Short answer: When you are injured while riding in a friend’s car, Louisiana generally treats the uninsured motorist coverage on that car as primary. If your damages exhaust that primary coverage, you may use one other UM policy available to you as excess coverage. Louisiana does not ordinarily let you combine every UM policy…
Yes. Being partly at fault does not automatically prevent you from bringing a Louisiana car accident claim. The result depends heavily on when the crash happened and what percentage of fault is ultimately assigned to you. For a crash before January 1, 2026, Louisiana’s prior pure comparative fault rule generally reduced a claimant’s damages…
A 20-year-old Ringgold man died when his Toyota Sienna left Louisiana Highway 154, hit a tree and caught fire in Bossier Parish on September 26, 2026. Louisiana State Police Troop G responded around 5 a.m. near Springhill Church Road. The State Police release describes a 2024 Sienna traveling east before it left the road….
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 when her Nissan was struck head-on during a three-vehicle crash on Hilry Huckaby Drive in Shreveport on September 25, 2026. A 6-year-old passenger survived, along with the drivers of the other two vehicles. Correction, September 29, 2026: An earlier police account reported by KSLA described a second woman’s injuries as…
Louisiana State Police arrested James Middleton IV, 36, after a September 14, 2026 crash on US 190 between Albany and Holden injured Cynthia Macias. WBRZ’s initial report, citing troopers, said the driver who struck another vehicle left on foot and was arrested that afternoon. The available reports describe an arrest and criminal allegations. They…
The September 16, 2026 crash on Mosleys Bluff Road raises two separate questions: why a Ford F-150 left the roadway, and how the resulting impact caused fatal injuries. Louisiana State Police’s September 17 release reports that the driver was unrestrained, but does not explain the truck’s departure. The reported movement was to the right…
A 28-year-old Leesville man died after the Honda Foreman he was operating left Belton Loop, hit trees, and overturned on September 19, 2026. Louisiana State Police’s release describes the machine as a utility terrain vehicle, or UTV, and says the rollover ejected the driver. Troop E responded at about 9:11 a.m. The vehicle had…
Tommy Gowan, 74, of Texas, was the driver in the September 21, 2026 single-vehicle crash near Buncombe and Simpson Roads in Caddo Parish. The KTAL/KMSS report carried by AOL identifies him as the driver and says officials were investigating whether his death resulted from crash injuries or a medical emergency. Correction retained from September…
James Berthelot, 69, of Plaquemine, died after being struck while retrieving mail along LA 75 on September 21, 2026. WBRZ’s September 23 report, citing the Iberville Parish Coroner’s Office, identified him and placed the collision near the Bayou Pigeon Library. The State Police account describes Berthelot near the southbound roadside edge, then says a…
A U-turn across an occupied lane is the central event in the September 21, 2026 motorcycle collision near West Feliciana Parkway. Louisiana State Police’s September 22 release says a northbound 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe turned from US 61’s right lane across a 1998 Honda Shadow traveling north in the left lane. The motorcycle hit the…
Louisiana generally protects a licensed bar and its employees from a claim based on serving alcohol to a customer of lawful purchase age who later causes an injury off the premises because of intoxication. That can prevent a claim against the bar even when its receipts and video are important evidence against the driver….
A 43-year-old man from Gray died after a Nissan Pathfinder struck him on LA 3040 near Westside Boulevard in Houma shortly before 4 a.m. on September 20, 2026. The Louisiana State Police release says both the SUV and the pedestrian were traveling south in the left lane. That preliminary account establishes the direction of…
Robin Taylor, 48, was booked on September 23, 2026, on allegations of hit-and-run driving and obstruction of justice in the July 11 death of Travis Barconey on Scenic Highway in Baton Rouge. WBRZ reported the arrest two days after publishing the police account that first identified Taylor as wanted. Barconey, 35, was outside a…