Injuries
New Car Features May Be Promoting Distracted Driving
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Thursday, July 5, 2018. JACKSON, Mississippi. Distracted driving kills and injures. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that distracted driving left 3,450 people dead in 2016, and left another 391,000 people injured. While some safety features on new cars can decrease the risks of accidents, many of these safety features make cars safer when they take decision-making out of the equation. Automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings take some of the decision-making away from drivers to make cars safer. Yet, some new features on cars may be having the opposite effect. When people stop paying attention to the road and start paying more attention to…
Read MoreCould Objective Measurements of Pain Make Personal Injury Settlements Easier to Estimate?
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Thursday, July 5, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Personal injury lawyers are uniquely aware of the subjectivity of assessing pain. On a scale of 1 to 10, one person’s 9 might be another person’s 8. A broken leg for a patient who works in an office might not be a big deal, while a broken leg for an elite athlete might mean the end of a season or even a career. Pain is subjective. Its subjectivity can sometimes make personal injury claims challenging. While victims are entitled to seek damages for pain and suffering, these damages are often based on the cost of medical care multiplied by another…
Read MoreGeorgia Passes Hands Free Cell Phone Law: Will Louisiana Follow?
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, June 25, 2018. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 16 states and the District of Columbia currently ban the use of hand-held cell phones for all drivers. On July 1, Georgia joins this list of states by enacting a tough, no-tolerance law that places heavy fines on drivers who even touch a cell phone while driving. Louisiana has yet to pass a full ban on hand-held cell phone use. Should it? Currently, in Louisiana, if you have a learner’s permit, you are not permitted to use a hand-held cell phone. The laws are even more restrictive for minor drivers. Drivers under…
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