Oil companies and contractors often rely on helicopters to transport them to and from offshore oil and gas rigs. Sadly, these helicopters sometimes crash, causing catastrophic injury or death. The law provides civil actions for damages to workers who are injured in a helicopter crash while on the ...
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Personal Injury
Oil Well Blowouts Injuring Workers
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster is the most infamous and dramatic blowout in recent memory. Many workers were killed and injured when this well lost control in the Gulf of Mexico. This is not an isolated incident. Injuries can and do occur periodically when oil wells blow out. Fortunately, the law ...
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Monetary Damages in Personal Injury Lawsuits
What Money Damages Can be Awarded in Personal Injury Lawsuits?
The law defines damages as monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff by a court of law in a civil action. Judges and juries can award damages in cases of negligence, if they also find a person or organization is liable for the harm ...
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UM insurance for personal injuries
In Louisiana, every driver must have liability insurance. Liability insurance pays when you cause a wreck and hurt someone else. But your insurance can also cover you when someone who does not have insurance (or who does not have enough insurance) hurts you. La. R.S. 22:1295. This is called ...
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Defense medical exams in personal injury cases
In a personal injury case, the defense has the right to ask for you to submit to a physical medical exam. The Court will allow it if the defense shows that there is good cause for it. The exams are not for your medical treatment. The whole point of the exam is to rebut your expert medical ...
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Insurance and personal injury lawsuits
In Louisiana, every driver must have insurance. The law helps protect people who are victims of car crashes. As you can imagine, car insurance plays a big part in personal injury lawsuits and personal injury settlements. This article will tell you about a few important types of ...
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Where to file your personal injury lawsuit
If you are hurt and the person who hurt you refuses to make it right, you may have to file a lawsuit. It is not enough to know where “the courthouse” is. You have to know where the right courthouse is. The right courthouse is known as the “venue.” The venue for your personal injury case will depend ...
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What happens if I decide to file a lawsuit?
When potential clients contact us with a potential legal issue, we help guide them and give them all of their options. Filing a lawsuit should never be taken lightly. However, if someone has injured you or impaired your rights, filing a lawsuit may be the only chance to make you whole again or hold ...
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Trucking Lawsuits Help Families Recover
Trucking lawsuits can help families recover after tragedy. Serious injuries can happen in any wreck. But those with 18-wheelers and other trucks are more likely to be serious. Most deaths in large truck crashes are people riding in passenger vehicles. (e.g., smaller cars with families, and regular ...
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Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
Camp Lejeune is a Marine Corps base in Jacksonville, North Carolina, established in 1942. The base and surrounding community have a population of approximately 150,000 people.
Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune
In 1982, the Marine Corps tested drinking water at Camp Lejeune and discovered ...
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