Injury Articles, Legal Guides and Louisiana News

Louisiana’s separate $100,000 restrictions, statutory exceptions, coverage timing, and worked examples under R.S. 32:866.

There is no honest one-number answer to the question “Which Baton Rouge intersection is the most dangerous?” A location can lead the city in reported crashes because it carries enormous traffic, while a lower-volume intersection may have fewer crashes but a higher crash rate. A serious-injury analysis can produce a different list from either…

A vehicle can be repaired correctly and still sell for less because buyers, dealers, and valuation services account for its accident history. Louisiana law allows a vehicle owner to seek that remaining loss in value when a third party negligently damages, but does not destroy, the vehicle. A diminished value claim is a valuation…

A commercial truck may contain several electronic systems that record different parts of a trip. People often call all of them the truck’s “black box,” but the useful data may be stored in an engine control module, a brake or stability system, an electronic logging device, a fleet telematics platform, or a camera system….

A truck’s maintenance history can explain whether a mechanical problem was sudden or had been developing for weeks. Driver vehicle inspection reports, repair orders, annual inspection reports, invoices, electronic maintenance entries, and parts records may show when a defect was reported, what the carrier did, and whether the same problem returned. No single document…

A Louisiana truck accident lawsuit begins well before a petition reaches the courthouse. Medical records, photographs, electronic truck data, driver logs, dispatch messages, maintenance files, and witness accounts can shape the case. Some of that evidence can disappear quickly. The practical first step is to protect your health and the record of what happened….

Disclaimer: This article provides general information about commercial truck insurance and Louisiana injury claims. It is not legal advice, does not create an attorney-client relationship, and cannot determine the coverage, deadline, or value of a particular claim. Insurance rules, policy terms, and legal deadlines depend on the facts. There is no single insurance limit…

Lists of the states with the “worst drivers” often make Louisiana look alarming. The problem is that the lists do not all measure the same thing. One may count fatal crashes, another may use insurance claims, and another may combine citations, speeding, impaired driving, and other behavior into a private score. That makes a…

A breath-test number can matter after an alcohol-related crash, but it does not answer every question in an injury claim. It may help show a driver’s alcohol concentration when the sample was taken. It does not, by itself, establish how the crash happened, whether the test was administered correctly, or which injuries the collision…

Your Louisiana auto premium went up after a crash you did not cause. The timing is suspicious, but it does not by itself show that the insurer broke the law. The useful question is whether the insurer considered that nonfault incident when it raised your rate, added a surcharge, canceled the policy, or declined…

Two people died after a car left Sidney Road and struck a tree in Grosse Tete on February 10, 2026. WBRZ, citing Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi, reported that a mother was driving with her child around 2:30 p.m. Both were taken to a hospital and died there. WBRZ’s report and Unfiltered with Kiran’s…

Louisiana State Police described two crashes on I-10 west near Grosse Tete on February 10, 2026. A Chevrolet Silverado first crashed and became disabled across both westbound lanes. A box truck struck it a short time later. Nathan Smiling, 60, of Breaux Bridge, died at the scene. The February 10 account does not explain…

A burn injury does not automatically require a lawyer. A small burn that heals quickly, has a clear cause, and creates no dispute may never become a legal claim. Early legal help becomes more useful when the injury is serious, the cause is contested, or the evidence is controlled by a manufacturer, employer, property…

Evelyn Alexander, 75, died after a Shreveport police vehicle struck her on Greenwood Road on February 3, 2026. Her daughters later filed a federal lawsuit over the collision. KSLA reported the lawsuit on July 17, a development missing from this article’s earlier account. In This Article Facts our law firm has been able to…

One person was airlifted with serious injuries and a child was taken to a local hospital after a single-vehicle crash on the Sibley Lake Bridge in Natchitoches on February 5, 2026. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded at about 3:48 p.m. to assist the Natchitoches Police Department, which was investigating the crash….