Long-haul drivers spend several hours behind the wheels of their big rigs. They, too, can get bored and complacent, which can lead them to look for distractions to keep their minds active while they travel. Sadly, distracted driving causes many trucking accidents in Louisiana and elsewhere. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
Many Louisiana residents are wary enough to ask their doctors questions when they are not comfortable with a diagnosis or course of treatment. However, many of us tend to simply hand a prescription to a pharmacist without even thinking twice when we are given what we hope is the medication that was prescribed. Each year, many people are injured by…
Every Louisiana resident deserves to get the best treatment possible from an attending medical staff when ill or injured. If that care is not received, a patient could suffer a serious injury or even die. If medical malpractice led to such an outcome, a lawsuit may be filed against the party or parties who are believed to be responsible. For…
Every medical professional in Louisiana is required to meet certain standards of care when treating and/or attending to patients. When those standards are not met, it is the patients that suffer. If you or a member of your family suffered an injury at the hands of a doctor, nurse or other member of staff, it could be considered medical malpractice.…
When some Louisiana readers think of medication errors, their thoughts may automatically go to doctors and nurses as the ones who make the mistakes. However, doctor negligence is not the only cause of these errors. Pharmacists are as fallible as any other medical professional, and they are just as capable of making serious and even deadly mistakes. Some pharmacist errors…
Distracted driving can have devastating consequences. It is the cause of many severe injuries and even deaths on nationwide roadways, including in Louisiana. A car accident that recently occurred on La. 109 resulted in the death of one person, and officers apparently had reason to suspect that distractions caused the fatal crash. Accident investigators said a 23-year-old driver of a…
Anyone in Louisiana who works in construction already knows that the industry can be dangerous. For many construction workers, the four most common causes of construction site accidents will not come as a surprise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified the top four dangers to be from falling, being struck by something, being caught in or between objects,…
Most adults in Louisiana know that medications can make someone either better or worse depending on whether they are properly administered. When medications are not properly administered, the ramifications can range from mild to deadly. Many medical malpractice claims have been filed due to patients suffering serious side effects such as permanent disability or death from receiving either the wrong…
According to a Brown University study of approximately six million senior citizens on Medicare, Alexandria, Louisiana is the number one city in America for prescribing medications to senior citizens that are considered to be “high risk” drugs. As a matter of fact, patients that live in the south are far more likely than patients in New England to be prescribed…
Parents in Louisiana may agree there is nothing as gut-wrenching as the thought of losing a child. Imagine that an individual’s child is pronounced dead — but the body never cools off and there is no sign of rigor mortis. Imagine the parents fighting with doctors and staff to reevaluate their child that has already been pronounced dead. Imagine the…