Personal Injury

FREE CONSULTATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY:

The large personal injury firms hope to sell you on their legitimacy with big name endorsements from sports teams, client testimonials about a big paycheck (maybe that should be private), and the appearance of wealth like private jets or flashy suits. They might not do enough to give you the actual legal information you need to make informed decisions about your injury case.  You’re the boss of your case, and we’re here to help you achieve your goals.

 

Those same big-name firms spend $25,000.00 or more per month in advertising to make sure you know their phone numbers by heart, and that kind of overhead means that they need lots of clients to cover those costs. Here you will get more individualized attention.

 

And we believe you’re smart enough to be given the law and the facts.

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All personal injury and wrongful death claims are derived from Louisiana Civil Code Article 2315, which lawyers call the Fountainhead of Tort. A "Tort" is an injury, which in its Latin roots, means a "twisting," of the law or of the body (injury).  https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109369

 

Here are the basics: You need to show damages (you were hurt) as well as liability (somebody else caused the accident).

 

Damages translate to monetary awards, and liability translates to someone else’s responsibility.  Damages are the end goal of personal injury litigation, but you can’t get there without Liability.

 

You can’t undo broken bones or the pain and suffering of surgeries and trauma, but you can translate those damages into a dollar amount. Certain injuries are worth more or less money – but that’s where lawyers come in, because it’s our job to know how much each injury is worth.  Severity and duration are your key factors.

 

There are different types of damages:

  • General Damages: This is your pain and suffering. Losing a hand is worth more than severing a finger. It’s absurd but true. Some injuries are minimally compensated for despite the amount of pain and suffering they cause, and some are an insurance company’s nightmare.
  • Special Damages: These are your expenses for hospitals, doctors, and whatever else the injuries cost you. These are your out-of-pocket costs.
  • Lost Wages: If you are unable to work due to your injuries, you might be eligible to sue to receive the money you were not able to earn at work, and if you’re permanently disabled, you could be eligible to receive money to cover future lost wages.
  • Wrongful Death: If your loved one is killed in an accident, this action attempts to put a monetary value on that death. Anyone who has lost someone dear knows the truth of this: there is no amount of money that can make up for the loss of your loved one, but that doesn’t mean that whoever is responsible for that death should be off the hook just because of that.
  • Survival Action: This action is paired with a wrongful death action to account for the pain and suffering the deceased was forced to endure as he or she passed away. It is a horrible thing to think of and an even more horrible thing to attempt to put a dollar amount on, but it’s a necessary evil for the same reason as the wrongful death.


We don’t believe in letting those with liability off the hook just because you can’t replace your broken bones or loved ones. The insurance companies exist to anticipate these losses and their business model, unfortunately, forces them to attempt to pay as little as possible.

 

Their job is to compensate you as little as possible, and our job is to make sure the compensation is correct based on you or your family’s injuries. Call for a free consultation.