Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Deadly Summer Driving: What to Know
The summer months tend to involve more motor vehicle collisions and fatal traffic crashes than other months of the year. As such, there are often references to the “100 deadly days of summer,” or the “100 deadliest days,” according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This is because the days between Memorial Day… Read More »
What Damages Can I Seek After a Louisiana Car Crash?
Motor vehicle crashes occur far too often in the Shreveport area, and they can result in serious and fatal injuries to vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and bicyclists. According to LSU’s Center for Analytics & Research in Transportation Safety, there were nearly 800 fatalities in Louisiana traffic crashes in 2023, and thousands of nonfatal injuries in… Read More »
Nighttime Pedestrian Injuries and Fatalities: What to Know
There are many different reasons that Shreveport residents and visitors walk at night, from after-work exercise in their own neighborhoods to transportation. Yet walking after dark can be particularly dangerous when it comes to collisions involving automobiles. Often when pedestrians are injured in collisions with automobiles after dark, those pedestrians are walking from a… Read More »
New Study Addresses Pedestrian Injuries in Vehicle Crashes Versus Falls
Pedestrian injuries in Shreveport and throughout Louisiana have multiple causes, but they usually involve collisions or falls. Collisions that harm pedestrians can involve pedestrians being struck by a motor vehicle, a bicyclist, an e-bike rider, or a city bus. While falls do result in a significant number of injuries, a recent study conducted by… Read More »
What You Should Do After a Drunk Driving Collision
Motor vehicle collisions — and serious and deadly injuries — resulting from impaired driving are extremely common in Louisiana, including in the Shreveport area. According to the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, more than 40 percent of collisions that occur in the state are caused in full or in part by alcohol consumption. In other… Read More »
School Zone Collisions and Injuries
Motorists in and around Shreveport have a duty to be responsible drivers and to avoid engaging in dangerous behaviors that could result in serious collisions with pedestrians. To be sure, severe pedestrian crashes and injuries can happen almost anywhere in Shreveport, but these dangers are especially pronounced in school zones. School zones throughout Caddo… Read More »
Warm Weather and Dog Bite Injuries in Louisiana
As springtime weather brings warm temperatures to Shreveport and Louisiana residents anticipate hot and humid summer weather, it is important to think about the risks of dog bite injuries and to understand your options if you are injured in an animal attack. While most of us do not like to think about the risk… Read More »
Can Another Party Be Liable for a Single-Vehicle Truck Crash?
When single-vehicle collisions occur, many people assume that the driver of the vehicle bears sole liability for the crash and any resulting injuries. As a result, many people who are injured as vehicle occupants in a single-vehicle crash mistakenly believe that they cannot file a civil claim against another party to seek damages. However,… Read More »
Large Trucks and Pedestrians: New Study Addresses Serious Harms
For years, it has been clear that large trucks and SUVs can cause devastating harm to smaller motor vehicle occupants and pedestrians when collisions occur. Indeed, as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) underscore, large trucks can be especially deadly given their ground clearance, which can result… Read More »
Tesla and BMW Drivers May Be Most Dangerous
Does the vehicle a person decides to drive have a connection to that motorist’s likelihood of being involved in a crash? While the connection might not seem like an obvious one, a new study reported by CNBC suggests that Tesla and BMW drivers may be most likely to engage in dangerous behaviors behind the… Read More »
