Every year, lawyers work to resolve nearly half a million personal injury lawsuits all over the United States. However, only a tiny percentage of cases actually make it to trial, and most are settled outside of court. From issues with a faulty product to accidents in the workplace, the details of these personal injury cases […]
It’s natural to have that anxious feeling when you find yourself next to a tractor-trailer truck on the highway. In fact, in 2019, more than four thousand people died in large truck-related car accidents. This is an unfortunate new high, up about 30 percent since a decade ago. Unfortunately, most of these accidents involved tractor-trailer […]
The reality is that work-related fatalities and injuries still occur. In 2018, 5,250 people died from job-related accidents or illnesses — that’s 3.5 per 100,000 full-time injured workers in the U.S. However, your employer and their insurers are on the hook for causing life-altering accidents. Insurers paid a whopping $13.2 billion in combined losses or […]
On average, over 90 people die in car accidents across the United States every day. That means 3 million injured annually, with 2 million suffering from permanent injuries each year. These numbers tell us that, despite our best efforts, auto accidents can sometimes be completely inevitable. Even if you drive defensively, you can’t account for […]
While employers must provide a safe work environment, including proper training and hazard communications to their workers, workplace injuries still happen all the time, with 2.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers every year. Whether you’re in the food service, retail, hospitality, or janitorial industry, you’re at risk for potential short- and long-term on-the-job injuries. Here’s […]
In major cities like New Orleans, Metairie, and Baton Rouge, pedestrians have a lot to be wary of: With hundreds of thousands of residents, streetcars and city buses, and at least one car per household, there is a lot of commotion on the streets. So even though pedestrians outweigh the number of cars on the […]
Here are two worrisome truths about the potential for personal injuries in Louisiana right now: First off, the number of fatal crashes is higher than the national average. Secondly, collision frequency is significantly higher in Louisiana than anywhere else in the country. This tells you that the rise in accident frequency and severity in places […]
Motorcycle accidents are all-too-common in today’s world. In fact, collisions involving a motorcycle accounted for 5,014 deaths and 84,000 injuries in 2019. And unfortunately, some accidents are even worse and they often involve pedestrians, cyclists, and other motorists. In other words, you don’t have to be the rider of a motorcycle to be involved in […]
