Litigation

Under Louisiana law, police officers, troopers, and sheriff’s deputies have a duty to take reasonable steps to protect the general public from dangerous situations on the road. This responsibility commonly includes removing foreign objects from the roadway or securing car accident scenes to ensure no further collisions occur. In general, an officer is charged with

Under Louisiana law, the doctrine of sudden emergency is a defense available to a defendant who is confronted with a sudden and unexpected situation of danger and who responds as a reasonably prudent person would under the circumstances. The doctrine serves to limit the defendant’s liability even if it is later determined that he did

Determining fault is central to the resolution of every negligence case. Typically, the plaintiff alleges the defendant’s fault, and it is up to the court to determine whether the plaintiff has carried this burden. In the event that more than just one party was responsible for causing a particular accident, it is up to the

Louisiana’s Supreme Court, in an April 2007 opinion, expounded on the vast discretion an appellate court is to give to a jury’s verdict on review. From December 2000 to January 2001, Thurman and Rosemary Kaiser, a married couple in their mid-70s, were involved in three auto accidents – one in Jefferson Parish and two in