Lafayette Personal Injury Lawyers Blog

A recent workplace accident in Geimer, Louisiana, has led to the death of one person, and has injured at least 77 other individuals. An explosion at an ethylene and propylene plant sent many individuals to local hospitals with serious burn injuries. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. 

Officials say that the plant had been cited in the past for some minor corrosion caused by an ethylene leak, but was recently approved for a major expansion. Both of the materials that the company manufactures are extremely dangerous products, and can lead to significant health problems if workers have prolonged exposure or contact. 

It is very important for stores to act appropriately when it comes to the safety of their premises. This not only includes making sure to not negligently expose customers to physical hazards, but also making sure to not negligently expose customers to chemical hazards. Chemical hazards in stores can cause considerable harm to customers.

Recently, a case has arisen involving allegations that a store negligently exposed a customer to a chemical hazard. The case involves an incident that reportedly occurred on March 10, 2012 at a store in Houston, Texas.

Air bags are meant to protect the occupants of the vehicles they are in. However, when air bags contain defects, these devices can end up putting the safety of the very individuals they are meant to protect at risk.

A product liability case has recently arisen in Louisiana regarding allegations of an air bag defect. The case involves an incident that occurred on May 7, 2012.

Car vs. pedestrian accidents can cause a great deal of harm. This can be seen in a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred over the weekend in Louisiana.

The accident happened last Saturday in Baton Rouge. That night, a 47-year-old woman was crossing Greenwell Springs Road. The article on the Advocate's website which reported this story did not have any details regarding whether the woman was making this crossing in a crosswalk.

Great harm can be caused when motor vehicles collide. Individuals can suffer serious injuries in auto accidents. Motor vehicle collisions can sometimes even result in fatalities. This can be seen in a crash that recently occurred in Louisiana.

The accident happened on Sunday in St. Charles Parish. Early that morning, a Honda was travelling south along US 61. The Honda was being driven by a 23-year-old individual and had a 20-year-old man and a 20-year-old pregnant woman as passengers.

When an auto part, such as a tire, is defective, it can cause a great deal of harm. Defective auto parts can sometimes even cause motor vehicle accidents to occur. No individual should have to suffer a harmful auto accident because an auto part company manufactured an auto part that was defective.

Recently, a case has arisen involving an auto accident and allegations of a product defect.

It is very important for property owners to keep their premises safe for guests. This includes avoiding engaging in conduct which could result in guests suffering dog attacks. No guest of a property should have to suffer a dog attack because a property owner with dogs failed to act properly in connection to said dogs.

Recently, a premises liability case involving a dog attack has arisen in Louisiana. The case involves a girl from Jefferson Parish.

One very common site at stores are product displays. Such displays seem fairly innocuous and one would likely not view them as a potential source of injury. However, if stores fail to act properly in regards to product displays and allow dangerous conditions to exist in connection to such displays, a source of harm is precisely what such displays can become. Thus, it is very important for stores to take all proper steps to ensure that product displays on their premises do not pose any safety risks for customers.

A case has recently arisen in Louisiana regarding an accident that involved a product display. The accident allegedly occurred at a grocery store in Westwego. The victim of the alleged accident was a woman from Jefferson Parish. The woman claims that the accident was the result of the store failing to keep its premises safe for customers.