Car and Transportation Accidents

We have represented many New Orleans residents who suffered serious injuries in car accidents. While seatbelts may cause injuries, the damage we have seen inflicted on our clients by seatbelts is usually minor compared to the injuries suffered by unbelted occupants. Our observations are supported by studies conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]

It’s become a personal injury cliché: On some street in New Orleans, a driver lightly bumps the car ahead of him at a stoplight and the other driver jumps out holding his neck and shouting, “Whiplash!” He then sues the other driver. It is unfortunate the whiplash has become a word so associated with false […]

Because personal injury attorneys deal with the results of so many automobile accidents, we tend to see New Orleans as a very dangerous place to drive. A recent national study on the implementation of highway safety laws, however, reveals that Louisiana has actually done well when it comes to implementing new laws aimed at reducing […]

As experienced New Orleans personal injury attorneys, we have seen the damage caused when tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles are involved in motor vehicle collisions. Because of the strong potential for catastrophic personal injury or death in these types of accidents, the drivers of these types of large vehicles have been subject to additional regulation […]

Over the last few years, the New Orleans area has seen a number of terrible auto accidents involving drivers who were sending text messages while driving. While the State of Louisiana began regulating this dangerous practice in 2008, the legislature recently has decided that the existing law did not go far enough to protect innocent […]

When a New Orleans personal injury accident involves a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian, Louisiana has specific laws regarding the duty of the driver. These laws, however, do not automatically make the driver legally responsible for the pedestrian’s injuries. Louisiana Revised Statute 32:214 requires that drivers shall “exercise due care to avoid […]

New Orleans families should be aware that not all booster seats fare equally in protecting children from personal injury. While children between the ages of four and eight are 45% less likely to be injured in a motor vehicle accident when using a booster seat – as opposed to using only a seat belt – […]

As experienced New Orleans personal injury attorneys, we have seen the significant difference that simply wearing a seatbelt can make in a motor vehicle collision. Wearing a seatbelt can literally be a life or death decision. As a result, there has been a great push on both the state and national level to increase seatbelt […]

Many people in New Orleans have been killed or badly injured in car accidents involving drunk drivers. Because of the threat these drivers pose, Louisiana law has made special provisions to protect individuals hurt in these accidents and impose additional penalties on drunk drivers. When a person is injured by a drunk driver, the injured […]

Rear-end collisions are among the more relatively “easy” matters handled by New Orleans auto injury attorneys. This is because in most motor vehicle accidents, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove that the other driver was negligent. This is not the case in rear-end collisions. Instead, the burden is placed on the party who […]