Lake Charles Personal Injury Law Blog

As a driver, you typically do your best to avoid dangerous situations. After all, you don't want to get into a crash that causes you or anyone else in your vehicle injuries. One thing you should always try to keep in mind is that certain kinds of collisions and crashes are far more dangerous than others.

One of the most dangerous kinds of motor vehicle accident is the underrride collision. These accidents involve a smaller passenger vehicle ending up trapped underneath a larger commercial truck. They can happen in a variety of ways, and they often lead to catastrophic injuries and death, as well as the total destruction of the smaller vehicle. You want to avoid any kind of crash with a commercial truck, especially underride collisions.

Police brutality has been in the spotlight in the U.S. for several years, particularly when it concerns people of color. Many residents of Louisiana and elsewhere are concerned about violent actions that law enforcement officers may commit against civilians during a police encounter, whether it be an investigation or attempted arrest.

Officers have the right to use force during an arrest, especially if the suspect is being confrontational or poses a danger to self or others. Such force that is usually deemed legally acceptable may be the use of a taser or bodily strength when officers attempt to detain a person. However, it may be all too easy for physical force to become excessive, resulting in serious harm or fatal injuries.

When Louisiana residents like you go to any type of medical professional, you're placing your health and safety in their hands. Unfortunately, mistakes can still happen. Schwalben Law Firm is here to help if you get involved in a harmful situation that stems from negligence.

Many factors can contribute to negligence in the medical field. A number of these factors can be boiled down to problems among the staff. For example, the well-being of employees can have a huge impact on how patients are cared for. There's a rather large epidemic currently affecting the medical community in which understaffed, overburdened hospitals have grueling hours. This schedule set-up can make it difficult for the staff to be properly rested. In turn, the lack of sleep can contribute to inattentiveness, inefficiency, and mistakes.

Most people in Louisiana who drive vehicles do so responsibly and with the awareness that doing so is a way of keeping themselves, their loved ones and even strangers safe. It would be nice for all residents to assume that every other driver on the road takes that same approach when getting behind the wheel of an automobile. Unfortunately that is not always the case as there are many people who drive recklessly or make poor and dangerous choices that put others in harm's way.

Such was the case in St. John the Baptist Parish on one evening recently when one driver's decisions ended up injuring not only himself but another driver and, even worse, claiming the life of another person. According to reports from Fox 8 Live, a man driving a Chevy pickup truck along a stretch of LA 636-3 attempted to make a left turn but instead of successfully completing the turn, his truck was struck by an oncoming sedan.