B. Scott Andrews visit superlawyers.com Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury lawyer, B. Scott Andrews, of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. has been recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012 in the practice area of Personal Injury-Plaintiff. “Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice…
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…
After teaching Product Liability during the Spring 2011 semester at the Southern University Law Center (SULC), Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury and accident attorney, Scott Andrews, will be teaching Insurance Law at the Southern University Law Center during the Fall 2011 semester. Scott Andrews is a 1996 Order of the…
In Whitley v. State of Louisiana, through the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural Mechanical College, 2011-0040 (La. 7/1/11) and Burnett v. James Construction Group, 2010-2608 (La. 7/1/11), the Louisiana Supreme Court preserved a tort victim’s rightful day in court. According to Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury and…
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 husband and wife were killed in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, after being rear- ended by an 18-wheeler. The couple was traveling in the right lane when the 18-wheeler changed lanes and rear ended them. The collision caused the couple’s vehicle to rotate and leave the roadway and impact trees.…
Starting June 1, 2011, the Louisiana State Police headquarters in Baton Rouge will no longer accept mail-in or walk-in requests for automobile accident reports. The Uniform Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Reports will only be available on-line at the Louisiana State Police website. Each accident report will cost $11.50. If you…
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…
Three St. Francisville, Louisiana residents were arrested by the Insurance Fraud – Auto Theft Unit of the Louisiana State Police as a result of a complaint made by the Government Employees’ Insurance Company (GEICO). According to the investigation, a GEICO automobile liability insured backed into a vehicle belonging to Honabea…
Deputies with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office were looking for a 30 year old woman operating a 2010 Chevrolet truck who was reported to be driving in an unsafe manner, when the woman caused a four vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 27. The truck crossed the center line and sideswiped…