Since its inception, Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms® rankings have recognized the Baton Rouge, Louisiana law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C.. For 2015, Best Law Firms recognizes Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. in the following four practice areas: (1) Personal…
Sitting en banc, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently affirmed the highest general damage award to a minor child for the wrongful death of a parent in Louisiana. The jury awarded $2.5 million in general damages to the minor boy for the devastating loss of his non-custodial mother,…
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 State Police investigated the ninth auto accident fatality of the year in Troop D yesterday in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. According to the LSP news release, a truck driven by an unbelted DeRidder man crossed the center line of Louisiana Highway 26. An oncoming SUV took evasive action, but was…
La. R.S. 9:2794(A)(3) requires the Louisiana medical malpractice plaintiff to prove that as a “proximate result” of the defendant’s failure to use the required degree of care, “the plaintiff suffered injuries that would not otherwise have been incurred.” In a situation where the patient dies, the Louisiana Supreme Court has…
In Guy v. Brown, 2011-0099 (La.App. 4 Cir. 7/6/11), 67 So.3d 704, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal held that a wrongful death claim arising out of medical malpractice must be brought within the three year peremptive period set forth in La. R.S. 9:5628. Therefore, if the death occurs…
Louisiana State Police Troop E investigated 2011’s forty-third fatal crash on August 8, 2011 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. This crash occurred around 3:39 p.m. on Campti Bayou Road and claimed the life of a sixteen year old passenger of a Chevrolet truck that lost control at a high rate of…
In Brooks. v. State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, 2010-1908 (La.7/1/11), the Louisiana Supreme Court held that the scope of duty of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to maintain the shoulder of a Louisiana state highway does not encompass the risk that a driver of…
A Holden, Louisiana, woman died in a two car wreck on Louisiana Highway 447 south of I-12 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, when her 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier crossed the center line of Louisiana Highway 447 just north of Louisiana Highway 16 after entering a right-hand curve. The Cavalier collided head-on with…
A 23 year old Louisiana man was killed on March 25, 2011 in Rapides Parish when he lost control of his Suzuki motorcycle on Robinson Bridge Road causing him to leave the highway and collide with several small trees. The motorcycle operator’s helmet was not strapped and came off during…