Pain after a crash can change over the next several hours or days. A stiff neck, headache, or aching shoulder deserves attention even if you were able to walk away from the scene. Symptoms alone cannot tell you what was injured, and the size of the dent in the car cannot answer that question…
A first DWI arrest can start two separate proceedings in Louisiana: a criminal prosecution and an administrative driver’s-license case. If someone was injured in a collision, a civil claim may proceed as well. Each has its own purpose, evidence, and deadlines. If you were arrested, speak with a criminal-defense lawyer about the charge and…
After a dog bite, get to safety and have the wound assessed. Questions about the owner and insurance can be addressed once urgent care is underway. Photographs, witness details, and animal-control records may later help explain how the bite happened, but collecting them should not delay treatment. Have the wound and rabies risk evaluated…
You may be able to handle some accident paperwork yourself. The decision to speak with a lawyer becomes more pressing when injuries, disputed facts, or competing insurance policies make it hard to tell what you are being asked to give up. These five situations are reasons to get an individual assessment. 1. You are…
A useful first meeting with a car wreck lawyer should leave you with a clearer idea of what needs to happen next. Who will preserve the evidence? Who will handle the case? How are fees and expenses calculated? Those answers tell you more than a promise about what the case is worth. Start with…
Rear-end collisions commonly produce neck and back complaints, but the injury pattern is not limited to whiplash. A person’s position, the speed change, seat and head-restraint placement, a second impact and pre-existing conditions can all affect what follows. Five categories appear often in medical records after rear impacts: neck sprain or strain, concussion, fractures…
Choosing a personal injury lawyer is less about finding the loudest advertisement and more about learning who will actually handle the work. You should leave the first conversation knowing what evidence matters, what could weaken the claim, who will keep you informed, and what happens if the insurer refuses a fair resolution. The right…
A useful car emergency kit has two jobs. It should help you stay safe while you wait for assistance, and it should make it easier to record the basic information a crash claim may depend on later. The best kit is simple enough to remain in the vehicle and practical enough that you will…
After a car crash, there are usually several things to do at once: get medical help, arrange transportation, report the collision, and find out where the car was towed. This checklist puts those tasks in order and explains which records are worth keeping. At the scene: safety comes first Call 911 if anyone is…
I have ridden motorcycles since I was young, from a Honda Mini Trail 50 to a Harley-Davidson Dyna Glide. That experience is one reason I take Louisiana’s motorcycle rules seriously. A small mistake that would dent a car can put a rider in the hospital. The rules below are the ones riders and passengers…
Marijuana legalization and marijuana-impaired driving are related questions, but they are not the same question. Research can measure changes in crash rates after a law changes. A Louisiana injury claim still has to determine whether a particular driver was impaired, whether that impairment affected the driving and whether it contributed to the collision. That…
Louisiana’s child-restraint law follows a progression from rear-facing seats to harnessed seats, boosters, and finally an adult belt that fits correctly. Age matters, but the child’s size and the manufacturer’s limits matter too. The four restraint stages in Louisiana The current requirements appear in La. R.S. 32:295. If a child fits more than one…
Teen drivers do not need a perfect record to become safer. They need practice recognizing the moments when small choices turn into crashes: following too closely in stop-and-go traffic, looking at a phone near an intersection, or carrying too much speed into a wet curve. For families in Baton Rouge, the most useful approach…
A post can be accurate and still leave out facts that matter to an injury claim. A photograph may show that you attended a family gathering without showing how long you stayed or how you felt afterward. Insurers and defense lawyers may seek posts, tags, comments, messages, and photos that bear on the accident…
This page helps Mardi Gras crash victims understand what to do early, what evidence matters in drunk driving cases, and which Louisiana rules can affect deadlines and fault. Mardi Gras travel can involve crowded streets and late-night traffic. NHTSA tracks thousands of deaths each year from alcohol-impaired crashes. Plan a sober ride before drinking….