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Despite the legal requirement for all drivers to carry car insurance, millions of motorists in the United States choose to drive uninsured anyway. Statistics from the Insurance Information Institute reveal that approximately 1 in 8 drivers nationwide, totaling around 28 million Americans, drive without the minimum coverage required by their state law. In Louisiana specifically, an estimated 11-12% of drivers are uninsured, further exacerbating the risks on the road. Like many other states, Louisiana has implemented additional laws, such as the Louisiana No Pay, No Play law, to address the challenges of uninsured and underinsured drivers. Under this law, uninsured motorists may face restrictions in seeking compensation for economic damages in the event of a car accident. Below, our legal team explains everything you need to know about Louisiana’s No Pay, No Play statute and how it may impact your car wreck recovery.

Many different types of motor vehicle crashes and other serious incidents can result in spine injuries, or spinal cord injuries (SCIs), which can vary greatly in terms of their severity. In some cases, a person who sustains a spine injury may be able to recover fully with surgery, therapy, and other forms of health care. In many other instances, however, spinal injuries result in permanent disabilities. When SCIs cause permanent disabilities, those disabilities are often life-altering, affecting the person’s ability to walk, use their arms, and live independently. Indeed, many spinal cord injuries cause devastating paralysis. When a spine injury results from another party’s negligence or intentional act in Louisiana, it may be possible to file a lawsuit to seek compensation and to hold the negligent party accountable.

When motor vehicle collisions occur in and around Shreveport, they often result from a driver’s negligent behavior behind the wheel. Motorists engage in a wide range of dangerous behaviors when they are driving, including forms of aggressive driving, impaired driving, and distracted driving. Are some of these risky behaviors more dangerous than others? And is it possible to predict what kind of driver will engage in a particular kind of hazardous and negligent conduct behind the wheel? A recent study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reported that about 50 percent of all motorists engage in at least one type of dangerous behavior while they are driving, and it may be possible to classify these drivers based on the specific kinds of risky conduct in which they engage.

Pedestrians can be injured in many types of collisions in the Shreveport area, and liability can be difficult to determine with certainty in some injury situations. While negligent motor vehicle drivers might often be at fault for pedestrian injuries, other parties can also be responsible. It is critical to determine liability in a pedestrian crash because determining liability can allow you to file a claim against the liable party or parties who caused the injury. Who is liable for a pedestrian injury in Louisiana? The answer to that question will depend on the specific facts of your case, and an experienced Shreveport pedestrian injury attorney can assess your case for you today to determine liability in your case. In the meantime, the following parties are those who are commonly liable for pedestrian injuries in the Shreveport area.

After a serious car crash in Shreveport or elsewhere in Louisiana, it can be difficult to focus any of your energy on an insurance claim or a lawsuit. To be sure, when injuries are severe and debilitating, or when they result in the death of a loved one, a lawsuit might be the last thing on the minds of the injury victim or their family. With nonfatal yet serious injuries, the injured party may require extensive medical care and physical therapy, in addition to dealing with the psychological ramifications of the collision. Yet if you or someone you love sustained severe or life-threatening injuries in a motor vehicle wreck, it is essential to begin thinking about a claim as soon as you can. If you wait for too long, the statute of limitations could prevent you from obtaining the compensation you deserve.

When most of us think about injuries on airlines, we imagine horrific plane crashes that make national news. While fatal and life-threatening plane crashes are certainly a reason to discuss filing a claim with an aviation injury attorney in Shreveport, many other types of airline injuries do not make national news. Indeed, according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the majority of in-flight and onboard incidents that result in injuries do not lead to fatalities. Rather, most incidents on airplanes result in minor to serious injuries.

Older adults can be at greater risk of a motor vehicle crash than younger drivers, and they can also be at increased risk of serious injury if a collision does occur. Why are older adults sometimes more likely to be involved in traffic wrecks than younger drivers? Among other reasons such as declining vision and slowed reaction time due to certain types of medications, a new study reported in JAMA Open Network suggests that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might also be a causal factor.