Injury Insights

Not automatically. Falling on someone else’s property does not by itself make them liable in Louisiana. The law sets a specific test, and it is stricter than most people expect. What Louisiana actually requires you to prove Claims against a merchant are governed by La. R.S. 9:2800.6. On top of everything else in an ordinary […]

Call the police, photograph everything before the cars are moved, see a doctor the same day, and do not give the other driver’s insurer a recorded statement. Those four things, done in the first two days, decide how hard the rest of your claim is going to be. Here is why each one matters. At […]

Is a crew or service truck really a trucking case? Often it is, and the difference starts with the truck. A crew truck, a hotshot, a vacuum truck or a loaded service pickup does not look like an eighteen wheeler, so people assume this is an ordinary car accident. Federal rules do not go by […]

How do you prove a truck driver was too tired to drive? With records, not testimony. No driver says he fell asleep. Fatigue gets proved by reconstructing where the truck actually was, hour by hour, from documents the carrier generated itself, and then showing that the driving time does not fit inside the limits the […]

How do you get a truck’s black box and ELD data before it is gone? By demanding it in writing, early, and specifically. Trucks generate several separate records, they are held by the carrier rather than by you, and some of them can be lawfully destroyed on a schedule. A general request for “the file” […]

Should I give the trucking company’s insurer a recorded statement? Not before you have spoken to your own lawyer. You are generally not required to give a recorded statement to the other side’s insurer, and there is rarely anything in it for you. Your own insurer is a different matter, because your policy usually requires […]