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Approximately 4.5 million dog bites occur annually in the United States, and about 800,000 require medical attention, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While dogs can be important members of many families, they can also be extremely dangerous, and Canine Journal suggests that many dog bite victims are attacked by dogs they know in some capacity (such as their own dog, or a dog belonging to a friend, family member, or neighbor). Being bitten by a dog, or learning that your child has sustained a dog bite injury, can be disorienting and devastating. Yet in many circumstances, if you want to be able to file a dog bite claim and to seek compensation in the aftermath of an animal attack, it will be important to take certain steps after the injury occurs.

When a person is injured in a traffic collision or in another kind of incident, the steps that must be taken in order to file a claim for compensation might seem a bit clearer since the person filing the lawsuit was there at the scene of the injury. For example, the injured person might know to collect any evidence, to take photographs, and to identify potential witnesses. The injured person also might know to seek medical attention quickly, and then to talk with a lawyer about timelines for filing a claim. However, the steps that need to be taken in advance of a wrongful death lawsuit can seem much less clear and often feel more complicated for surviving family members.

If you were recently injured in a motorcycle crash in the Shreveport area, you should be trying to determine: who is responsible for paying for my losses? Determining liability for a motorcycle injury can allow the injury victim to file a claim in order to seek compensation for medical care, lost wages, and more. Similar to other types of traffic collisions, liability in many motorcycle crashes will be based on how and why the wreck occurred. In many circumstances, a negligent motorist will be responsible. Yet other parties can also be liable for different reasons. You should always discuss the specific facts of your case with a personal injury lawyer in Shreveport who can help you to determine liability and to move forward with a claim. In the meantime, we can provide you with more information about parties that are commonly liable for motorcycle crashes.

Car crashes and automobile collisions have many different names depending upon how the wreck occurred and, in some cases, how many vehicles were involved. You might hear about, for example, a head-on collision (meaning a frontal collision, or crash in which two vehicles collide with one another while traveling in opposite directions), a rear-end crash (where one vehicle strikes the car in front of it, often as a result of distracted driving or following too closely), or a pileup collision (typically involving three or more vehicles that have each hit the vehicle in front from behind, creating a chain-reaction “pileup” of vehicles). Another common term to describe a type of crash is a side-impact collision.

Sometimes companies create dangerous or defective products that cause harm to many people, which means that there can be dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even more people who want to file a civil lawsuit against that company for the same type of injury. These types of “mass” injuries often involve defects or hazards in consumer products, but they can also result from industrial accidents, and sometimes even from the mishandling of environmental disasters. The important thing is that they involve a “mass” of people who have been injured, legally speaking. If you are someone who has suffered the same type of injury as others in your community, or other parties you have seen on the news, you might have started to research your options for seeking compensation. In doing so, you have likely come across information about mass tort claims and class action lawsuits.

Few drivers in Louisiana anticipate being involved in a motor vehicle collision and needing to gather evidence in order to prove that another driver was at fault. While many car crash injuries can result in compensation through an insurance claim, there are also many cases where the injured person must file a civil lawsuit against the party they believe to be responsible for the wreck in order to seek full compensation for their losses. In the event of a civil lawsuit, what types of evidence will you need to prove fault? Consider the following information from our Shreveport traffic crash lawyers.

How do wrongful deaths happen in Shreveport and across Louisiana? In order to understand some of the common causes of wrongful deaths, it is essential to understand what this legal term means. In any situation where someone dies, it might feel wrongful — as if that person should have had more time left. Yet the term “wrongful death” has a specific legal meaning, and it refers to fatal injuries or deaths resulting from another party’s fault, according to Louisiana law. When another party’s fault causes someone else’s death, that party’s fault will typically result from either negligence (a careless act or omission that was not intended to cause harm but did) or an intentionally harmful act (such as an intentional assault).