff”) or the person defending it (the “defendant”). Sometimes it can feel as though the injured plaintiff has more challenges to meet in bringing a case…

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A Common Cause of Car Accidents—and it’s not…

After the invention of cell phones and texting, one of the major causes of car accidents is “distracted driving.” While “distracted driving” can also refer to eating, brushing your hair, or putting on your lipstick while driving, it has more commonly come to mean texting…

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The Importance of Trucking Logbooks

When two passenger cars get into an accident, things are generally pretty straight-forward. The parties exchange information, the police are called and make a report, pictures are taken, and the names and addresses of any witnesses are taken down. All of this later is used…

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3 Things That Can Cause A Commercial Truck…

We share the road with commercial trucks every day. Our national economy relies on commercial trucking and truck drivers. But there’s no getting away from the fact that big rigs can be dangerous. A crash between a passenger car and an 80,0000-ton truck can mean…

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What is Spoilation of Evidence?

People don’t always play by the rules. Especially when to do so will cost them a lot of money. Take personal injury cases, for example. In some personal injury cases, the victim’s injuries can be catastrophic and the defendant’s negligence (carelessness; breach of duty) can…

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Emerging Treatments for Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers that lodge in the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or heart. For decades, the treatment of mesothelioma has remained the same: consisting of a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Surgery Surgery has…

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Why You Want To Have Car Insurance if…

Have you ever wondered why you must have car insurance before you can drive in Louisiana or pretty much any other state? Car insurance is necessary, of course, in the event you get into a car crash. But in Louisiana, it goes a bit beyond…

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February 1-7 is National Burn Awareness Week. A…

The early part of February is always National Burn Awareness Week. Burn injuries are among the most devastating and excruciating personal injuries one can suffer. Here in Louisiana, where our economy thrives on oil drilling and commercial fishing, burn injuries are not uncommon. Burn Injuries…

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