Written by Kelley Dick, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/kelley-dick/ Insurance companies don’t work on your timeline. After a crash in Louisiana, you may be waiting on a settlement check while medical bills pile up and your car sits in a repair shop. What many people don’t know is that Louisiana […]
Read more...Written by Scott Mansfield, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/scott-mansfield/ If a drunk driver hit you in New Orleans or anywhere in Louisiana, you may have a claim not just against the driver — but against the bar, restaurant, or establishment that served them. Louisiana’s dram shop law creates a specific […]
Read more...Written by Brad Cranmer, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/brad-cranmer/ You’re stopped at a light when someone runs into you. The driver who hit you was in a car that belongs to their roommate. Now you’re hurt, your car is damaged, and you’re trying to figure out whose insurance pays after […]
Read more...Written by Scott Mansfield, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/scott-mansfield/ Failure to yield the right of way — that is the leading cause of intersection accidents in Louisiana and across the country. It matters not just as a traffic safety fact, but as the legal foundation of your claim if you […]
Read more...Written by Collin Melancon, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/collin-melancon/ If you need a drunk driving accident lawyer in Louisiana, you’ve likely just been through something traumatic. Someone made the choice to get behind the wheel drunk — and now you’re the one dealing with the aftermath. In Louisiana, being hit […]
Read more...By Scott Mansfield, Personal Injury Attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers Louisiana’s comparative fault system is one of the most consequential legal rules in any car wreck claim — and one of the least understood by people who’ve just been in a crash. The percentage of fault assigned to you directly reduces what you can […]
Read more...By Scott Mansfield, Personal Injury Attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers A drunk driving crash is different from other car accident cases in one important way: the conduct that caused it wasn’t just careless — it was reckless, and Louisiana law treats it accordingly. Victims of drunk driving crashes in New Orleans can pursue compensation […]
Read more...By Kelley Dick, Personal Injury Attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers Most people think the legal process begins when they hire a lawyer. In reality, it begins at the scene. The first 72 hours after a car crash in Baton Rouge are when evidence is freshest, when insurance companies start building their file, and when […]
Read more...By Scott Mansfield, Personal Injury Attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers You’re still figuring out what happened. Maybe you’re home from the ER, dealing with a rental car situation, or waiting on imaging results. And then your phone rings. It’s the other driver’s insurance adjuster. They’re friendly. They want to “just get some information” and […]
Read more...You got in the Uber to get home safely. The driver ran a red near downtown Baton Rouge, and now you’re dealing with a sore neck, a missed day of work, and three different insurance companies telling you to call someone else. Rideshare accident claims in Baton Rouge have a specific legal structure that most […]
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Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers was founded to protect the rights of accident victims in Louisiana. Since our founding, we have become a recognized leader in personal injury law, recovering tens of millions for our injured clients. Our legal team boasts decades of combined experience and is known for taking on complex catastrophic injury and accident cases.
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Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers serve injured clients throughout Louisiana. We have office locations in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette to better serve accident victims across the state, including Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Lafayette Parish.