In October 2007, a Norco tankerman was injured aboard the M/V DUSTIN CENAC at dock #2 of the Valero Corporation’s facility in Norco. The tankerman was completing the loading procedure of the barge when the Valero dock man prematurely began lifting the loading arm and he was pinned between the arm and a winch on
Early in the morning hours of Saturday, February 6th, 20 year old Jamane M. County of Montgomery was driving a 2002 Honda Civic South on U.S. Highway 71 when he lost control of the car. According to an article on thetowntalk.com, The car ran off the right side of the road, vaulted across a creek,
Admitting your elderly mother into a nursing home is supposed to relieve stress and lift a burden from your shoulders. You believe she is going to receive the proper care she needs that you are unable to provide. Unfortunately, for Edward Lewis, tragedy happened after he made this tough decision. His 93-year old aunt, who
Wrongful death. Negligence. We hear these terms thrown out all the time when we read the newspaper or watch TV. Both terms have a similar connotation. We know something “bad” happened to someone, something that should never have happened. However, most people don’t really know what these terms mean. The legal concept of negligence means
Residents of Monroe, Louisiana, and the surrounding area are fortunate that a train derailment appears benign. The train derailed the evening of Saturday, February 20th, in the vicinity of Highway 165. Fortunately, other than the damage sustained by the derailed cars and the train tracks, the accident seems to have caused little harm. According to
According to a recent article in New Orleans’ Times Picayune, Kenneth Allain of Tailsheek pled guilty last month to charges that he permanently injured a 75 year old woman by ramming his car into her while under the influence of prescription drugs. The accident occurred on Louisiana 41 about three miles south of Louisiana 21
When Kimberly Carter, a Little Rock, AR, resident, was visiting family in Louisiana in November of 2001, a misstep in a hole in the ground led to a legal battle that would not be resolved until 2010. After suffering an injury from the hole, Carter was transported to Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Lake Charles.
Imagine the following scenario: you are involved in a fender-bender in the parking lot of the grocery store. Your car is taken to the body shop for repairs. Since you need transportation to get to work and other places in the mean time, you rent a car from the local agency. When picking up the
In litigation, the term venue means “the location where an action or proceeding may properly be brought and tried under the rules regulating the subject.” In other words, for each suit, there is a particular court where the plaintiff should file based on the situation’s unique facts. The Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure’s general rule
In a Louisiana courtroom, a mesothelioma diagnosis is only half the battle. To secure a settlement, the law places a heavy burden on the victim to prove specific causation. You must be able to point to a specific product, at a specific time, and show that it was a ‘substantial factor’ in your illness. Navigating
Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.
In October 2007, a Norco tankerman was injured aboard the M/V DUSTIN CENAC at dock #2 of the Valero Corporation’s facility in Norco. The tankerman was completing the loading procedure of the barge when the Valero dock man prematurely began lifting the loading arm and he was pinned between the arm and a winch on
Early in the morning hours of Saturday, February 6th, 20 year old Jamane M. County of Montgomery was driving a 2002 Honda Civic South on U.S. Highway 71 when he lost control of the car. According to an article on thetowntalk.com, The car ran off the right side of the road, vaulted across a creek,
Admitting your elderly mother into a nursing home is supposed to relieve stress and lift a burden from your shoulders. You believe she is going to receive the proper care she needs that you are unable to provide. Unfortunately, for Edward Lewis, tragedy happened after he made this tough decision. His 93-year old aunt, who
Wrongful death. Negligence. We hear these terms thrown out all the time when we read the newspaper or watch TV. Both terms have a similar connotation. We know something “bad” happened to someone, something that should never have happened. However, most people don’t really know what these terms mean. The legal concept of negligence means
Residents of Monroe, Louisiana, and the surrounding area are fortunate that a train derailment appears benign. The train derailed the evening of Saturday, February 20th, in the vicinity of Highway 165. Fortunately, other than the damage sustained by the derailed cars and the train tracks, the accident seems to have caused little harm. According to
According to a recent article in New Orleans’ Times Picayune, Kenneth Allain of Tailsheek pled guilty last month to charges that he permanently injured a 75 year old woman by ramming his car into her while under the influence of prescription drugs. The accident occurred on Louisiana 41 about three miles south of Louisiana 21
When Kimberly Carter, a Little Rock, AR, resident, was visiting family in Louisiana in November of 2001, a misstep in a hole in the ground led to a legal battle that would not be resolved until 2010. After suffering an injury from the hole, Carter was transported to Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Lake Charles.
Imagine the following scenario: you are involved in a fender-bender in the parking lot of the grocery store. Your car is taken to the body shop for repairs. Since you need transportation to get to work and other places in the mean time, you rent a car from the local agency. When picking up the
In litigation, the term venue means “the location where an action or proceeding may properly be brought and tried under the rules regulating the subject.” In other words, for each suit, there is a particular court where the plaintiff should file based on the situation’s unique facts. The Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure’s general rule
In a Louisiana courtroom, a mesothelioma diagnosis is only half the battle. To secure a settlement, the law places a heavy burden on the victim to prove specific causation. You must be able to point to a specific product, at a specific time, and show that it was a ‘substantial factor’ in your illness. Navigating