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Your accident injuries can leave your entire life turned upside down. You could be entitled to significant compensation when a negligent person causes your injuries. You can rely on experienced personal injury attorneys in Shreveport to represent your interests and fight for the monetary damages owed to you. These damages can help compensate you for lost income, medical bills, pain and suffering, and so much more.
At Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers, we give you the high-quality legal guidance you need. We represent individuals and families after an accident to help them recover compensation for their injuries.
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Our Shreveport personal injury attorneys know how to help you. We have decades of experience working with clients just like you. We know what it is like to suffer serious injuries due to another person’s negligence. Our lawyers also know how to fight back. The attorneys and staff at Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers have gone up against some of the most powerful companies in the country to make sure our clients win the compensation they deserve. We offer compassionate and caring representation at every stage of your case.
As the premier injury attorneys in Shreveport, we have the skills to handle your case correctly. We are members of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, having won millions of dollars for our clients. We are a five-star rated personal injury law firm that gives you personalized attention and aggressive representation.
The Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers recently won Louisiana’s largest personal injury verdict as of March 2023. We helped a family win a $409,000,000 verdict for their beloved daughter. The child was killed by an intoxicated truck driver working for an oil service company enstrusted with a company vehicle. The company knew of the driver’s drug problem but did nothing about it, even ignoring pleas from their safety manager to ground him. The jury in Bossier Parish found the driver and his employer financially responsible for what happened and sent a message through their record verdict to other companies with similar practices.
Some cases may be based on a concept known as negligence per se. This occurs when a defendant violates a safety law or ordinance and that results in your harm. The most common examples are motor vehicle accidents. Assume you are driving down a two-lane highway. The truck next to you fails to signal or check its blind spots. It merges into your lane and knocks you off the road, causing serious injuries.
By violating the traffic laws, the truck driver is negligent per se. What this means for you is that you do not have to establish the legal duty of care or the breach, as the traffic law violation establishes these elements. This is powerful evidence that the other driver caused your injuries and is very helpful in proving a personal injury case in Louisiana.
When most people think about injuries in an accident, they first think of physical injuries. These include harm to your body. These injuries can be devastating and require long-term hospitalization, surgery, and rehabilitation. Some may be long-lasting while others are even permanent.
Common physical injuries include:
Economic damages refer to those that are objectively quantified. They have a specific monetary value that can be proven at trial. These damages compensate you for the financial losses you have suffered from the accident.
Economic damages typically include:
Non-economic damages cannot be objectively quantified, but are no less important. While they do not have a specific monetary value, a value can be assigned by the judge or jury at trial. They can also be negotiated as part of a personal injury settlement. These monetary damages are designed to compensate you for subjective losses you have endured.
Non-economic damages commonly include the following:
Punitive damages are a form of exemplary compensation available in specific circumstances. Punitive damages are meant to punish a defendant for particularly egregious, reckless, or intentional conduct. Punitive damages are not available in every case, but where they are appropriate they often constitute a substantial part of your overall award.
At Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers, we have won millions of dollars in punitive damages for our clients. We know when they may be available and how to pursue them for you when the case is right.
“We focus on being the best at 3 things: preparing hard for our cases, making sure we deliver what clients need, and making sure they are treated well throughout the process.”
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