When you go to your favorite grocery store, department store or any other place with a parking lot, you will find yourself exposed to injury from vehicles. You may feel relatively safe as you walk into the building, since it's not like you are walking in the street...
Injured Worker
If you have employees, consider these 2 types of liability
When you opened your business here in Louisiana, you probably knew that it could potentially face legal liability from a variety of sources. Every time the company enters into a contract, provides goods or services to customers or lets people in its doors, the...
Trucker deaths hit record high
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released a report that 840 truckers died on the job in 2017. This is up from 786 in 2016 and represents an overall jump of 25 percent since 2011. According to experts, trucker drivers average 26.8 deaths per 10,000 workers,...
Employers may be liable for employee auto accidents
The scope of employment-related activities on the job can be a real grey area for employers and employees. In the past, a worker injured while working at a company would generally fall under the heading of workplace injury. Now, however, employees can work just about...
Reducing the chance of construction site injuries
Louisiana construction workers face risks and hazards every time they step on a job site. This specific type of work can be dangerous, and there are various types of hazards that can lead to a chance of an accident on any given day. In order to reduce the chance of...
Employee suffering severe burns often need compensation
It is all too common to read about stories of employees being injured on the job. Nevertheless, they are an important reminder that employers and employees must be careful.One recent example is a Connecticut worker making repairs to a building who suffered severe...
Is a civil claim an option after a work accident?
A serious work accident can leave a Louisiana worker facing complex injuries and other issues, such as expensive medical bills, inability to return to work and other complications. While many injured workers have grounds to move forward with a workers' compensation...
What does an employer have to do after a workplace accident?
Louisiana workers understand that an accident in their place of work can leave them with both physical injuries and financial losses that can significantly impact their families. If you are suffering after an accident in your workplace, you could have a rightful claim...
How safe are you among the occupational hazards of the oilfield?
If you work in the Louisiana oil and gas industry — onshore or offshore — you earn your income in one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The number of workplace fatalities in this industry is unacceptable, and you have the right to be in a workplace...
Drowsy driving may be the most underreported cause of car crashes
How many times have you gotten up in the morning feeling more tired than you did when you went to bed? Perhaps you can’t count the number of times. If so, you are like many other people here in Louisiana. It seems as though many people live in a constant state of...