Challenging Damages Awards: Why Courts Tend to Defer to Juries in Personal Injury Lawsuits
Injured While Receiving a Massage and a Court’s Discretion to Award Damages
May 13, 2023
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Allocating Damages in Wrongful Death Cases: Navigating the High Standard of JNOV Motion
Allocating damages in a wrongful death case is challenging because putting a price on a life is hard. Therefore, if a family in a wrongful death case feels the jury abused its discretion in calculating that monetary value, then the family can resort to a motion for JNOV to try and correct the decision. However,
May 13, 2023
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May 4, 2023
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“Still on the Clock in Shreveport”: The Exclusive Remedy of Workers’ Compensation
Workers’ Compensation is a Statutory Employee’s Exclusive Remedy for Injuries
May 3, 2023
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Can a Train be Held Liable for the Delay in Emergency Services?
When tragedy strikes, seconds matter. Any delay to the emergency response network can cost lives and livelihoods. When a train runs through an intersection, all activity has to yield to that train. What follows is the calamitous story of how a train may have prevented EMS from responding to a fatal accident. It also helps
May 3, 2023
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What Happens When There is More Than One Claim to a Deceased’s Property?
Losing a loved one is hard enough. What happens, however, when multiple people claim they have a right to the same property the decedent owns at the time of their death? Cases involving multiple parties and claimants can get tricky, especially when one claimant was the decedent’s spouse and the other was their descendant, as
May 2, 2023
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St. John the Baptist Parish Car Accident Lawsuit Fails for Lack of Evidence
Winning a lawsuit against an employer can be challenging. Employees are often transient, while the employer is an anchor in their community. Employer responsibility for an employee’s negligent action requires significant factual evidence. In a recent case out of St. John the Baptist Parish, a missing former employee and a lack of facts prevented the
April 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.