Car Accidents

Each year, thousands of pedestrian accidents occur in the United States. While some are fatal, many more result in serious injuries. The common reasons for pedestrian accidents include drunk driving, drunk walking and distracted driving. While pedestrians may have no...

In 2021, the state of Louisiana reported a total of 997 highway fatalities, breaking its previous 2007 record of 993 deaths by motor vehicle accidents. With an average of 3 deaths per day and 914 crashes in total, the rise in car accidents is alarming and therefore...

Researchers are still studying all of the potential effects that a concussion can have on a person, both in the short term and long term. A person who has suffered a concussion, which is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI), can experience physical, psychological,...

For a few years now, people have been excitedly discussing the idea of self-driving cars as prestige vehicle brands introduced features that allow vehicles to operate with less human management. Although the idea of vehicles driving themselves seems scary, research...

It’s possible that you could witness an accident without being a part of it. For instance, you might see a vehicle run a red light and hit another one or see a driver cross the center line before colliding with oncoming traffic. If you do find that you’ve witnessed a...

Teenage drivers are just learning how to get from one place to another safely. They have some basic training, but it’s experience that they’re trying to build now. Driving technology could be helpful in preventing collisions caused by errors made by new teen drivers,...

In Baton Rouge and elsewhere, crash victims often struggle with feelings long after physical injuries have healed. It is not unusual for trauma to trouble crash victims for months or even years after the accidents. The condition is known as post-traumatic stress...

If you are involved in an automobile collision, one of the things you’ll do to get compensated is make an insurance claim for what you’ve been through. You may ask that the insurance provider covers time you’ve missed off work or surgery that you had to have after you...

Victims of TBI caused by car accidents in Baton Rouge and elsewhere in Louisiana often face significant changes to how they lived their lives before. Living with the consequences of traumatic brain injuries is made even more difficult because these injuries are...

Whether you cook at a restaurant or paint finished products on an assembly line, your job requires some amount of physical effort. Even people who sit in an office may need time off of work when they have serious injuries or severe pain. If you suffer an injury that...