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Generally, the admissibility of biomechanical expert testimony at trial has been permitted, as long as the Rule 702 requirements of relevance and reliability have been met and he/she qualify [...]

Suppose the facts of the accident are simply without dispute. Your driver clearly caused the collision and the injuries are really bad. This post does address the question of disputing [...]

While there are statutory maximum speed limits, there are no statutory minimum speed limits in Louisiana. In recent years there have been attempts to institute minimum speed limits but no law has [...]

A few years ago, we were defending a claim by a volatile plaintiff who claimed to have been injured  by our client’s employee. Among the issues we wanted to address was the [...]

What happens in Louisiana if your driver sees a crime about to be committed and fails to prevent it (or even report it)? Although morally repugnant, there is no legal duty to prevent or [...]

Over and over and over, we see cases in which a car attempts to win the lane against an 18-wheeler. Sure, you may get the lane, but you may lose your life. It’s been said many times, a [...]

Like it or not, globalization is here. With globalization of the economy comes the interaction of foreign nationals as witnesses, plaintiffs  and defendants. At one time, interstate travel [...]

A few years ago, I was defending one of several 18-wheelers involved in a multi-vehicle accident. Honestly, my client was not at fault or at least had minimal fault; however, in Louisiana, even [...]

Trucking companies are required by the United States Department of Transportation to keep an accident register of all accidents. See (49 CFR 390.15) Often times plaintiff’s attorrneys  [...]