Louis Gertler

Injury cases, including dog bite lawsuits in New Orleans, generally award compensation for a number of losses you may experience. These losses may include the costs of medical treatment associated with the dog bite, lost wages from time away from work receiving treatment or healing, future medical costs that you can reasonably anticipate as a result […]

Motorcycle accidents and crashes can have profound effects for riders in New Orleans. The medical costs from treating sometimes significant injuries, commonly including brain and spinal damage, can be astronomical. To make matters worse, a serious accident can keep you out of work for weeks, months, or permanently. It’s vital that when your motorcycle crash was […]

Lawsuit Attorney For Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Cases In New Orleans In cases of nursing home abuse or neglect, residents are entitled to an array of potential remedies, including damage awards for injuries and losses suffered. In general, a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect can expect compensation for medical costs, pain and suffering, any […]

Dog bite cases are different from other types of animal bites in New Orleans, in that there is no requirement to prove negligence on the part of the dog owner. Injured parties in cases like yours don’t have to prove to the court that the owner of knew of the risk, or should have known […]

Dealing with insurance companies is rarely a pleasant experience, but when you’re attempting to recover significant costs after a driver caused injuries or damages while you were on a motorcycle, it can be next to impossible to get to a fair settlement on your own. If you’ve made a good faith effort to contact and work […]

If you have observed evidence of nursing home abuse or neglect in New Orleans, you should contact the Health Standards Section, which monitors licensed nursing homes in the state. Health Standards Section investigators will be responsible for following up on reports of abuse, which can result in significant consequences to the home if they are substantiated. You have […]

At The Gertler Law Firm, we operate on a contingency fee basis, which means that we charge nothing if we don’t collect. When you join us for an initial consultation, the call or visit is entirely free, and there’s no obligation or pressure for you to do anything but tell us what’s happened and how […]

Determining fault in an injury case is important, but in cases where both parties share fault, you can still pursue a legal claim for damages in New Orleans. Louisiana uses a concept called comparative fault, where both parties may have responsibility for a motorcycle accident that results in injuries or property damage, and any resulting award […]

New Orleans Lawsuit Compensation Attorney For Elder Abuse And Neglect In A Nursing Home Facility No, the nursing home is prohibited by law from retaliating against residents or their families when they report nursing home abuse or neglect in New Orleans. Under Louisiana’s Abuse and Neglect of Adults Act, it is a misdemeanor for any person, from […]

Liability in a case where an intruder is mauled by a guard dog can only be determined on a case by case basis. Under Louisiana’s dog bite law, if the victim provokes a dog and is subsequently injured, the owner of the dog may not be held liable for damages. It’s possible that a court would […]