In Louisiana State Police Troop G, 27 fatal crashes were investigated in 2012, with 22% of those Louisiana auto accidents involving impaired drivers. Louisiana’s DUI or DWI laws apply to operators of motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance. Under Louisiana law, La.R.S. 13:98.1, an operator or…
LOOK OUT FOR MOTORCYCLES!!! According to performance measures developed by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The Governor’s Highway Safety Association, 80 motorcyclists were killed in Louisiana accidents in 2011, 59 of whom were helmeted. On June 15, 2013, another fatal motorcycle accident occurred on Louisiana Highway 1065…
Louisiana Trial Lawyer, B. Scott Andrews, of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., has been selected for membership in The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Scott Andrews is already a 2012-2013 member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40…
Every member (Paul H. Dué, Kirk A. Guidry, Randy A. Piedrahita and B. Scott Andrews) of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. has been named to the 2013 Super Lawyers list for Louisiana. The reason is clear – more than 25 years…
Dué, Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2013 list, with first tier rankings in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability-Plaintiff. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury law firm has been ranked in the first tier every year since the…
We lawyers are paid to talk, and talk we do. We talk too much. We never learn anything by talking, but we are driven to it. I saw this at a closing I attended with my wife. The closing attorney talked the whole time, interrupted my wife and everyone else…
Congratulations to Baton Rouge, Louisiana trial lawyer, Scott Andrews, of the law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., for being recognized as one of America’s top young trial lawyers. Scott Andrews has been invited to join the invitation only professional organization, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under…
As of August 1, 2012, the Louisiana Supreme Court is accepting electronic or e-filing of documents from Louisiana attorneys in good standing. Attorneys interested in this voluntary program must first participate in a 30-minute online training session provided on the Louisiana Supreme Court website in order to obtain a password…
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury lawyers at Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. salute the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit for cracking down on insurance fraud. Insurance fraud investigators made three arrests in July 2012 arising out of the submission of fraudulent insurance claims. The first involved a…
There is a one year prescriptive period for survival action claims in Louisiana. The right to recover survival action damages for injuries sustained by a deceased person prior to their death may be brought only by the following exclusive class of beneficiary (including by adoption): (1) The surviving spouse and…