Who’s at fault for an accident directly impacts the personal injury damages you may recover. In Louisiana, if your injury accident was ostensibly caused in part by another person, but you share culpability for the conditions that led to it, how much compensation you...
If you’ve been charged with embezzlement or suspect you soon will be, you are facing extremely serious consequences if convicted. And if you think you can face those charges alone—even if you know you’re innocent!—you may gamble away decades of your freedom wasting...
If you live in a tort reform state, such as Louisiana, you may be affected in a number of ways. For example, it may be more difficult to find an attorney to take your case. And, unfortunately, another side effect is that the progress of patient safety initiatives may...
A bump, jolt, or blow to the head that doesn’t cause an external wound is too often considered no big deal. Even when a person is knocked unconscious, when they come to and seem fine, it appears there is no reason for concern. The Silent Epidemic—Traumatic Brain...
The Construction Industry Is The Most Dangerous Occupation For U.S. Workers When a worker is injured due to dangerous conditions on a construction site because of poor safety standards and/or poorly maintained equipment, the consequences can be disastrous. The best...
Business Attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana Experienced Breach of Duty and Unfair Competition Lawyer in Shreveport When a breach of duty and/or unfair competition occurs, enormous damage can be done to businesses and individuals. Thus, there are laws governing such...
When It’s Time to Sue, Shreveport/Bossier City Lawyer is Prepared to Help You Litigate As you know, it’s infuriating when your good faith contract has been violated or “breached” by the other party. Any obligations to which you agreed have been met. But the other...
According to local news reports, at approximately 3 a.m. on December 23, 2017, officers were dispatched to a citizen complaint of a man passed out in a vehicle in the roadway at a red light in the 200 block of Lake Street. Officers arrived on the scene and...
Probation and parole are both alternatives to incarceration. Probation typically occurs prior to and often instead of jail or prison time, whereas parole is marked by an early release from prison. Under both probation and parole conditions, the party is supervised and...
The U.S. Constitution guarantees some very basic rights to any citizen who is accused of a crime. The biggest right of all is the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. In other words, until and unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that you...