If Louisiana has just enough danger to make things interesting, Florida is downright terrifying. Sure, New Orleans has drugs, aggressive drivers, and corruption, but it is got nothing on Miami. Whereas the wilds of Florida teem with frightening introduced species and with desperate humans who have nothing left to hope for except for Florida Man notoriety, Louisiana is a place where friendly folks can have a good time. In Louisiana, you can hunt the best meat, catch the best seafood, make a roux, and cook it all up to share with friends and family. Unlike in Florida, no water hyacinth, nutria, or Nile monitor lizard will put a damper on your fishing trip.
Louisiana does have its share of alligators, and while alligator attacks in Louisiana occur at a small fraction of the frequency of alligator attacks in Florida, our gators are just as capable of harming humans. The owners of property where alligators lounge and swim have a legal responsibility to ensure that the gators cannot get close enough to people to pose a danger; people injured by alligators on private property have the right to sue the property owners for premises liability. If you have been injured in an alligator attack in Louisiana, contact a Houma personal injury lawyer.
What if Your Dad is Not There to Punch Gators in the Face?
The mouth of Bayou St. John, where it meets Lake Pontchartrain, is a popular place to swim in the summer, especially in the early evening, when the weather is starting to cool off. People lounge on the sandbar or swim in the shallow water. Lake Pontchartrain has a considerable population of alligators, but they usually stay away from humans. One evening in the summer of 2024, a gator was feeling adventuresome, and it approached the swimmers. As it swam toward a nine-year-old boy, the other children began shouting to warn him that the gator was approaching, but he thought they were kidding.
The gator bit the boy’s leg, but before it could pull him under the water, the boy’s father sprang into action and began punching the gator in the face until it released the boy and swam away. First responders transported the boy to a hospital; he returned home to recover after a brief hospitalization.
It was the first alligator attack on a human in Louisiana in many years. After the attack, Orleans Parish officials decided to post a sign on the sandbar that says “no swimming” in English and Spanish and has a picture of an alligator. News sources did not say whether the boy’s family filed a premises liability lawsuit against the parish.
Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey About Personal Injury Cases
A personal injury lawyer can help you get the money you need after an accident where you got injured in an animal attack at a recreational area. Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey in Houma, Louisiana to set up a consultation about your case.
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