Written by Scott Mansfield, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers. Halloween weekend in New Orleans means the French Quarter, Frenchmen Street, and Bourbon fill up with costumed crowds who, sensibly, aren’t driving themselves home. Rideshare use spikes accordingly, and so do rideshare accidents — tired drivers working long shifts to catch weekend demand, […]
Read more...Written by Kelley Dick, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers. You’ve probably heard it from a nurse, an officer, or another family member at some point after a crash: the drunk driver walked away with a few bruises, and the sober person they hit ended up in surgery. Why are drunk drivers more […]
Read more...Written by Collin Melancon, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers. Ask anyone who drives I-10 through Baton Rouge during rush hour, and they’ll tell you exactly which stretch makes them tense up. They’re usually right to feel that way. Louisiana’s DOTD crash data consistently points to a handful of corridors — the I-10/I-110 […]
Read more...Written by Brad Cranmer, who handles burn injury claim cases at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/brad-cranmer/ Burn injuries from a car crash catch people off guard. They don’t always come from an obvious source. An airbag deploying at close range can cause chemical and thermal burns from the propellant and friction. A ruptured battery, […]
Read more...Written by Collin Melancon, who handles broken collarbone claim cases at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/collin-melancon/ A broken collarbone doesn’t sound like a serious injury until you’re the one wearing the sling for eight weeks, unable to lift your arm above your shoulder. Insurance adjusters routinely undervalue a broken collarbone claim, treating it as […]
Read more...Written by Kelley Dick, who handles child injury claim cases at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/kelley-dick/ Nothing about a child injury claim feels routine, even when the crash itself was minor. Parents call after a fender-bender wondering if they even have a claim worth pursuing. They call after something much worse wondering what happens […]
Read more...Written by Brad Cranmer, who handles wrongful death claims at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/brad-cranmer/ Sometimes a death involves both negligence and criminal charges against the driver. When that happens, families often assume they have to wait. Wait for the criminal case to finish, or for a conviction, or for a judge to decide […]
Read more...Written by Collin Melancon, who handles PTSD car accident claims at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/collin-melancon/ Most people expect a car accident claim to cover the broken bone, the whiplash, the medical bills. Fewer expect the part where you flinch at tires screeching. Or where merging onto the highway again makes your hands shake […]
Read more...Written by Kelley Dick, who handles broken neck recovery claims at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/kelley-dick/ A broken neck sounds like the kind of injury that only happens in the worst possible crash. Sometimes it is. But cervical fractures also happen in crashes that looked survivable from the outside. Think a T-bone at an […]
Read more...Written by Scott Mansfield, who handles personal injury deposition prep at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/scott-mansfield/ Somewhere in the middle of your injury claim, you’ll probably get a letter scheduling a personal injury deposition. The word alone makes people nervous. It shouldn’t. A deposition is sworn testimony, given outside a courtroom. The other side’s […]
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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.
Areas We Serve
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.