Being a victim of crime such as an assault or attack can be traumatizing and result in physical as well as emotional injuries. If the crime happened on someone else’s property, and the responsible person or business failed to install adequate security, you should connect with a negligent security lawyer for assistance. Our negligent security …
If you are injured due to negligent security, you may want to find out whom to contact. Immediately after the attack, you should seek medical help, even if you only have minor injuries. It can be important to exclude serious conditions. Some head injuries, for example, may not present with symptoms until days or even …
Negligent security is considered an area of premises liability law that deals with negligent property owners or other parties who fail to install adequate security at their premises. A victim of a crime that happened due to negligent security can incur debilitating injuries and other damages. Several crimes can be considered negligent security if they …
Negligent security holds property owners or other responsible parties liable for any injuries or damages that occur due to a lack of adequate security on their premises. Negligent security can happen in a variety of settings and properties, publicly or privately owned. Injured persons who suffer damages due to a third party, such as a …
Negligent security can apply to private property and public property. Commercial, residential, and public property owners can all be held to account for failing to keep their premises adequately safe. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), restaurants, apartment buildings, parking garages, and many other places are common sites for negligent security incidents. However, …
Traffic accidents are always a concern here in New Orleans. One of the ways you could get into one is from a side-impact collision, a type of accident in which one car crashes into the side of another vehicle. It often causes more damage than other types of crashes since a car’s sides are typically …
Drivers in New Orleans must know how to properly navigate the flows of traffic, or they should refrain from driving. Understanding when a motorist has the right of way to proceed is essential to avoid a collision, and a motorist whose failures to yield caused your collision may be financially liable for covering losses from …
You are minding your business when suddenly a car hits you from the side. Maybe you were just going through an intersection or driving on the highway when another driver makes a wrong move. The consequences of a side-impact crash can be expensive and life-altering. Your vehicle does not take crashes from the sides as …
Riding a motorcycle is a freeing experience, but an accident can turn something fun into something you fear. Without the protection of a vehicle, motorcycle accidents often result in serious injuries and death. You and your family should not continue to suffer financially from the consequences of an accident someone else caused. An Anaheim motorcycle …
Hit and run accidents are baffling for many reasons. Victims often have little time or awareness to figure out what happened when another driver causes an accident and flees the scene. In some situations, severe physical injuries leave a victim helpless against a driver who decides to leave the area. Hit and run accidents also …
Louisiana Retail Law business owners are responsible for maintaining the proper level of security for their patrons and other bystanders. Sometimes this duty is unkept, and criminal activities take place, harming others. If you are suffering from injuries or have lost a family member due to criminal activity on someone’s commercial premises, you may be …
If your loved one is suffering from abuse after you left their care in the hands of a nursing home, you might be suffering as well – both emotionally and financially. When nursing homes put their residents in harm or immediate jeopardy, they should be held accountable. This is unacceptable, and we are here to …
If a corporation or business has been negligent and attempted to maximize profits over the safety of their workers, clients, or customers, a class action lawsuit can be a powerful tool for getting justice and compensation. Filing a lawsuit as a single person against a large corporation may not only be daunting and expensive, it …
Getting hurt in a bus accident can be traumatizing and painful. Accident victims may have to deal with horrific injuries, large medical bills, and extensive property damage. However, if someone else’s negligence caused your bus accident in New Orleans, you may be able to recover compensation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) figures show that …
Head-on collisions can be fatal and may leave victims with serious injuries, even if those injuries are not life-threatening. These kinds of collisions can result from driver distraction, intoxication, and other types of negligence. You or a loved one may be able to pursue compensation for losses from a head-on collision. Whether it is the …
Environmental injustice and environmental racism are unacceptable and cause detrimental health conditions, as well as premature deaths, in communities across the United States. Unfortunately, it is often the most at-risk in society who are affected by environmental injustice, including minority and poor communities. Environmental injustice particularly affects the children living in these communities. According to …
The polluter pays principle requires that those who cause any pollution should also pay for the consequences. The principle affects any type of pollution, whether land, air, or water. If, for example, an industrial facility produces any toxic waste or chemicals as a by-product of their operations, they should ensure the safe disposal of such …
The causes of the environmental justice movement lie deep in the racial inequality that pervaded America in the 1960s and still rears its head today, 60 years later. The movement is addressing the burden of disadvantages (as well as the lack of advantages and amenities) that Black and poor communities throughout the United States have …
Several individuals, primarily people of color, who wanted to address environmental injustice, started the environmental justice movement. Environmental justice leans heavily on the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination against any person based on their color, race, sex, religion, or national origin. The environmental justice movement essentially wishes to remove …
Legal action involving environmental justice claims can be filed in local state or federal court. There are limited guidelines on who can bring an environmental justice claim. It largely depends on what type of claim it is. For example, there are civil claims and criminal claims. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), criminal environmental …
