According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there is a fatality in an alcohol-related accident every forty-eight minutes in the United States. Further, Louisiana ranks well-above the national average for alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. Drunk driving is a serious problem and for that reason, the Louisiana legislature allows punitive damages in cases involving drunk driving.… Continue reading Have You Been Injured By A Drunk Driver?
Louisiana Revised Statute §9:2779 provides that with respect to construction contracts when one of the parties is domiciled in Louisiana and the work is to be performed in Louisiana, any provision requiring disputes to be resolved in a forum other than Louisiana are inequitable and against public policy rendering them null and void and unenforceable. … Continue reading Validity of Forum Selection Clauses in LA Construction Contracts