What is UM Coverage, and why do you need it? Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage, often referred to as “UM coverage,” protects you if you are injured in an automobile collision caused by a driver who has no insurance…
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In Louisiana, the following driver in a rear-end collision is presumed to be at fault for causing the crash. The following driver can only avoid liability and rebut this presumption by proving that he kept his vehicle under control, closely…
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Before the holidays, we discussed one of our client’s automobile collision cases and talked about the legal assistant assigned to that case. In that blog, the idea of a “home visit” was mentioned. This week, we want to explain that…
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Last Thursday night, GCJ’s Metairie branch showed their solidarity with the homeless or struggling youth of New Orleans in a fundraiser hosted by Covenant House called the Sleep Out. The young men and women on the streets of the greater…
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“Voir dire” is a phrase that American courts have borrowed from French and Latin, and it can be roughly translated to mean “speak the truth.” In the American justice system, we use the phrase “voir dire” to refer to the…
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One of GCJ’s current auto collision cases involves a client who was injured in a car accident with her children. While our client was making a legal left turn, another vehicle proceeded and hit our client’s car head on. The…
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Our personal injury firm sees clients with burns, amputations, and paralysis. Some of the worst and most challenging injuries we see are traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs. This week we want to talk a little bit about how to help…
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“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” A form of the Golden Rule can be found in every major religion, and it is universally understood across disparate cultures and nationalities. The same cannot be said for…
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If our civil justice system must give a benefit to someone, who deserves to receive that benefit — an injured person, or the person who made the bad decision that caused the injury? This is the question that the collateral…
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As a personal injury firm, the hardest part of all of our jobs is to see good people at the mercy of another person’s or company’s careless mistakes. Almost 100% of our automobile cases could be totally avoided by marginal…
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