Louisiana insurance companies aggressively defend car accident cases. So, act quickly to protect your rights and strengthen your personal injury case. Some useful tips are: 1) Do not move the involved vehicles from the scene, if possible. The position of vehicles after a car or truck accident says a lot about how the accident happened. […]
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Making a claim for damages after an automobile accident involving a bicycle is similar to making a claim for collisions involving two motor vehicles. First, in Louisiana you have one year after the accident to make a claim for personal injuries and damages to your bicycle caused by a vehicle’s negligent driver. Second, you will
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Clients often come to me after being injured in a car accident with questions and concerns about property damage. A client can make a claim on his or her own insurance for property damage if he or she has collision coverage. However, clients often do not want to do this and rather that the insurance
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When the shock subsides after an automobile accident, many accident victims’ attention turns to fixing their property damage. In order to do this, insurance claims need to be made. Police reports are valuable sources of information necessary to make insurance claims and are used by insurance companies to determine what party caused an accident. Thus,
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Surveillance after an accident is a real possibility. Insurance companies use surveillance investigators to video or picture plaintiffs (i.e., accident victims making claims) as part of their investigation process. The purpose is to determine if a plaintiff is as hurt and disabled as he or she claims to medical professionals. Surveillance is an attempt to
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I have posted previous articles about the post-crash investigation an accident victim should do. My tips included obtaining insurance information from all involved drivers. I cannot stress enough how important it is to obtain the other driver’s insurance information. This is also the case for pedestrian accidents: If you were hit as pedestrian or bicyclist
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To repair damages after automobile accidents, insurance claims should be started. If the other driver was at fault, a claim against that driver’s insurance carrier can be started for property damage and personal injuries. However, you may want to start a claim against your own insurance company for UM benefits. I have written a separate
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To repair damages after automobile accidents, insurance claims must be started. If the other driver was at fault, a claim against that driver’s insurance carrier can be started for property damage and personal injuries. I have written a separate article for starting claims against uninsured motorist insurance when UM is available. A driver can make
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Clients often ask me: “Do I have to give a recorded statement after an accident?” The answer is: No, Louisiana personal injury victims are not obligated to give recorded statements after an accident to insurance companies. However, if an accident victim has consulted and retained a personal injury attorney, who has counseled the victim and
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