Even though symptoms of malignant mesothelioma usually do not occur until decades after the person was exposed to asbestos, it is usually easy to identify where and how the asbestos exposure occurred. A disproportionate number of mesothelioma diagnoses occur in people who were exposed to asbestos dust in the context of their work in the… Read More
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Louisiana Road Rage Statistics
Driving when you are drunk or drowsy is plenty dangerous, but so is driving when you are angry or stressed. Of course, given today’s 24-hour news cycle of doom and the high price of almost everything, no one would go anywhere if you had to be stress-free to get behind the wheel. Fortunately, Louisiana is… Read More
Can Exposure to Talcum Powder Cause Malignant Mesothelioma?
By now, the fact that exposure to asbestos dust is the main cause of malignant mesothelioma is so well known that the use of mesothelioma in building materials has been illegal for decades. Even asbestos-containing products that carry a low risk of asbestos dust inhalation, such as artificial snow for Christmas decorations, disappeared from the… Read More
What Does a Car Accident Injury Have to Do With Your Hormones?
Hormones affect your health in more ways than you realize. When you were a preteen, you learned that the body changes associated with puberty were the result of hormones, many of them produced by the pituitary gland. You might not have known, though, that the pituitary gland and its hormones play a role in your… Read More
Golf Cart Accidents in Louisiana
Louisiana is one of the lowest ranked states in many measures of health and safety; with high rates of chronic diseases and drunk driving and limited access to healthcare, the risk of dying an untimely death in Louisiana is higher than it is in most other states, especially when you also factor in violent crime… Read More
Staying Safe While Driving in the Louisiana Winter
Some people will tell you that the best way to stay warm in the winter in Louisiana is with red beans and rice. Others say that nothing beats étouffée for keeping you warm, while still another contingent favors beignets and hot chocolate. Unfortunately, we will probably never get to find out who is right because… Read More
Garbage Truck Accidents
In September 2023, an Elton man died after a collision with a garbage truck. The garbage truck was stopped on the right shoulder of U.S. 165 in Allen Parish. Kevin Todd Miller was driving his pickup truck on U.S. 165 at around 7:30 in the evening, and when he saw the garbage truck by the… Read More
Vicarious Liability and Louisiana Car Accidents
Car accidents are not about greed, and they are not about revenge. People injured in car accidents do not file personal injury lawsuits to get rich or to get even with the party responsible for the accident. They are just trying to get enough money to pay their accident-related medical bills; they are effectively seeking… Read More
Pedestrian Accidents
As in so many places in the United States, sidewalks are not easy to find in most parts of Louisiana. If you want to go for a scenic drive past the bayous, the possibilities are almost limitless, but if your goal is to walk from point A to point B, the layout of Louisiana does… Read More
Seeking Damages for Chronic Pain in a Car Accident Lawsuit
You can empathize, but can you really feel someone else’s pain? Medical professionals often ask patients to rate their pain on a scale from one to ten, and some medical journals have even gone so far as to describe pain as the fifth vital sign, but measuring pain is ultimately subjective. Two people might respond… Read More