Hydroplaning is a wet-weather hazard usually caused by your vehicle’s tires losing their grip on the road. When this happens, your vehicle could slide off the road or swerve into another vehicle and cause a hydroplane crash. If another driver loses control and hits your vehicle after hydroplaning, can you recover your damages? Who may... Read more
Road construction zones can be dangerous, especially when drivers are careless and fail to adapt to the situation. While driver carelessness is often to blame for crashes in work zones, sometimes multiple other parties may be liable. This is one reason why construction zone car crash cases can be complicated. Galloway Jefcoat’s Lafayette-based car crash... Read more
Drivers from all various age groups cause collisions every day, but teenagers especially cause a significant number of all crashes. Teens lack experience behind the wheel, and they often exercise poor judgment, becoming distracted or engaging in reckless behavior while driving. Even though teenagers were the ones behind the wheel during a crash, injured victims... Read more
While there are plenty of car accident injury symptoms that are more debilitating, memory loss could be one of the scariest, most unnerving symptoms for crash victims. If you cannot remember some aspects of the crash, or you cannot remember any of it, you may be concerned about your ability to seek compensation for your... Read more
Car crashes put victims’ bodies under incredible stress, causing many kinds of injuries. For example, you could suffer a shoulder injury. You could also suffer an injury elsewhere in your body that causes pain in one of your shoulders. Below, Galloway Jefcoat’s experienced Lafayette auto accident lawyers discuss shoulder injuries from car accidents in Lafayette.... Read more
Crash victims might think the phrase independent medical examination refers to an unbiased, impartial medical evaluation. The word independent might make you think the doctor performing the examination is not going to favor either side over the other. Unfortunately, these exams are far from independent of the insurance company. Below, Galloway Jefcoat’s Lafayette auto accident... Read more
Car insurance companies know the days and weeks after a crash are a difficult time for you. Not only are you dealing with your injuries, but you also have the added pressure of medical expenses and other bills piling up. That is one of the reasons insurers like to quickly offer victims a settlement. They... Read more
Louisiana gets its fair share of tourists in the summer months. This could be because Louisiana is a relatively short drive from several other states. What this means is Louisiana drivers may be at higher risk for crashes with out-of-state drivers. The question is, do you know what to do if this happens to you?... Read more
One of the reasons you can suffer an injury in a car crash is because of blunt force trauma. For example, you could hit one of your knees, causing a serious, painful injury that could seriously limit your mobility. In some cases, the injury causes long-term pain and permanent impairment of your ability to walk.... Read more
Airbags are meant to save lives, which they routinely do well. That said, sometimes airbags can injure the very people they are meant to help. While individuals hit by an airbag may often only suffer minor wounds, there are some who suffer serious injuries. In the worst cases, an airbag deployment injury could be fatal.... Read more
