After suffering vehicle accident injuries like a broken bone or sprained neck, your family doctor can probably treat you without assistance. However, severe and catastrophic injuries usually need a team of professionals to maximize your physical recovery odds. For...
Lake Charles Personal Injury Law Blog
Lake Charles Personal Injury Law Blog
Watch for signs of emotional trauma in your child after a crash
If you’re dealing with the aftermath of a crash caused by a reckless or negligent driver, your top priority is ensuring that you and everyone who was in the car are getting the necessary medical treatment. If your child was in the car, it’s also crucial to watch for...
Get off social media while you’re going through divorce
When you’re going through a divorce, one of the things you need to think about is how to protect your case. You want to be sure that the things you say and do represent you positively and that you don’t say or do anything that could hurt your case. With how prominent...
Can we fix teen accident rates?
Teenagers have very high fatal car accident rates. It’s often noted that these are disproportionate to the size of the group. There are not that many teen drivers, but they cause more than their fair share of deadly wrecks. Considering there are more teen drivers on...
Drivers aren’t always to blame for crashes involving bicyclists
You try to be a careful driver when you’re sharing the road with bicyclists. You even avoid the lane next to the bike lane if possible when there are cyclists riding there. If there’s no bike lane and they’re in front of you, you allow plenty of space between you in...
How can I avoid a crash with a semi?
Driving near large semis can be an intimidating experience, especially if you drive a smaller vehicle. You may see these enormous trucks stray from their lane or even sway in the wind, leaving you to wonder how safe it is to share a road with them. One of the dangers...
Why are you unlikely to have a car accident?
Most accidents involving vehicles are not really “accidents” at all. While wrecks are rarely intentional, if you look deep enough, you can typically find some element of driver error that caused the crash – and that makes it hard to classify a crash as an “accident.”...
Do you know the signs of parental alienation?
Divorcing when you have a child together comes with unique challenges. While the court expects both parents to put their differences aside and work out a parenting plan that addresses the best interest of the child, it is not uncommon for some parents to act selfishly...
As a motorcyclist, other drivers play a role in your safety
Motorcyclists often get a bad rap. They can be viewed as dangerous and discourteous to those around them. Is this really the case? While it is true that motorcycles are involved in a higher proportion of fatal accidents than other vehicles, this doesn’t mean that...
Involved in a drunk driving crash? You deserve fair compensation
If you’re involved in a crash because another person has decided that it’s okay to drink and drive, you deserve an opportunity to hold them accountable for their actions. Drunk driving accidents maim and kill every day in the United States, so as a victim, you deserve...