Personal Injury – Criminal Defense New Orleans

Home » Personal Injury

Aggressive, ethical, personal injury attorneys – the New Orleans Law Offices of Julie C. Tizzard will work to ensure that those who are seriously injured get the compensation they deserve. With some of the most skilled personal injury lawyers New Orleans has to offer, we will be your New Orleans accident attorneys, and wrongful death attorneys in Louisiana.

The Law Offices of Julie C. Tizzard are committed to helping those who have been seriously injured or suffered death as a result of the negligence of a third party. We are devoted to assisting families whom we represent by helping them reestablish their lives. We are committed to helping our clients achieve the best possible results, and to helping them return to the lives they had prior to suffering traumatic injury due to serious accident.

The Law Offices of Julie C. Tizzard care about our clients. Our personal injury attorneys are devoted to helping you recover fully from your loss. We will fight for you to get the maximum compensation for your injury. Whether it means referring you to the best medical experts available to handle your health problems, or structuring your damage settlements to ensure the financial viability of you and your family, we stay personally involved with every client from the moment of first contact until the case is settled, fighting for you every step of the way. Our dedication to our clients is unparalleled.

The Law Offices of Julie C. Tizzard handle the following Louisiana personal injury cases resulting in serious injury:

Auto Accidents
Wrongful Death
Insurance Bad Faith
Maritime Law (Jones Act)
Pedestrian Accidents and Injuries
Street Car Accidents
Train and Railroad Accidents
Truck Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Products Liability
Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
Construction Accidents
Dog Bite Injury
Burn Injury
Nursing Home Abuse
Airline/Airplane Accidents
Child Molestation & Sexual Abuse
Boating Accidents
Children’s Injuries
Other Catastrophic Injuries
Premises Liability
Amusement Park Injuries

PERSONAL INJURY

Are you in need of a personal injury attorney? New Orleans, accident attorney, Julie C. Tizzard, can help. If you are seriously injured, or have lost a loved one in an accident, call Julie C. Tizzard — your personal injury lawyer. New Orleans has found an aggressive, ethical, wrongful death attorney in Louisiana who will fight for the compensation you deserve.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INJURY?

Personal injury is the name given to the branch of tort law that covers any wrong or damage done to another in his person, property, rights, or reputation. A personal injury can happen at work, in a traffic accident, because of a faulty product or a faulty repair, because of a mistake during medical treatment, or because you slipped and fell on a wet floor or pavement. The personal injury can be physical or psychological but, to be considered actionable, it must occur due to the negligence or unreasonably unsafe actions of your employer, a manufacturer, your doctor, your landlord, or some other person or organization who owes you a duty of ordinary care. Examples of personal injury law causes of action include professional malpractice, wrongful birth, wrongful death, liable, slander, trespass, and nuisance. If you think you may have a case for a personal injury settlement, please contact the law offices of Julie C. Tizzard for a free consultation.

It’s very common to be upset at your lawyer after your personal injury lawsuit is filed because such a long time passes between the time the lawsuit is started and any settlement or trial. In most states, the other person’s insurance company owes you no duty to settle quickly. Your case can be settled before trial or drag on long after the trial is over.

The insurance company knows you’re in a hurry to settle your case, and uses this knowledge to try to get you to settle for less. Here’s a partial list of some of the things that can happen to slow down your case:

DISCOVERY

This is the insurance company’s opportunity to “discover” everything about you and the accident. You’ll get lots of written questions to answer under oath. You’ll have to produce documents and medical records, plus admit or deny specific written statements put to you.

You and your lawyer will need to gather up all the medical records, bills and other documentation of your injuries. Some of these must be obtained in a specific way to make them admissible at trial. This often takes time and money.

DEPOSITIONS

You’ll be asked questions under oath, with a court reporter typing up every word you say. The insurance company’s lawyer will ask you in great detail about your injuries, your medical history, the accident itself and your treatment. You’ll likely to be subjected to questions about even the smallest of details.

MOTION HEARINGS

The insurance company lawyers may have what feels like an endless capacity to file motions and go to hearings on motions. Some of these motions are unimportant to you, but some may be critical to your case.

MEDIATION

Many courts are forcing lawyers to mediate or arbitrate cases prior to trial. Some courts won’t even give you a trial date until you do so. Mediation is typically a settlement conference without the formalities of court. A neutral party will try to help the parties reach a middle ground. It’s not usually “binding” – meaning the parties are stuck with the result – unless the parties reach an agreement and write up a settlement agreement.

Arbitration is a different breed. It’s often a binding “mini-trial” of the case in front of an arbitrator or panel of judges who listen to an informal presentation of the matters involved in your case.

TRIAL

If your case doesn’t settle, it must go to trial, where six or twelve strangers will decide what your injury is worth. Trials are scheduled on the court’s schedule, not the lawyers’ schedule. Cases sometimes take years to be scheduled for trial, especially in some major urban areas. Having a case that is two or three years old before going to trial isn’t unusual.

Once you go to trial, your case may not be over. There may be an appeal and further motions and hearings.

COLLECTION ISSUES

You may also have difficulty collecting from the insurance company or the person responsible for your injury. The insurance lawyer will have to have a check or draft issued by the company. Before they send you money, you’ll be required to sign a release document and file some sort of dismissal motion. These things also delay payment. Once the money comes in, your lawyer will have to run the check through his or her trust account. If it’s an out-of-state check, there will be another delay of a week to ten days before the funds are disbursed. Additionally, a lawyer will be deducting litigation expenses such as deposition fees, transcript fees, filing fees, service of process costs, medical records costs, costs involved in documenting medical bills, costs of hiring expert witnesses, costs of paying treating doctors to testify, subpoena charges, lawyer’s fees, and any legally-required medical bills or liens.

Litigation can eat up a lot of time and money. Settlements after litigation can be very disappointing after spending years in battle. Sometimes it’s better to settle before trial for less than to go through the process and end up with a small settlement or perhaps a bad result at trial.

Call today for a free consultation (877) SHARK-90. Julie C. Tizzard is your personal injury attorney. New Orleans accident attorney, Julie C. Tizzard, is a premier personal injury lawyer. New Orleans citizens have a reliable wrongful death attorney in Louisiana that will fight for the compensation they deserve.

FEDERAL CRIMES:

White Collar Offenses
Criminal Appeals
Fraud (Bank, Wire, Mail)
Money Laundering
Drug Trafficking
Immigration Offenses
Conspiracy Offenses Fraud
Internet Crimes
Federal Investigations
(DEA, FBI, etc.)
Habeas Corpus

STATE CRIMES:

White Collar Offenses
Criminal Appeals
Drug Cases
Aggravated Assault
Sexual Assault
Murder
Driving While Intoxicated
Negligent Homicide
Grand Jury
Investigations
Habeas Corpus