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
Breaking news from the Times-Picayune with reports up to 29 workers were injured when a supply vessel struck a gas line 15 miles southeast of Cocodrie. 24 workers in total were evacuated from the scene of the accident, with five other workers transported to the Louisiana Marine Consortium. The Consortium functions as a makeshift medical
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
In Louisiana, the law usually gives you 365 days to seek justice. But what happens when the injury was caused by invisible fibers inhaled forty years ago? For victims of asbestos exposure, the standard ‘statute of limitations’ (known as Prescription) could be a death sentence for their legal rights. Fortunately, Louisiana courts recognize that mesothelioma
In the eyes of the law, when is a person actually ‘injured’ by asbestos. Is it the moment they inhale the first fiber in a shipyard, or the moment a doctor delivers a mesothelioma diagnosis forty years later. In Louisiana, the answer to this question determines which set of laws governs your case. By applying
Accidents happen and when they do people wonder just how much can be considered when calculating damages. Many wonder “what happens when someone who is already injured is in an accident?” What’s more, if someone already had a bad knee, for example, can the defendant be held responsible for further damage to that knee. The
Samuel Silverman Jr. was injured while working for BJ Services Company, a contractor for Bass Enterprises Production Company, hired to provide services on an oil well in Cado Parish. The injury was to Silverman’s knee and occurred because a hoist operator employed by another contractor at the site, Mike Rogers’ Drilling Company, dropped a cement
More than 98,000 people are killed each year as a result of medical errors. The rights of the deceased are protected in court through what is called a survival action, which allows the relatives to file a claim in place of the deceased for conscious pain and suffering, damage to person/property, and medical expenses. Survival
Distracted driving is a huge problem in Louisiana. In fact, according to a study of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, at any given time, at least one of every eleven cars on the road is driven by someone using a cell phone. The Study was commissioned by the legislature in an effort to help policy
According to a recent study published by the Road Information Program (a nonprofit group that evaluates highway data), Louisiana has the second highest auto fatality rate in the nation. In 2008, Louisiana had 2.02 deaths for every 100 million miles traveled. Montana was the one state with more deaths, at 2.12 per 100 million miles.
Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.
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
Breaking news from the Times-Picayune with reports up to 29 workers were injured when a supply vessel struck a gas line 15 miles southeast of Cocodrie. 24 workers in total were evacuated from the scene of the accident, with five other workers transported to the Louisiana Marine Consortium. The Consortium functions as a makeshift medical
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
In Louisiana, the law usually gives you 365 days to seek justice. But what happens when the injury was caused by invisible fibers inhaled forty years ago? For victims of asbestos exposure, the standard ‘statute of limitations’ (known as Prescription) could be a death sentence for their legal rights. Fortunately, Louisiana courts recognize that mesothelioma
In the eyes of the law, when is a person actually ‘injured’ by asbestos. Is it the moment they inhale the first fiber in a shipyard, or the moment a doctor delivers a mesothelioma diagnosis forty years later. In Louisiana, the answer to this question determines which set of laws governs your case. By applying
Accidents happen and when they do people wonder just how much can be considered when calculating damages. Many wonder “what happens when someone who is already injured is in an accident?” What’s more, if someone already had a bad knee, for example, can the defendant be held responsible for further damage to that knee. The
Samuel Silverman Jr. was injured while working for BJ Services Company, a contractor for Bass Enterprises Production Company, hired to provide services on an oil well in Cado Parish. The injury was to Silverman’s knee and occurred because a hoist operator employed by another contractor at the site, Mike Rogers’ Drilling Company, dropped a cement
More than 98,000 people are killed each year as a result of medical errors. The rights of the deceased are protected in court through what is called a survival action, which allows the relatives to file a claim in place of the deceased for conscious pain and suffering, damage to person/property, and medical expenses. Survival
Distracted driving is a huge problem in Louisiana. In fact, according to a study of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, at any given time, at least one of every eleven cars on the road is driven by someone using a cell phone. The Study was commissioned by the legislature in an effort to help policy
According to a recent study published by the Road Information Program (a nonprofit group that evaluates highway data), Louisiana has the second highest auto fatality rate in the nation. In 2008, Louisiana had 2.02 deaths for every 100 million miles traveled. Montana was the one state with more deaths, at 2.12 per 100 million miles.