Louisiana Personal Injury Updates

A car accident on Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge left the Secretary of State injured and in need of surgery. He had injuries to his chest, back, and pelvis. The two car accident happened last week. The driver of the other car was not injured. Dardenne was traveling in the center lane of Interstate-12 near its split with I-10 in Baton Rouge last Monday when his Infiniti veered to the right and...

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The Navy rented a bus that hit a car and killed a man in 2004. The bus did not have any power steering fluid. The wife of the man killed sued the Navy and the bus rental company for wrongful death. The jury found the Navy and Eddie's Bus Service responsible for his death and awarded the widow $3 Million in damages. Peter Williams was stopped on River Road on Sept. 9, 2004 - waiting for a...

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A federal appeals court voided a new rule that increased limits on the amount of hours truck drivers could drive in a week. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration increased the maximum driving hours for truck drivers to 77 hours from 60 over 7 days, and 88 hours from 70 over 8 days, in 2005.The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that there was not...

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A 25-year-old man from Laplace was killed in a pedestrian accident in Norco on July 15th. He was leaving a bar when he walked in front of a Mitsubishi Galant. The victim had been drinking alcohol before the accident. The victim was killed around 5 a.m. today when he walked out of the Spillway Bar, 15641 Airline Highway, in Norco, and directly into the southbound lanes of travel, said Senior...

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Jack Hines stated that he was eating some Frito-Lay chips on Tuesday, when he came across a fried mouse. Frito-Lay Inc. says that it will investigate the man's claim, but the company's spokesman said Frito-Lay is "very skeptical" of the claim after the company was sent a picture of the rodent.The spokesman, Jared Dougherty, says that most of the time if a "foreign object" enters a bagged...

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An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck today at 3:15 P.M. and derailed. None of the 133 passengers on the train to New York were injured in the accident.All the passengers were evacuated by a Plant City bowling alley. All 33 train cars derailed after the crash, but none of the cars tipped over.There was barely anything left of the pickup truck after the accident. Amtrak spokeswomen...

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There are now eight states that have filed a class action lawsuit against Eli Lilly, the maker of the drug Zyprexa. The lawsuits have been filed because Eli Lilly allegedly advertised the drug for uses that were not approved by the FDA. They also claim that the drug manufacturer did not properly warn of potential side effects. A representative from Myers' office confirmed Tuesday that Oregon...

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Burger King, the world's second largest hamburger chain, announced Friday that it will be switching to trans-fat-free oil in all U.S. stored by the end of next year. Burger King stated that they have already been using the trans-fat oil in hundreds of their stores, but they want all restaurants to have the healthier alternative.BK uses mostly cooking oil for french fries and the majority of...

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On June 25th, 2007, an Alabama woman was seriously injured when she was involved in an vehicle accident with a van. The woman, Nadine Dalati, was struck on the door of her vehicle by the van which was operated by a church group from Maryland. A passanger also riding in the car, Adam Andrianopoulos, suffered moderate injuries. For the complete Article, view here.

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Oil from a Murphy Oil owned cooling tank leaked into the Mississippi River Tuesday. The Coast Guard investigated the spill which consisted of a diesel-gasoline mixture. There was no information on whether the Coast Guard would issue a fine in this maritime associated spill.

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