Written by Scott Mansfield, truck accident lawyer at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/scott-mansfield/ You’ve called your insurance company. You’ve been to the ER. Meanwhile, the trucking company’s insurer already has an investigator looking at the crash. That’s not an exaggeration. Large carriers often have someone reviewing a wreck within hours, sometimes before the wreckage […]
Read more...Written by Collin Melancon, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/collin-melancon/ An 18-wheeler brake failure on I-10 or I-12 is not a mechanical curiosity — it is a catastrophic event in progress. These crashes produce some of the most severe injuries in Louisiana’s personal injury caseload, and they often involve legal questions […]
Read more...Written by Brad Cranmer, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers — mmcdlaw.com/about-us/our-team/brad-cranmer/ If a bobtail truck accident in Louisiana left you injured, the path to compensation is more complicated than a standard car crash — and the insurance picture is almost always different from what you’d expect. A bobtail truck is a large […]
Read more...By Collin Melancon, Personal Injury Attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers A commercial truck accident on I-10, Airline Highway, or anywhere in East Baton Rouge Parish sets off a chain of events most crash survivors don’t see. Within hours, the trucking company’s insurance carrier may have investigators en route. The carrier’s legal team is building […]
Read more...The I-10 corridor through New Orleans and into Jefferson Parish is one of the busiest freight routes in the South. Trucks moving between Texas, Gulf Coast ports, and the southeastern U.S. all pass through here. When a crash involves an 18-wheeler on this corridor, our New Orleans truck accident lawyers handle the case — because […]
Read more...Written by Seth Mansfield, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers. The stretch of I-10 running through Lafayette and the surrounding Acadiana region carries some of the heaviest commercial truck traffic in Louisiana. Freight moving between Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the southeastern United States passes through here daily. When a crash involves an […]
Read more...18-Wheeler Accident Lawyer in Louisiana: What Makes These Cases Different from Car Accidents A crash involving an 18-wheeler is not a car accident with a bigger vehicle. It is a fundamentally different legal case. Our Baton Rouge truck accident lawyers and New Orleans truck accident attorneys handle these cases across all three of our Louisiana […]
Read more...Written by Brad Cranmer, personal injury attorney at Mansfield Melancon Injury Lawyers. Why Insurance Companies Make Early, Low Offers Insurance companies are businesses. Their financial interest is in paying out as little as possible on every claim. The faster they can close your file—and the less they pay to do it—the better their bottom line. […]
Read more...When people talk about personal injury settlements, they often focus on the concrete numbers—medical bills, lost wages, property damage. These are easy to quantify. But in many serious injury cases, the largest component of a fair settlement isn’t the bills at all. It’s pain and suffering. Pain and suffering damages compensate you for something that doesn’t come with a receipt: the physical pain, emotional anguish, mental distress, and […]
Read more...You were in a car accident. Your head snapped forward, maybe grazed the headrest or the window, but you never blacked out. Even if you didn’t lose consciousness, it’s still possible you suffered a head injury. You were conscious the entire time. You walked away from the scene, answered the officer’s questions, and drove yourself home. So there’s no […]
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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.