Getting back on your feet after a serious injury can be stressful. Juggling doctor’s appointments. Struggling to arrange transportation. Missing time from work. Dealing with pain that seems like it will never go away. You don’t need another headache. But you do need money to pay for everything.
At Tomeny | Best Injury Lawyers, our Baton Rouge personal injury lawyers are committed to helping Louisiana accident victims and their families fight through the complex legal process. We work with you one-on-one to understand your needs and identify all the ways we can help. Our dedicated attorneys handle every detail of your personal injury claim from start to finish. Ultimately, when you put your trust in us, you can put your focus where it needs to be – on your health and your family.
A sudden injury can disrupt every aspect of your life. Our Baton Rouge attorneys can help explain your legal options for a personal injury case and help you evaluate all available avenues for compensation. We will make sure you understand every step of the process.
We pursue personal injury claims for adults and children injured in accidents involving:
When we take on a case, we meticulously review the circumstances of your injury and provide you with our candid evaluation.
Whenever you sue someone for personal injuries, you must prove specific facts. You must show that the person you are suing was negligent and that their negligence was the direct cause of your injuries.
A person, company, or government agency can be negligent. Negligence means not using a reasonable degree of care or caution. As your Baton Rouge attorneys, we will prove negligence by showing that the party you are suing—the defendant—owed you a duty, did not uphold their duty, and you sustained personal injuries.
Duty is sometimes misunderstood. Everyone owes everyone else a duty to obey the law. Drivers owe a duty to anyone else who uses the roads, property owners must keep their premises safe, and manufacturers must ensure their products are safe for use. People who supervise children have a duty to keep them from harm.
You must prove that the defendant’s negligence directly caused your injury. In many cases, this is straightforward, but it is not always. Our attorneys will ensure there is evidence linking your injuries to the defendant’s conduct before bringing a case.
You must prove the defendant’s failure to meet their duty caused you actual harm. If you claim an injury, you must have medical records proving it. A fear of future harm is not enough. Your attorney will review receipts and other documentation to prove your injury-related expenses and lost income.
We fight for the full and fair compensation our clients deserve.
The money you receive from a legal claim is called your damages. Your damages compensate you for your injury-related expenses and the impact your injury has on your quality of life. Damages from a personal injury lawsuit in Baton Rouge could help you protect your family’s financial security and ensure you get the treatment and services you need after your injury.
You can claim your medical expenses, including pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment, rehabilitation expenses, and counseling to help you adjust to the injury. If you need home renovations to accommodate an injury-related disability, you could claim the cost as damages. Your damages also include lost income, and if you cannot return to work because of the injury, your future earning capacity will be diminished.
You can also claim pain and suffering damages, which is money to compensate you for your scars, inconvenience, physical pain, disability, emotional distress, and similar losses.
Meet our Baton Rouge personal injury attorneys.
If you were injured by a commercial truck driven by a careless tractor-trailer driver, you may find yourself battling large trucking businesses and their stingy insurance companies to recover financial compensation for your damages.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a Baton Rouge trucking accident due to no fault of your own, you have the right to know your legal options.
Among the many types of motor vehicle crashes, motorcycle collisions are the most dangerous. Motorcycle riders are fully exposed in an accident. They are not protected by safety features like seatbelts or airbags.
Most motorcycle traffic collisions result in injury or death to the rider. Motorcycle crashes usually involve a collision between the rider’s motorcycle and another vehicle.
When we purchase any product from a store or online retailer, we trust that it will work properly, safely, and as intended. Unfortunately, sometimes products turn out to be dangerous and leave us with life-changing injuries.
In Louisiana, the law holds manufacturers and retailers of defective or unreasonably dangerous products responsible for the harm that they cause.
If you suffer a slip and fall or trip and fall accident on someone else’s property, you may wonder about your legal rights and options. Following a slip and fall accident or a trip and fall accident, you may have a premises liability claim in Baton Rouge against the owner or occupier of the property.
The loss of a family member is a heartbreaking experience. When a relative’s death occurs due to someone else’s negligence or intentional acts, it can only increase the pain of your loss and leave you with feelings of anger or bitterness at those responsible. It can also leave the surviving family with serious financial burdens.
In these tragic circumstances, your family may be entitled to assert a wrongful death claim in Baton Rouge.
If you have a claim for compensation after suffering a personal injury, it is important to understand the personal injury claim process. Many people may not realize that most personal injury claims never go to trial or even see the inside of a courtroom.
Instead, the first step in the process of a personal injury lawsuit is to make a claim with the at-fault party or parties or their insurers to try and reach a settlement that pays you fair and full compensation. If the other party accepts fault for your injuries and your damages can be determined with certainty, it may be possible to reach a prompt settlement. However, if the at-fault party disputes liability or if there is some dispute over your damages, such as ongoing medical treatment or long-term care requirements, it may take longer to reach a settlement.
When it is not possible to reach an acceptable settlement, it may be necessary to file a lawsuit in court. This process officially begins when the injured party (the plaintiff), through their lawyer, files a complaint. The complaint and a summons must be served on the party (or parties) responsible for your injuries (the defendant), as well as submitted to the court.
The defendant or defendants then have an opportunity to respond to your complaint, either by seeking to dismiss the case on technical grounds or by filing an answer disputing the substance of your claims. If the defendant doesn’t respond to your complaint by the deadline, you may be able to obtain a default judgment.
Once your personal injury claim and the defendant’s answer have been filed in the courthouse, the personal injury attorney engages in a process known as discovery. During discovery, the parties exchange information and documents and take deposition testimony from relevant witnesses. This gives all parties a fuller picture of the evidence that is likely to be presented at trial. During or after discovery, either side may petition the court for a judgment on the premise the evidence is so one-sided that the case can be resolved without continuing the process any further.
If the case is not resolved by a motion for judgment or by a settlement between the parties, the case will move to trial. After each side has the opportunity to present evidence and engage in cross-examination, the judge or jury or judge renders a judgment or verdict. If it goes in your favor, you will be able to legally enforce that judgment against the defendant should they, for some reason, fail to pay what the court orders.
A severe injury requires a lot of adjustment. Contacting a Baton Rouge legal professional soon after the personal injury incident could help protect your rights and smooth some hurdles.
Once they have identified the potentially responsible parties, they will submit a demand for compensation. Negotiations begin. The parties typically reach an appropriate settlement if you work with a skilled lawyer. In the instance that negotiations fail, your attorney will aggressively pursue your interests in court.
It is an unexpected and unfortunate fact of life that accidents happen. In many accidents, the people involved in the accident suffer personal injuries – harm to the body, mind, and emotions.
When these injuries are caused by someone else’s negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct, you could be entitled to pursue a personal injury claim either in or out of court.
A skilled and seasoned Baton Rouge personal injury lawyer can walk you through your next steps, explaining your legal rights and options and guiding you through the process of seeking compensation. If you’ve been injured through no fault of your own in Baton Rouge or elsewhere in Louisiana, reach out to our team at Tomeny | Best Injury Lawyers today.
We give 100% on every job; our work ethic extends beyond Monday to Friday, 9-5 schedule, because we arrive early, stay late, and work weekends when needed.
We care about each other, we don’t talk behind each others back, if you are loyal to firm the firm will be loyal to you.
We produce excellent work product, our work is impeccable, and we produce it on time with no errors or misstatements of law or facts.
We do everything in our power to ensure our clients get everything they are entitled to; we aggressively and creatively stand up for our clients rights. If we don’t win we take it personally, like a punch in the gut.
Our clients are often hurt, weary and sometimes destitute, we are people pleasers no matter how bitter or frustrated our clients might be when they walk in the door. We end every phone call with “do you have any further questions” or “is there anything else I can do for you?”
People know us as honest and aggressive; we don’t steal cases from other firms; judges, attorneys and insurance adjusters know that when we tell them something it is accurate and we will live up to our promises.
Choosing an attorney may be the most important decision you ever make. When you contact Tomeny | Best Injury Lawyers, we will listen to your story, go over your legal rights, and answer all your questions. You will leave our meeting knowing that you have made the right decision for you, your future, and your family.
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