Personal Injury Blog

A Thibodaux diesel mechanic returning from a job in Cameron was struck by a left turning tractor on a rural road in Vermillion Parish, causing severe and disabling personal injuries to the mechanic. This 34-year-old man, who was making upwards of $106,000 per year plus fringe benefits, settled his case for more than $1.7 million in...

A 3-year-old boy who slipped to the bottom of a 10-foot swimming pool under the not so watchful eyes of the teachers and lifeguards lay lifeless at the pool’s bottom for almost 4 minutes. The same lifeguards who didn’t see him go under dove in and pulled him to the surface. He was not breathing...

Kopfler & Hermann represents a man who was struck on the head and knocked to the deck of a cleanup barge during the height of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.  The negligence of BP is alleged as a key cause of this maritime and offshore accident resulting from...

The number of motorcycles on the road and the freedom-loving spirit of the wind in the face that goes along with a great motorcycle ride mandate that all of us in cars and trucks keep an extra eye out for our comrades in arms on motorcycles. Most motorcycles have an automatic headlight that turns on...