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Rice & Kendig explains average car accident settlements in Louisiana! Get a free case review today & protect your compensation.

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Are you wondering what your Louisiana personal injury case might be worth? It could be more than you think. Often, insurance companies rely on general formulas to calculate personal injury settlements that fail to reflect the true amount that your injuries have cost you. The team at Rice & Kendig knows that this is not fair.

No family is ever prepared to lose a loved one because of someone else’s mistake. The emotional weight of such a loss can be overwhelming. While no amount of money can undo the damage, a wrongful death settlement can help ease the financial burden that follows.

Intoxicated driving is a serious issue in Louisiana as it is throughout the country. In fact, data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicates that about one-third of all deadly vehicle wrecks involve intoxicated driving, and that number is slightly higher in Louisiana. Drunk driving causes motorists, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians to sustain severe and even deadly injuries, leaving victims and their families to suffer countless economic and non-economic damages. In some states, dram shop laws allow these victims of drunk driving accidents to not only sue the drunk driver for damages, but to sue the restaurant or bar that served the driver as well. However, under the provisions of Louisiana dram shop laws, this is rarely the case. Below, our Shreveport drunk driving accident lawyers break down the most common questions such as – what are dram shop laws? How will these laws potentially affect my car accident claim?

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have a wide range of causes, from slip and fall accidents or falls from heights to recreational sport accidents. Yet for people of all ages, auto accidents are one of the leading causes of head trauma. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 25 percent of all reported TBIs occur in traffic collisions, including those affecting motor vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Of those who sustain TBIs in motor vehicle collisions, approximately 30 percent are mild TBIs, or concussions, and about 70 percent are classified as moderate or severe TBIs, according to a study published in the journal Brain Communications. Below, Shreveport brain injury lawyers at Rice & Kendig break down the most common types of brain injuries that occur in motor vehicle crashes.