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Former Employee Denied Supplemental Earnings Benefits After Shoulder Injury
March 5, 2023
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Lawsuit: Determining Liability for a Car Accident Resulting from a Marsh Fire
The phrase, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” is often used to describe situations where one thing almost certainly indicates the presence of another. However, establishing a contributing factor to a car accident and liability for negligence does not always follow so direct a relationship. Shortly before Tropical Storm Lee reached the marshlands of Oak Island
March 4, 2023
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Houma Residents Injured by Termite Treatment Shut Out of Court for Failure to Offer Qualified Expert Witnesses
Expert testimony is one tool litigants can use to prove their arguments in a court of law. Expert witnesses are highly credible individuals with advanced knowledge in a particular field in a lawsuit. The testimony of experts is meant to assist the court in understanding the evidence in matters of fact. But not just anyone
March 3, 2023
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Baton Rouge Car Dealer Escapes Vicarious Liability Claim in Accident Involving Motorcyclist
It’s a common scenario: a potential buyer visits a car lot, finds a vehicle he’d like to test drive, and heads out onto the road with the salesperson in the passenger seat. What happens, though, if an accident occurs during the test drive? Suppose the potential buyer loses control of the vehicle while driving —
February 28, 2023
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Workers’ Compensation Claim Denied For Failure To Seek Preapproval
Does Your Work-Related Accident Qualify for Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
February 26, 2023
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Louisiana Court Holds that Bicycles are Not “Motorized Vehicles” Under Louisiana Law Following Ponchatoula Collision
Sometimes words that we think have clear meanings become less than clear when used in the law. For instance, if a state statute prohibits cars from driving on park grounds, we would naturally conclude that a regular passenger vehicle is forbidden from entering the park. However, what about a toy car? Would a toy car
February 24, 2023
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Drivers of Emergency Vehicles Held to Unique Standard of Care in Louisiana
Injured by Ambulance Driving to Emergency Call, Louisiana Court Reviews Emergency Call Driving Standards
February 23, 2023
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Court Clarifies Use of Differential Diagnosis in Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case
Does a physician’s use of differential diagnosis raise a medical malpractice issue in Louisiana? That question is at the center of a recent medical malpractice case out of Lake Charles. The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal addresses liability attached to a method of clinical diagnosis known as a differential diagnosis.  On February 23, 2011,
February 20, 2023
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A Doctor’s Indiscretion or Abuse of Discretion? Louisiana Supreme Court Weighs In
Louisiana Court Finds Medical Malpractice Allegations Broad Enough to Proceed
February 17, 2023
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Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.