If you are a current or former Louisiana oil rig worker, you know the job is not always easy. You likely work grueling hours in incessant heat and humidity, surrounded by dangerous machinery and the unrelenting pounding of waves from the Gulf of Mexico – creating a perfect storm for potential injury. If you are one of the courageous oil rig workers having experienced a recent accident or injury while on the job, you may be entitled to sp...

We’ve all seen it: gregarious bartenders, distracted by dozens of patrons, over-serving a customer who probably didn’t need that last drink — and everyone knew it. Unfortunately, this situation can give rise to a subsequent, serious auto accident on the way home – one that could have possibly been avoided with one less whiskey in place of a much-needed glass of water or cup of coffee. If you are a recent victi...

You have just endured the unthinkable: the diagnosis of a debilitating – but treatable – disease. However, your condition has advanced to a stage in which your physician is unsure whether a cure is possible. Or, in the alternative, you will be able to live with your condition – but it would have been much more treatable if caught earlier. Suddenly, you recall the series of visits to your physician several years earlier, complain...