Workers’ compensation may be only the first part of an oilfield injury case. It can pay covered medical expenses and a portion of lost wages without requiring the worker to prove negligence. A separate claim may exist when another company, a defective product, or a driver outside the protected employment relationship helped cause the…
Louisiana has a statute written specifically for parade injuries. It protects qualifying parade organizations, members and some contractors from many ordinary-negligence claims, but it does not create blanket immunity. A claim may still turn on whether the defendant is within the protected group, what caused the injury, and whether the conduct was deliberate and…
A closed frozen daiquiri can fall outside Louisiana’s definition of an open alcoholic container. That is the legal distinction behind the familiar drive-through cup: the lid must be on, no straw may protrude, and none of the drink may have been removed. The rule addresses transporting the drink. A seller still has to comply…
A driver died after a Chevrolet Tahoe and Chrysler 300 collided at Chef Menteur Highway and Flake Avenue in New Orleans on September 19, 2026. After the initial vehicle collision, the Chrysler struck a tree. The New Orleans Police Department’s preliminary release says the Tahoe was turning right from Flake Avenue while the Chrysler…
A 49-year-old man died after a vehicle struck him while he was running across westbound Interstate 10 near the Morrison Road on-ramp in New Orleans East on September 19, 2026. The New Orleans Police Department’s release says officers responded at about 12:23 p.m. and found the man near the interstate’s right shoulder. He was…
Two Stonewall men, ages 43 and 63, died after a Chevrolet Tahoe and a Volvo VNL collided on U.S. 171 near Louisiana Highway 3276 late on September 18, 2026. Louisiana State Police says the 2004 Tahoe was traveling south and the 2000 Volvo was traveling north when, for reasons still under investigation, the Tahoe…
Bobby G. Conner II, 66, of Huntsville, Texas, and Diego L. Gonzalez-Sanchez, 29, died in a collision involving two 18-wheelers on Interstate 20 at Pines Road in Shreveport on September 18, 2026. KSLA, citing the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office, reported that both men died at the scene. Shreveport police spokesman Chris Bordelon said one…
A 38-year-old Lake Charles man died as a passenger in a Dodge Nitro after a collision on Louisiana Highway 13 near ORO Trail Road outside Crowley on September 16, 2026. The investigation has to account for two impacts: the Dodge first collided with an oncoming GMC and then struck a Volkswagen parked on the…
A 38-year-old man from Daytona Beach, Florida, died after a Chevrolet Silverado struck him on U.S. 61 near Frank Drive outside Sorrento on September 17, 2026. Troopers began investigating shortly before 8 p.m. Louisiana State Police says the man was walking north in the left travel lane while a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling…
Bryan Keith Comeaux’s September 2026 arrest followed the investigation of a December 10, 2025 head-on crash on Louisiana Highway 70 in Pierre Part that killed Blake Landry, 43. According to Louisiana State Police, Landry was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado east near Leonie Street shortly after 6 a.m. A westbound 2004 International box truck…
A 13-year-old girl from Bellevue died on September 15, 2026, three days after a crash on westbound Interstate 10 near the Butte La Rose exit. Louisiana State Police says troopers began investigating shortly after 5:30 p.m. on September 12. The girl was a passenger in a 2013 Hyundai Elantra. She suffered critical injuries and…
A 33-year-old motorcyclist from Iowa, Louisiana, died after his Kawasaki struck the rear of a Toyota Corolla on the Interstate 10 eastbound Exit 25 ramp to Interstate 210 eastbound near Westlake on September 13, 2026. Louisiana State Police says a 2009 Toyota Corolla was traveling on the ramp with a 2020 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R…
The collision with an 18-wheeler was the final reported event in the crash that killed Virgil “Vee” Williams. The first unresolved question is why the Honda Civic left Interstate 20 before striking a guardrail and returning to the roadway. Louisiana State Police says troopers responded around 4:15 a.m. on September 15, 2026, to I-20…
Ascension Parish deputies identified 20-year-old Kelvin Roel Gutierrez-Lara as the alleged driver in the August 15, 2026 hit-and-run that seriously injured a 22-year-old pedestrian on Dutchtown Lane near Louisiana Highway 74 in Geismar. WAFB reported on September 15 that deputies were seeking Gutierrez-Lara and had recovered the Dodge Charger believed to have been involved….
The $1 million bond reported in the Collin Lacaze case concerns pretrial release. For the two families affected by the crash, the more useful questions are what the hearing revealed about the collision and what evidence still needs to be obtained. Collin, 16, died after a southbound vehicle struck him and another 16-year-old on…