A 20-year-old Ringgold man died after his 2024 Toyota Sienna left Louisiana Highway 154, struck a tree and caught fire in Bossier Parish early September 26, 2026. Louisiana State Police Troop G responded around 5 a.m. near Springhill Church Road. The driver’s name has not been publicly released in the sources reviewed for this…
An ATV rollover can raise two very different questions: did the machine tip during an ordinary riding maneuver, or did a steering, brake, or restraint problem contribute? After a crash at a Louisiana park or track, preserving the machine and the sequence of events helps answer which risks the law protects and which failures…
A large commercial auto liability limit does not tell you whether an injured employee has uninsured motorist coverage. Under Louisiana’s commercial-policy rule effective August 1, 2024, the insured must select that coverage. If there is no selection and no premium payment that includes UM, the law presumes it was not selected. In This Article…
Ebony Erving, 37, died after a rear-end collision sent another vehicle into the southbound lane, where it struck her Nissan head-on on Hilry Huckaby Drive in Shreveport on September 25, 2026. Shreveport firefighters extricated a 6-year-old boy from the rear of Erving’s Nissan and transported him to Ochsner LSU Health. The drivers of the…
At a corn maze, pumpkin patch, or farm tour, the ticket seller, landowner, animal handler, and equipment operator may be different people. After an injury, identify the exact attraction and who controlled the part of the event involved. The words “farm attraction” and a warning sign do not, on their own, establish Louisiana’s agritourism…
A guest burned by a tipped crawfish pot and a guest hurt by a loose deck railing may have very different claims. Louisiana does not make a host responsible simply because an injury happened at the gathering. The cause of the injury, who controlled the hazard, and what could reasonably have prevented it determine…
The Christmas Eve bonfires along the Mississippi River levee are one of Louisiana’s most recognizable traditions. They are also governed by an unusually specific liability statute. Louisiana law generally protects a qualifying bonfire sponsor from claims, but only for a permitted presentation on the Mississippi River levee and only when none of the statute’s…
Louisiana Revised Statute 9:2796.2 reads like an events calendar at first glance. It names Chimp Haven Festival, the Krewe of Barkus and Meow Paws parade, ChimpStock, and several other programs. The list is real, but the legal protection is much narrower than the names suggest. The statute protects one defined type of animal sanctuary…
A golf cart that is welcome on the beach at Grand Isle is not automatically legal on every nearby street. Louisiana starts with a statewide prohibition on golf carts on public roads, then allows parishes and municipalities to open particular local routes. Grand Isle adds its own permit and operating rules, while a separate…
Louisiana’s impaired-operation statute is broader than its old DWI shorthand suggests. The current law is titled “Operating a vehicle while impaired,” and it applies to the operation of a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance. A roadway and a conventional car are not required. The statute focuses on operation, impairment,…
Louisiana State Police arrested James Middleton IV, 36, after a September 14, 2026 crash on U.S. 190 between Albany and Holden that injured Cynthia Macias. WBRZ’s initial report, citing State Police, said the driver involved in the collision left on foot and was arrested later that afternoon. The available reports describe an arrest and…
A Louisiana accident can raise several timing questions at once. The injury date may govern one rule, the lawsuit’s filing date another, and the insurance policy’s history a third. Filing in 2026 does not automatically place the entire claim under every law then in force. The starting point is Civil Code article 6: absent…
Louisiana does not impose one blanket rule for every passenger in every pickup bed. The answer depends on the passenger’s age, the truck’s weight, the type of road and whether a narrow exception applies. State law generally bars children under 12 from an open pickup bed on a highway and bars passengers of any…
A Louisiana funeral procession with a police escort may continue through an intersection after its lead vehicle lawfully enters, even if the traffic signal changes. That is the specific protection in Louisiana Revised Statute 32:300.3. Attending the same funeral does not give each driver independent permission to enter on red. The protected group must…
NHTSA recorded 41 fatal crashes and 44 fatalities in Lincoln Parish from 2020 through 2024. Twelve of those fatal crashes, with 13 fatalities, were coded within Ruston. At the parish level, 24 of 41 fatal crashes occurred from 6:00 p.m. through 5:59 a.m., 23 were coded rural, and I-20 appeared in 13 records. The 2024 figures are provisional, and all of these are descriptive counts rather than findings of fault or risk rates.