We represent people injured in serious car accidents involving negligent drivers, uninsured motorists, distracted driving, impaired driving, intersection crashes, rear-end collisions, and other traffic accidents.
Our office is located on W. Pinhook Road in Lafayette. Our attorneys help injured people understand their options, deal with insurance companies, and pursue the compensation available under Louisiana law.
Our case evaluations are always completely free. Want to see how our law firm can help? Fill out this form below and someone will contact you shortly.
If possible and safe to do so, move away from immediate traffic hazards and remain at or near the accident scene as required.
Report the accident and request law enforcement when appropriate. The resulting crash report may contain important information about the drivers, vehicles, witnesses, and circumstances of the collision.
Get evaluated for your injuries. Some neck, back, head, and soft-tissue injuries may become more noticeable after the initial shock of an accident wears off.
Take photographs or video of the vehicles, damage, roadway, traffic signals, skid marks, debris, visible injuries, and surrounding conditions when you can safely do so.
Ask witnesses for their names and contact information. Independent witnesses may help establish how the collision occurred.
The other driver's insurer may request a recorded statement or ask you to discuss your injuries soon after the accident. Consider getting legal advice before providing a detailed recorded statement or accepting a settlement.
If possible and safe to do so, move away from immediate traffic hazards and remain at or near the accident scene as required.
Report the accident and request law enforcement when appropriate. The resulting crash report may contain important information about the drivers, vehicles, witnesses, and circumstances of the collision.
Get evaluated for your injuries. Some neck, back, head, and soft-tissue injuries may become more noticeable after the initial shock of an accident wears off.
Take photographs or video of the vehicles, damage, roadway, traffic signals, skid marks, debris, visible injuries, and surrounding conditions when you can safely do so.
Ask witnesses for their names and contact information. Independent witnesses may help establish how the collision occurred.
The other driver's insurer may request a recorded statement or ask you to discuss your injuries soon after the accident. Consider getting legal advice before providing a detailed recorded statement or accepting a settlement.
Texting, phone use, navigation systems, eating, and other distractions can take a driver's attention away from traffic.
Driving too fast can reduce stopping distance and increase the severity of a collision.
Alcohol and drugs can affect judgment, reaction time, awareness, and vehicle control.
Drivers who fail to yield at intersections, while turning, or when entering traffic can cause serious collisions.
Failing to check blind spots, signal, or maintain a safe distance can result in sideswipe and multi-vehicle accidents.
Drivers who leave insufficient stopping distance may cause rear-end collisions when traffic slows unexpectedly.
Intersection violations can lead to side-impact and other high-force collisions.
Rain, standing water, poor visibility, construction, and other roadway conditions may require drivers to adjust their speed and driving behavior.
Speeding, distraction, impairment, unsafe turns, failure to yield, and other negligent driving behavior may support a claim.
If a work vehicle is involved, the driver's employer or another business may become relevant depending on the driver's work status and circumstances of the collision.
Vehicle ownership and permission to use the vehicle may raise additional insurance and liability questions.
An accident can become more complicated when the driver responsible for the collision has no liability insurance or does not have enough coverage to pay for the losses caused by the crash.
Depending on the insurance policies involved, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may provide another potential source of recovery. Whether coverage is available depends on the applicable policies and circumstances.
A Lafayette car accident lawyer can review the available insurance policies, identify potentially applicable coverage, and help determine what options may remain after an accident involving an uninsured or underinsured driver.
Evidence may show that another driver contributed to the collision through speeding, distraction, impairment, failure to yield, or other unsafe conduct.
Some crashes involve several vehicles and more than one potentially responsible driver.
Louisiana's comparative fault rules can allow responsibility to be allocated among multiple people. If an injured person is assigned part of the responsibility for an accident, that allocation can affect the damages recoverable.
There is no standard settlement amount for a Lafayette car accident claim.
The potential value depends on the individual circumstances, including the severity of the injuries, medical treatment, time missed from work, future medical needs, available insurance coverage, responsibility for the crash, and the long-term effect of the injuries.
An attorney can evaluate the evidence, insurance coverage, injuries, and financial losses involved before estimating what a particular claim may be worth.
Evidence can become harder to obtain over time. Vehicles are repaired, surveillance footage may be overwritten, and witnesses may become difficult to locate.
Depending on the accident, relevant evidence can include:
Crash reports can document drivers, vehicles, witnesses, citations, and initial information about the collision.
Dashcams, traffic cameras, business surveillance systems, doorbell cameras, and cellphone recordings may capture the collision or events surrounding it.
Independent witnesses may provide information about speed, traffic signals, driver behavior, and how the crash occurred.
Damage patterns, vehicle inspections, and electronic information may become relevant in disputed or serious accidents.
Treatment records can help document injuries, symptoms, treatment, and recovery.
Pay records and employment documentation may help establish lost income due to accident-related injuries.
Our office is located at 1408 W. Pinhook Road in Lafayette.
Our firm has represented injured Louisiana residents and their families for generations.
You can speak with our firm about your accident without paying for the initial case evaluation.
For qualifying contingency-fee cases, attorney fees are not owed unless a recovery is obtained, subject to the firm's written fee agreement.
We help clients understand the claim process, insurance issues, available options, and what is happening with their case.
We represent people injured in collisions involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, and other commercial trucks.
Motorcycle collisions can result in serious injuries and complicated insurance claims.
We represent pedestrians injured by negligent drivers in Lafayette and throughout Louisiana.
Our attorneys represent offshore workers injured on rigs, platforms, vessels, and other offshore worksites.
We help injured people pursue compensation when another person or business causes harm through negligence.
We represent maritime workers injured on vessels, barges, docks, and other working waterways in Louisiana.
We represent people injured in collisions involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, and other commercial trucks.
Motorcycle collisions can result in serious injuries and complicated insurance claims.
We represent pedestrians injured by negligent drivers in Lafayette and throughout Louisiana.
Our attorneys represent offshore workers injured on rigs, platforms, vessels, and other offshore worksites.
We help injured people pursue compensation when another person or business causes harm through negligence.
We represent maritime workers injured on vessels, barges, docks, and other working waterways in Louisiana.
For decades, J. Minos Simon, LTD. has represented injured people and their families across Louisiana, including people hurt in serious car accidents in Lafayette and throughout Acadiana. Our firm helps clients understand their options, deal with insurance companies, and pursue the compensation available under Louisiana law. View Profile
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