Fisher Injury Lawyers has regularly reported on pedestrian crashes in and around the Baton Rouge area and the overall lack of safety for pedestrians in the state of Louisiana. While pedestrian safety is clearly a problem in Baton Rouge, it has also been on the rise throughout the country. The Governors Highway Safety Association has …
Louisiana Ranked 3rd Worst in Country for Bicycle Accident Deaths
A recent report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that Louisiana has the third-highest rate of bicycle deaths in the country. Louisiana has averaged 3.3 annual deaths per million residents between 1975 and 2012. The only states with higher rates were Delaware with 3.8 and Florida with 5.7 deaths per million residents. These numbers are …
Bicycle Safety Tips
Bicycle Safety Recently, we have received a number of calls from prospective clients whose children were injured in bicycle accidents. As an example, Fisher Injury Lawyers currently represents a family whose young child was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in front of his home. The incident happened during the day on an …