Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A traumatic brain injury claim often depends on evidence that cannot be captured in one scan or one office visit. The injury may affect memory, concentration, balance, sleep, mood, vision, or the ability to tolerate noise and screens. Some symptoms appear immediately, while others become noticeable only after the…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 Jones Act seaman status is not decided by a job title, the name of the facility, or the fact that an injury happened over water. The question is whether the worker’s actual employment had the kind of substantial connection to a vessel, or an identifiable fleet of vessels, that…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A fall in a store does not make the store automatically liable. Louisiana law asks what made the area unsafe, whether the business created the condition or had enough time to discover it, and whether that condition caused the injury. The strongest cases usually begin with ordinary details: where…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A daycare is not automatically liable whenever a child gets hurt. Young children fall, collide, and take ordinary risks even in a careful setting. Responsibility turns on what happened, who controlled the risk, whether reasonable precautions were taken, and whether a failure caused the injury. The answer may involve…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A school bus crash can involve several different acts at once: a motorist passes a stopped bus, the bus driver chooses an unsafe stop, a contractor fails to maintain the vehicle, or a child is exposed to traffic while boarding. Responsibility follows the evidence for each act. It does…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A pothole, broken pavement, loose gravel, standing water, or an unsafe work zone can contribute to a bicycle crash even when no vehicle strikes the rider. The road condition does not automatically make a city, parish, the state, or a contractor liable. A claim depends on who controlled the…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 Fault in a Louisiana bicycle crash is not decided simply by who was driving the larger vehicle or who received a traffic ticket. It is determined by reconstructing the collision, identifying the duties that applied to each person, and deciding whose conduct caused the harm. A useful liability analysis…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A bicycle is not a guest on a Louisiana road. In most situations, the rider has the same basic rights and duties as a driver. The practical questions after a close pass or crash are more specific: Where was the cyclist entitled to ride? How much room did the…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A tractor-trailer may weigh about 35,000 pounds when empty and as much as 80,000 pounds when legally loaded for ordinary Interstate travel, but neither number is universal. The tractor, trailer, fuel, cargo, axle spacing, route, and any permit all affect the lawful and actual weight. That distinction matters after…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 There is no trustworthy average settlement for a back or neck injury. A muscle strain that resolves with limited treatment is not comparable to a spinal cord injury that permanently changes mobility, work, and personal care. Even two people with the same diagnosis can have very different claims because…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 An 18-wheeler has four main blind-spot areas: directly in front of the cab, directly behind the trailer, along the driver’s side, and along the much larger passenger side. These areas are often called No-Zones because a passenger vehicle can disappear from the truck driver’s view even when the truck…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 There is no reliable average settlement for an airbag that did not deploy. A nondeployment claim can be worth little if the airbag was not designed to fire in that crash or if it did not cause additional injury. A severe crash with strong proof of a defective restraint…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A valid settlement usually ends the dispute it was intended to resolve. That finality is one of the reasons defendants and insurers agree to pay. If an injured person later discovers that treatment will cost more than expected, the claim ordinarily cannot be reopened simply because the agreement now…
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 There is no reliable average settlement for a T-bone car accident. A side-impact crash can involve anything from short-lived soreness and minor vehicle damage to surgery, permanent disability, or death. Combining those cases into one number does not tell an injured person what a particular Louisiana claim is worth….
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 A painful tailbone does not automatically mean the coccyx is broken. Most tailbone injuries are bruises or ligament injuries, and an actual fracture is uncommon. The symptoms can still make sitting, driving, sleeping, and working surprisingly difficult. Common symptoms of a tailbone injury The coccyx is the small bone…