Most states have laws that require drivers to have a minimum threshold of liability insurance. Liability insurance covers a driver for damages or injures the he or she causes in a car accident. Per Louisiana Revised Statute § 32:900, the minimum liability coverage limits are $15,000 per person, $30,000 of bodily injury coverage per accident, [...]
WBRZ reported a 45-year-old Raceland woman was arrested after striking multiple juveniles with her vehicle while reportedly impaired Friday evening. According to Louisiana State Police, Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash involving five pedestrians on Island Road south of LA 665 around 6:00 p.m. The impaired driver was reportedly traveling south on Island Road in [...]
According to WBRZ, two people are dead after a crash caused by a 14-year-old driver. Shortly before 2 a.m. Monday, March 23, Louisiana State Police began investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash. The crash occurred on LA 74 west of US 61 in Ascension Parish. According to a release, 42-year-old Robert Stafford and his passenger 45-year-old [...]
WBRZ reported a fatal motorcycle crash happened Tuesday, March 20. The incident was reported around 8:15 p.m. in the 1000 block of Nicholson Drive. The crash involved an SUV and a motorcycle. Sources tell WBRZ the driver of the motorcycle lost control, veered into the other lane, and crashed into the SUV. If you ride [...]
Imagine this nightmare scenario, you instruct your long-time insurance agent to obtain primary and excess property insurance coverage on your home because you know that accidents and catastrophic weather can strike at any time. The agent assures you that he has obtained the coverage you requested, prompting you to sign the contract without hesitation because [...]
KATC reported that police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for killing cattle in Port Barre. Jameson Lagrange, 20, was arrested by the Louisiana Livestock Brand Commission on four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. According to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, a rancher recently [...]
A two-vehicle crash that occurred Friday afternoon has left at least three people injured. According to the Denham Springs Police Department, the accident occurred on 4H Club road near Springwood Boulevard. Officials say three people sustained injuries as a result of the crash, one of which was transported in serious condition. Guest Passenger Louisiana [...]
Bar patron electrocuted to death Recently the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff was entitled to $450,000 in survival damages in a wrongful death and survival action against a utility company following a bar patron’s death from electrocution. The bar owner and another witness testified that the patron began shaking after clutching a [...]
Most insurance policies extend the definition of an uninsured motor vehicle to include a hit-and-run vehicle. A hit-and-run vehicle may be defined as a vehicle that causes bodily injury to the insured arising out of physical contact of such vehicle with the insured or with the automobile, which the insured is occupying at the time [...]
According to WBRZ, a major roadway in West Baton Rouge was shut down as law enforcement responded to an apparent work accident involving power lines the morning of Tuesday, July 17. LA 415 was closed near I-10 around 11:20 a.m. after sheriff's deputies and paramedics arrived on the scene. Sources told WBRZ that a crew [...]