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Burgess Injury & Car Accident Lawyers settles brutality suit for $400K against Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office paid $400,000 to settle a federal brutality lawsuit for the 2014 alleged beating of an inmate. Jason Brungardt, 41, of Lafayette, filed the suit last year after he said two former deputies — Brandon… Read More »Burgess settles brutality suit $400K

Dialing While Driving, Deadly Distractions The next time you’re tempted to make a phone call while you’re behind the wheel, remember this. Dialing while driving increases the risk of a crash or near-crash more than any other sort of distraction. That’s one of the findings of a special report published in the New England Journal… Read More »Dialing And Driving, Deadly Distractions

What Shouldn’t I Say After a Car Accident? After a car accident, there are steps you must take to ensure your own safety (or anyone else) and, to properly document the accident for law enforcement and insurance reasons. There are also some things you should never, ever do after a wreck. Do not leave the… Read More »After a Car Accident

Even with the reduced visibility and traction that comes with wet weather driving, many accidents are preventable. Below we provide some recommendations on how to lessen some of the risks brought about by rainy weather driving. Rainy Weather Driving Safety Think. When conditions are bad, drivers have to be focused on what’s going on around… Read More »Rainy Weather Driving Safety

Meet Graham, the Crash Test Not-So Dummy, and the Only Human ‘Designed’ to Survive a Car Crash Created in a collaboration between an artist, a trauma surgeon, and a crash investigation expert, to build “an interactive lifelike sculpture … designed with bodily features that might be present in humans if they had evolved to withstand the… Read More »Meet Graham

Are You Taking Unsafe Prescription Drugs? Excuse us for peeking inside your medicine cabinet, but you may be taking unsafe medication. Many medications prescribed by doctors may be harmful to you and your family. Medications such as Estratest, used for hot flashes, or Hylira, a gel prescribed for dry skin, are examples of the thousands… Read More »Taking Unsafe Prescription Drugs?

Enter to Win a Valentine’s Day Dinner Giveaway Valentine’s Day is almost here. Burgess Injury & Car Accident Lawyers wants to show you the LOVE! We are giving away gift cards for a fine dining, romantic evening for you and your sweetheart at Romacelli! Four lucky couples will win a $50 gift card for Valentine’s Day… Read More »Valentine’s Day Dinner Giveaway!

Loud noises. Flashing lights. Intense pain. Car accidents can feel like a sudden trip to hell itself. The initial shock of the crash followed by the realization that you may be injured is sure to leave more than simply physical marks. In the event of a life-altering or life-threatening injury, the memory of the accident… Read More »Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Car Accidents

 Minjarez lost consciousness during arrest BY LANIE LEE COOK| LCOOK@THEADVOCATE.COM March 05, 2015 The mother and grandmother of two children of a Scott man who died a year ago after losing consciousness during an arrest have filed separate wrongful-death lawsuits. The suits are filed in Lafayette federal court on behalf of the minors.  Catherine Cortez filed… Read More »Lawsuits Filed in Death of Minjarez