On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Jun 29, 2020 | Firm News
When someone injures you through negligence or wrongdoing, Louisiana law allows you to sue that person and ask a court to compensate you for the financial damages the injury caused you. If your injury resulted from medical malpractice, you can sue not only the health...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | May 6, 2020 | Firm News
The hospital released you for your traumatic brain injury last week, and your relatives are visiting. “You are so lucky to be alive!” your Aunt Sally exclaims as she wraps you into a bear hug. Even if it is fortunate to survive an injury as serious as a...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Apr 17, 2020 | Firm News
While many car accidents have the potential to cause extensive harm, the size and speed that goes along with semi-trucks can easily result in enormous costs. Federal regulations look to curb the dangers, and truckers that fall short of the rules could end up at-fault....
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Apr 10, 2020 | Firm News
Brain Injuries and Alzheimer’s If you know someone who has Alzheimer’s disease, then you understand how devastating it is. This is not something that you ever want to have or see a loved one with. It strips you of your cognitive function, which has a domino...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Mar 20, 2020 | Firm News
If you end up in an accident that damages your spinal cord, you might wonder whether you have any chance of recovery. While it is true that many people do not recover motor function lost as a result of a spinal cord injury, in some cases, people may improve their...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Feb 13, 2020 | Firm News
Any sort of accident while driving is a serious accident, but getting into even a fender-bender with a semi truck can end up having very serious consequences. Semi trucks move slower and have considerably more mass than regular four-wheeled vehicles, which means that...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Feb 6, 2020 | Firm News
Everybody knows that accidents are the basic price that most of us pay for driving: rare is the person who gets through life without experiencing a fender bender at minimum. However, there are also a large number of fatal truck accidents that happen each year, and...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Jan 28, 2020 | Firm News
When you become the victim of a car crash, you risk sustaining a crush injury that could prove devastating to your health and wellbeing. By definition, a crush injury occurs when some part of your body, usually an arm, a leg or your chest, gets caught between two hard...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Jan 28, 2020 | Firm News
No one need tell you that you can suffer serious injuries in a car crash. Some of them, such as a spinal cord injury, can change your life forever. By definition, an SCI constitutes an injury to your spinal cord, usually caused by the crushing of one or more of the...
On behalf of Downs Law Firm | Jan 2, 2020 | Firm News
If you suffer a blow to the head, your doctor may suspect that you may have a brain injury and order magnetic resonance imaging. MRI is the most commonly used imaging test to diagnose injuries of the central nervous system. The CNS includes the spinal cord and the...
