Look for an attorney who practices Louisiana civil law every day, knows which filing deadline applies to your specific claim, has appeared in the parish district court where your case would be heard, and has tried business cases to a verdict. Admission in Louisiana’s federal district courts belongs on that list too, because a defendantRead More

Yes, you can still recover money after a Louisiana car accident that was partly your fault, as long as your share of the blame stays below 51 percent. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2323, your recovery is reduced by whatever percentage of fault gets assigned to you. If your damages come to $100,000 and youRead More

If your Louisiana workers’ compensation claim was denied, which appeal you file depends on what the insurance company actually turned down. A denial of medical treatment goes to the Medical Director at the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration on Form 1009, and you have 15 calendar days from the day you receive that denial toRead More

After a rear-end collision in Louisiana, call 911 so the crash is documented in a police report, photograph both vehicles and the scene before anything is moved, exchange information with the other driver, and get contact information for any witnesses. Then see a doctor the same day or the next, even if nothing hurts yet.Read More

A Louisiana car accident claim is worth the damages you can prove, reduced by your share of the fault, and limited by the insurance money available to pay it. Louisiana does not cap damages in an ordinary car accident case, so there is no legal limit on what your injuries are worth. In practice, theRead More

Firm size tells you less about how an injury case will turn out than two other things: who personally handles your file, and whether the firm is prepared to try the case to a jury. Large firms and small firms both come in versions that do those things well and versions that do not, soRead More