According to a recent survey, many drivers in Louisiana feel like going a little bit over the speed limit is okay. Of the 1,000 drivers surveyed by an organization that compiles premium quotes from car insurance companies, the vast majority, 82%, said that they traveled over the speed limit from time to time by up to 15 miles per hour.…

A previous post on this blog talked about how some insurance companies, or even individual claim adjusters, engage in underhanded tactics that are designed more to protect the company’s bottom line than to pay what the company legally owes to an injured Louisiana resident. For example, sometimes carriers may make unreasonably low settlement offers to someone who is hurt just…

According to a preliminary analysis of 2018 figures, the number of fatalities due to pedestrian accidents will come to 6,227, a 4 percent increase over 2017’s numbers. This will be the first time that there have been more than 6,000 pedestrian deaths on this country’s roads since 1990. Perhaps more disturbingly, over the last decade, the number of pedestrian fatalities…

It can happen in a split-second. One minute you are patiently waiting at a stop sign or red light when suddenly, “Bam!” another car crashes into the rear end of yours. Unfortunately, rear-end collisions are relatively common in Houma and nationwide. However, this doesn’t mean the victims of rear-end collisions will not suffer serious injuries in the crash, including whiplash.…