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A car accident in New Orleans can upend your life in seconds — medical bills, a wrecked vehicle, lost income, and an insurance company already working to pay you as little as possible. A New Orleans car accident lawyer takes that fight off your hands, dealing with the adjuster, proving how the crash happened, and pursuing the full value of your injuries under Louisiana law.
Louisiana follows a pure comparative fault rule, and for crashes on or after July 1, 2024 you have two years to file a claim. Those deadlines and fault rules decide what a car accident case is worth, and the insurer knows it. Rudin Law builds every claim knowing exactly how the other side puts a value on it — because founder Lee Rudin spent more than a decade defending insurance companies before he switched sides.
From rear-end and intersection collisions to rideshare, truck, and hit-and-run wrecks, we document the injury, gather the evidence, and push the number up — then take the case to trial when the offer stays insulting. We work from two New Orleans offices, answer the phone around the clock, and you deal with a named attorney, never a call center. Get to know Lee Rudin and the team behind your case.
A car accident lawyer in New Orleans takes the insurance fight off your plate so your energy goes to getting better. After a wreck on I-10, Claiborne Avenue, or a Broad Street intersection, the at-fault driver’s insurer starts building its side of the claim the same week, and Louisiana negligence law, beginning at La. C.C. art. 2315, decides who pays for what that company would rather not cover.
Our attorneys handle the fault fight, the crash types from rear-end hits to head-on collisions, the coverage questions, and the damages proof, walking each step of the claim with our New Orleans personal injury team. Tell us about your crash before you talk to the insurer’s adjuster.
What our car accident lawyers do for injured New Orleans drivers
Our car accident lawyers do four jobs on every New Orleans claim. Each one closes off an argument the insurance company wants to make later.
- We investigate the crash: Photos, witness statements, and camera leads get collected before they disappear, and the vehicles themselves get preserved.
- We establish fault under Louisiana law: Fault is assigned in percentages here, and every point matters. We build the record that puts those percentages where the evidence says they belong.
- We document your damages: Medical records, bills, lost wages, and the daily-life impact get organized into proof, not scattered receipts.
- We pursue the full claim: Aggressive representation means the demand is backed by a real willingness to file suit, and the insurer knows it.
Every contact with the at-fault driver’s insurer moves to our desk, from the adjuster’s first phone call to the final settlement paperwork.
How car accident liability works in Louisiana
Car accident liability in Louisiana starts with one sentence of the Civil Code. “Every act of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it” (La. C.C. art. 2315). Negligence under La. C.C. art. 2316 extends that duty to harm caused by carelessness, lack of skill, or want of caution. The Civil Code calls this kind of claim a delictual action, its term for a lawsuit built on fault.
In a car crash claim, the shape is concrete. The other driver owed you a duty of care on the road. Running a red light or following too closely breaches that duty. So does drifting across the center line. The breach caused your injuries, and the at-fault driver must repair the harm.
The rules carry real weight in this parish. Orleans Parish recorded 58 fatal crashes that killed 60 people in 2024, along with 4,849 injury crashes that hurt 8,198 people, and 12,344 property-damage-only crashes (CARTS 2024 Summary Report, p. 90).
Fault rarely lands 100 percent on one driver, which is where the timeline above earns its place. For crashes on or after January 1, 2026, Louisiana applies modified comparative fault with a 51 percent bar under La. C.C. art. 2323 as amended by Acts 2025, No. 15. If you are 50 percent at fault or less, your recovery is reduced by your share. At 51 percent or more, you recover nothing. Crashes before that date fall under the older pure comparative fault rule, which reduced recovery at any fault share without cutting it off.
The insurance company assigns fault early, and it does so with that bar in mind. A file that pushes you from 45 percent to 51 percent is worth the whole claim to them. Louisiana’s new comparative fault rule rewards a close read from anyone whose crash sits near the 2026 line.
Seat belt non-use and the 51 percent rule
Seat belt non-use sits in a genuine gray zone of Louisiana comparative fault right now. For years, La. R.S. 32:295.1 contained a subsection barring insurers and defendants from using a person’s failure to wear a seat belt to reduce their damages. That subsection, subsection E, was repealed effective January 1, 2021. The statute is now silent on the question. The shield that used to sit in the statute no longer does, and any injured driver whose damages an insurer wants to discount should expect the question to surface in a comparative-fault fight. How a court will treat it is an open question, and we treat it as one.
Types of car accidents we handle in New Orleans
Each crash type carries its own fault logic. The sections below cover the configurations we see most in New Orleans, and when the cause is a specific driver behavior, like a distracted-driver crash built on phone records, the claim takes a different shape. The same is true when the other vehicle is not an ordinary passenger car. A crash involving a large truck brings federal carrier regulations into the case, and a crash involving an Uber or Lyft turns on which app period the driver was in at impact.
Multi-vehicle pileups
A multi-vehicle pileup produces the hardest fault question in car accident law, because three or more drivers and three or more insurers each point somewhere else. Louisiana’s percentage-based fault system means every defendant’s share must be established separately, and the evidence that sorts an impact sequence, like vehicle damage patterns and event data, disappears fast. The insurers involved will happily let the blame circle while your bills arrive. Sorting out who owes what after a multi-vehicle pileup takes an apportionment fight that a two-car claim never sees, which is why we treat pileups as their own discipline.
Rollover accidents
A rollover is the crash type most likely to turn a survivable collision into a catastrophic one. It happens when a vehicle’s tires lose the road and momentum carries it over. A curve taken at speed can do it. So can a trip over a curb or median, or a side impact that shoves the vehicle off its line. SUVs and pickups carry their weight high, which is why they flip more easily and appear in rollover claims so often.
A body inside a rolling vehicle takes force from more than one direction. Roof contact and partial ejection produce head, neck, and spine injuries that a same-speed straight-line crash would not. A rollover claim asks two questions. Who caused the initial loss of control, and did the vehicle behave the way a sound design should. We investigate both, because the at-fault driver’s insurer will argue the rollover itself produced the worst injuries. Preserving the vehicle before it is scrapped is the first step.
Parking-lot crashes
A parking-lot crash looks minor until the claim starts. New Orleans lots and garages, from grocery lots on Carrollton to hotel garages in the CBD, produce steady claims because backing vehicles, blind aisles, and pedestrians share tight space. When no injury is reported at the scene, police may never come to a private lot at all. That leaves no official fault finding and lets the insurers split blame between two drivers who each insist the other appeared from nowhere.
Fault in a lot follows the same negligence rules as fault on the street. A driver backing out of a space owes a duty of care to traffic already moving in the aisle. A driver cutting diagonally across empty spaces has predictably weak footing. Low visible vehicle damage invites the insurer to treat your injury claim as minor, even against documented soft-tissue injury. Photographs, witness names, and prompt medical care carry a parking-lot claim precisely because no police report will.
A crash while pregnant raises medical and legal questions that deserve their own treatment.
Rear-end collisions
A rear-end collision is the one New Orleans car accident where Louisiana law hands the injured driver a structural head start. The driver who hit you from behind is generally presumed at fault, and that presumption forces the rear driver’s insurer to produce evidence, not just argument, to escape it.
A presumption is a starting point, not a guarantee. Insurers attack it with rebuttal theories aimed at putting fault back on the lead driver. The medical fight is its own battle, because whiplash and other soft-tissue injuries dominate rear-end cases and adjusters treat them as minor by default. Determining fault in a rear-end crash is less automatic than the presumption makes it sound.
T-bone and intersection crashes
A T-bone crash concentrates the full force of one vehicle into the side of another, where a door panel is all that stands between the striking bumper and your body. New Orleans intersections produce these crashes constantly, and they produce the sharpest fault disputes we handle. Both drivers tend to claim the light, the sign, or the right-of-way.
Proof becomes the whole case. Signal timing and camera angles matter. So do witness positions and where the vehicles came to rest. Building a T-bone or intersection crash claim means winning that proof fight before the negotiation even starts.
Head-on collisions
A head-on collision combines the speed of two vehicles into a single impact. Severity is what defines this crash type, and the legal problem arrives right behind the medical one. The harm from a head-on crash can exceed what the at-fault driver’s policy will pay. When it does, policy limits rather than fault become the pressure point of the claim. Finding every layer of coverage that can be made to pay is where the case starts, and recovering fully from a head-on collision depends on that search.
I-10 and interstate crashes
I-10 crashes combine sustained speed and dense traffic. The elevated stretch through Mid-City, the High Rise over the Industrial Canal, the I-610 split, and the downtown curve past the Superdome all compress fast traffic into short decision windows.
Interstate claims carry their own investigative demands. Vehicles come to rest far from first impact, debris fields cross lanes, and witnesses scatter at 60 miles an hour. The same following-too-closely negligence that dents a bumper on Magazine Street breaks bones on the High Rise.
Hydroplaning and storm-season crashes
Hydroplaning happens when a tire meets more water than its tread can channel and lifts off the pavement. Steering and braking stop reaching the road until the tires reconnect. In New Orleans storm season, sudden sheets of rain flood underpasses and pool on flat stretches in minutes. A driver who keeps highway speed through standing water is building a negligence case against themselves.
Rain was the primary weather condition in 377 of 4,893 fatal and suspected-injury crashes in Orleans Parish in 2024, or 7.7 percent of that severity band (CARTS dashboard F1). Weather does not absorb fault in Louisiana. The driver who failed to adjust to it holds the share.
High-risk crash situations in New Orleans
Some crash situations add a layer the usual claim does not have. A hit-and-run crash converts a liability claim into a coverage claim the moment the driver flees, and a claim against a driver who struck a pedestrian runs through its own practice entirely.
Crashes with out-of-state drivers
A crash with a visiting driver adds procedural friction. The defendant goes home, and their insurer may have no Louisiana presence. Louisiana law still governs a Louisiana crash, but an estimated 15.4 percent of drivers nationally were uninsured in 2023 (Insurance Research Council), and you cannot confirm a visiting driver’s coverage at the scene. Your own UM coverage is the backstop.
Ambulance and government vehicle crashes
A crash with an ambulance, a city vehicle, or any government-owned unit routes your claim through a different procedural regime under La. R.S. 13:5101 et seq.
One deadline is misstated so widely it deserves plain statement. La. R.S. 13:5107 requires service of citation within 90 days of filing suit. That deadline applies after suit is filed. It is not a notice you owe anyone before suing. Anyone who tells you that you had to notify the city within 90 days of your crash is describing a rule this state does not impose that way. [VERIFY with counsel before the QDH publishes]
Teen and student drivers
A teen driver is held to the same duty of care as any other driver. Inexperience does not lower that standard. Teen drivers are typically insured under a parent’s policy, which raises questions of permissive use and household coverage. The key question is whose policy actually responds.
Driver-assist and autonomous vehicle liability
When a vehicle running lane-keeping or adaptive cruise drifts into you, the claim starts with the human behind the wheel. But what the system saw, warned about, and recorded becomes the strongest evidence in the case, and it does not preserve itself.
Louisiana’s only autonomous-vehicle statute, La. R.S. 32:400.1 through 400.8, covers autonomous commercial vehicles only. Consumer driver-assist crashes fall under ordinary fault law, which is why building liability after a driver-assist or autonomous vehicle crash starts with winning the evidence-preservation race.
Car insurance and your claim in Louisiana
Car insurance defines the ceiling of your claim before anyone argues about fault. Louisiana requires every driver to carry minimum liability limits of 15/30/25 under La. R.S. 32:900(B)(2), and what you can recover starts from whatever coverage actually exists on the other side. The table below shows what those minimums mean in dollars.
| Coverage | Minimum limit |
|---|---|
| Bodily injury, per person | $15,000 |
| Bodily injury, per accident | $30,000 |
| Property damage, per accident | $25,000 |
One hospital visit can pass $15,000, and the gap between a minimum policy and a real injury is where your own policy earns its place. UM coverage, meaning uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, pays you when the at-fault driver has no insurance or too little (La. R.S. 22:1295). Louisiana treats UM as part of every auto policy unless it was validly rejected.
Rejection is valid only on a form prescribed by the insurance commissioner and signed by the named insured or their legal representative. Whether that form was executed correctly is worth checking rather than assuming, so confirming your uninsured motorist coverage is one of the first things we do when the other driver’s limits look thin.
Coverage that can pay a New Orleans crash claim
Liability coverage: the at-fault driver’s policy, at least 15/30/25 if they carried the legal minimum.
UM coverage: your own policy pays when the at-fault driver has no insurance, unless UM was rejected on the commissioner’s form.
UIM coverage: your own policy pays the gap when the at-fault driver’s limits are too low for the harm.
Louisiana adds one harsh rule of its own. For crashes on or after August 1, 2025, a driver who was uninsured at the time of the crash cannot recover the first $100,000 of bodily-injury damages or the first $100,000 of property damage under the No Pay No Play law (La. R.S. 32:866, as amended by Acts 2025, No. 16). The bar applies even when the other driver was entirely at fault. The law carries exceptions, including crashes caused by a drunk driver, intentional acts, felonies, hit-and-run crashes, crashes involving a legally parked vehicle, and claims by passengers who do not own the uninsured vehicle.
How much coverage exists depends on the at-fault driver’s limits and whether your own UM and UIM apply. Expect the insurer holding that coverage to work the file slowly. Adjusters delay because time pressures claimants, and they minimize because every reduced claim is the job done as their employer defines it. It helps to know the tactics adjusters use to reduce claims before the next phone call arrives.
What compensation you can recover after a car accident
Recovery after a car accident covers three categories under Louisiana law. Every one of them has to be proven, not assumed.
Economic damages
Economic damages are the countable losses. Medical bills already incurred and the future care your doctors project sit at the center, with wages lost while you healed and earning capacity reduced by a lasting injury beside them.
Non-economic damages
Non-economic damages cover the harm without a receipt. Physical pain, loss of enjoyment of life, disability, disfigurement, and the strain an injury puts on a household all belong here.
Exemplary damages (DWI only)
Exemplary damages are the exception to Louisiana’s usual rule that damages repair rather than punish. Under La. C.C. art. 2315.4, a person injured by a drunk driver whose wanton disregard caused the crash can recover additional damages beyond the compensatory categories. The article applies only to intoxicated defendants, and proving wanton disregard takes evidence beyond the arrest itself. If you were hit by a drunk driver, that category belongs in your claim from the first demand.
What moves a claim’s value is a factor list, not a formula. Injury type and permanence set the base. Documented medical costs, lost income, and projected future care move it. Your fault share under the 51 percent bar and the coverage limits actually available, including your own UM, cap it.
A crash also produces losses outside these three categories. Recovering your vehicle damage is a separate property claim, and a diminished value claim after repairs can recover what the crash took off your car’s market value even after a proper fix. A rental car during repairs is a recoverable cost, and psychological injury after a crash is compensable when it is documented like any other injury. When a crash takes a life or changes one permanently, a fatal crash claim and a life-changing crash injury each follow their own path.
The car accident claim process, step by step
This is the sequence we run on a New Orleans claim.
1. Get medical care and keep getting it
Prompt evaluation ties your injuries to the crash, and consistent treatment keeps them tied. A treatment gap is what the defense uses to argue the injury is unrelated or minor. Keep a dated note of what hurt and what you could not do each day.
2. Preserve the scene evidence
Photos, witness names, and camera leads are worth more in week one than in month six. The steps after a New Orleans crash protect that window. If a dashcam or nearby camera may have seen the crash, tell us at the first meeting. Your own camera’s file must be backed up before the device overwrites it, and footage held by others exists only as long as their storage does. We send preservation demands the same week. Your crash report belongs in the file early too, released within seven working days after the investigation is completed at a capped fee of $5 for a two-page report and $20 beyond that (La. R.S. 32:398). Getting and fixing your crash report is easier before the insurer has quoted its errors for months.
3. Decline the recorded statement
A recorded statement is an insurer-run interview designed to lock you into a minimizing account of your injuries. No counsel, no recorded statement.
4. We investigate and establish fault
We document the liability picture, retain experts where the crash demands them, and put the fault percentages on evidence before the insurer can put them on argument.
5. We send the demand letter and negotiate
A demand letter presents fault, treatment, bills, and the number the claim supports. Negotiation from a documented demand is a different conversation than negotiation from a phone call.
6. We file suit when the offer stays wrong
The plain petition filing fee at Orleans Parish Civil District Court is $514.50 (clerk’s fee memo effective July 1, 2026), and the Jefferson Parish 24th Judicial District Court requires a $410.00 advance deposit. We front those costs. Suit is the pressure that reprices a claim the insurer refused to value.
The clock over the whole sequence is the prescriptive period, two years from the injury for crashes on or after July 1, 2024, or one year for earlier crashes (La. C.C. art. 3493.1). How long the process takes beyond that depends on injury severity, treatment length, disputed liability, and whether the claim settles pre-suit or goes into litigation.
Your New Orleans car accident attorney
Lee Rudin
Owner & Attorney · Louisiana Bar, 2012 · Texas Bar, 2024
When a New Orleans car wreck puts you up against an insurance company, it helps to have a lawyer who spent eleven years on their side of the table. Lee defended insurers from 2012 through 2023 at three Louisiana firms before founding Rudin Law. He knows how adjusters build a file to minimize your crash claim, because he used to build those files himself. He has his hands on every car accident case this firm runs, from the first phone call through resolution.
What To Do After a New Orleans Car Accident To Protect Your Legal Claim for Monetary Compensation
When a car accident occurs, you must act fast because time is of the essence. But beyond acting fast, you need to act smart. Here is a quick list of tips you should follow to GET RUDE® after an accident:
Move to a Safe Location
If it is safe to do so, move your vehicle to the side of the road to avoid obstructing traffic.
Check for Injuries
First and foremost, check yourself, passengers, and others involved in the accident for any injuries.
Notify Law Enforcement
In Louisiana, you must report accidents causing injury, death, or over $500 in property damage.
Document the Scene
Take photos of the accident scene, including vehicle damage, road conditions, and any relevant signage or landmarks.
Exchange Information
Exchange contact and insurance details with the other driver(s) involved in the accident.
Seek Medical Attention
Even if you don’t feel injured, seek medical attention promptly.
Contact Your Insurer
Notify your insurance company about the accident as soon as possible.
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GET RUDE® and Take Charge After a Car Accident.
When a car accident occurs, beyond acting fast, you need to act smart. Here is a quick list of tips you should follow to GET RUDE® after an accident:
Build Your Case From The Start
At RUDIN LAW, we immediately begin gathering every shred of evidence needed to support the three main components of your claim:
- Police reports to witness statements for liability
- Medical and wage records for damages
- Insurance policies and related documents for coverage
Engage the Right Experts
We bring in experts to support your liability and damage claims.
Practice Aggressive, Swift Negotiation
We refuse to settle for less, and we won’t delay the process. We target the maximum compensation you need for your recovery, and we work to pursue it as swiftly as possible.
RUDIN LAW is Ready for Courtroom War
If the insurance company won’t play fair, we won’t hesitate to file a lawsuit and take your matter to court. We’ll try the case if that’s what it takes to pursue the money you need.
We Fight For Each Injury — Big or Small!
Not every injury automatically leads to a large payout but, at RUDIN LAW, we believe that no injury is too small. From whiplash to wrongful death, we’ve got your back. We don’t turn away cases simply because the injuries are slight or the insurance policy is minimal.
Our personal injury attorneys at RUDIN LAW fight to help you access the medical treatment and compensation you need so you can return to your life before the car accident. Whether you’ve suffered a sprain, strain, bruise, or break, you can count on RUDIN LAW to stand up for you.
Common Challenges in Louisiana Car Accident Cases
Automobile accident cases in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana often involve challenges involving proving liability, disputes regarding compensation, and insufficient insurance. Our auto accident lawyers handle each component of the aftermath of a New Orleans car accident, beginning with an assessment of your case during a free case evaluation with our law firm.
Proving Negligence and Liability
Proving negligence and liability in Louisiana car accident cases often presents significant challenges. The details of the accident and evidence to support these facts will be central to your claim. We are skilled and experienced in gathering comprehensive evidence of motor vehicle collisions, including traffic camera footage, witness statements, and expert testimony, to establish fault.
We analyze police reports and accident reconstruction data to demonstrate how the other driver’s actions directly caused the collision. In cases involving drunk drivers or serious crimes, these factors can affect liability determination. If the other driver was distracted or driving under the influence, our law firm will leverage this information to prove the essential negligence component in your case.
When proving liability at RUDIN LAW, we work according to the state’s comparative negligence laws to support and protect your claim. Our personal injury firm works diligently to minimize a client’s potential fault designation while emphasizing the other party’s negligence. This approach can involve a detailed investigation of road conditions, vehicle maintenance records, and driver behavior to build a compelling case for the client’s claim for compensation.
Overcoming Disputes Over Potential Compensation Amounts
An experienced car accident attorney presents comprehensive evidence of damages, including medical records, expert testimony on the long-term effects of injuries, and detailed documentation of lost wages. At RUDIN LAW, we skillfully negotiate with insurance companies, using our knowledge of Louisiana Law and precedents to argue for fair compensation.
When disputes arise, we can employ alternative dispute resolution methods or prepare for litigation to seek appropriate compensation. We work closely with medical experts and economists to accurately quantify damages, including future medical expenses and loss of earning capacity as applicable to a given case. Our thorough and unrelenting approach helps us overcome objections from insurance companies. We are committed to making sure each aspect of the client’s suffering is properly valued when seeking compensation.
Dealing With Uninsured or Underinsured Motorists
Dealing with uninsured or underinsured motorists presents significant challenges in New Orleans car accident cases, and we are skilled at pursuing solutions. Our auto accident lawyers at RUDIN LAW handle these complexities by exploring options such as uninsured motorist coverage and pursuing legal action against the at-fault driver personally. We guide our clients regarding their rights and potential avenues to seek compensation when standard insurance claims are insufficient for their needs for financial recovery from an accident.
At RUDIN LAW, our legal team’s strategies to seek maximum recovery in cases involving uninsured or underinsured drivers may include a thorough investigation of the at-fault party’s assets, negotiation with the victim’s own insurance company for uninsured motorist benefits, and exploration of potential alternative sources of compensation. We position Louisiana crash victims to seek the maximum fair compensation under the law, even in challenging circumstances.
Schedule a Free Consultation with RUDIN LAW in New Orleans, Louisiana to Fight for the Money You Need and Seek Recovery After a Car Accident
You’ve been through enough. The last thing you need is an insurance adjuster treating your pain like it’s just another number on a spreadsheet. At RUDIN LAW, we do not play nice with insurance companies — we play to win.
Our car accident lawyers in Louisiana are relentless. Our law firm stands toe-to-toe with insurance companies, big corporations, and anyone else trying to dodge accountability. Whether you are in New Orleans, Metairie, or anywhere throughout Louisiana, an experienced attorney at RUDIN LAW is ready to fight for justice and the money you need.
They want to delay, deny, and underpay?
We say NO.
They want you to accept blame for an accident you did not cause?
We say ABSOLUTELY NOT.
They want to offer a quick, lowball settlement?
We say SEE YOU IN COURT.
Not sure where to start? We’ve got you. Call us today at or complete our online form for a free consultation.
We will break down your legal options, explain the steps you need to take, and show you how we can help maximize your compensation. We are ready to fight for the compensation you need to support your recovery.
It is time to stop letting insurance companies call the shots.
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Frequently asked Questions
What are the benefits of hiring a seasoned car accident lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana?
An experienced New Orleans car accident lawyer can guide car accident victims through the complex legal processes, negotiate with insurance companies, and seek the maximum compensation under the law.
Our knowledgeable New Orleans car accident attorneys at RUDIN LAW understand local laws, gather evidence, and provide guidance, helping clients seek fair treatment and pursue optimal settlements for their cases.
How do Louisiana’s unique car accident laws affect my case?
Louisiana’s unique “no pay, no play” law limiting an uninsured driver’s ability to claim compensation and the state’s pure comparative fault system can significantly impact car accident cases. Fault can be distributed among multiple parties, affecting potential compensation amounts in complex accidents.
A skilled Louisiana car accident attorney can investigate the details of your case, protect your interests, and handle your claim to pursue the compensation you need after a car crash. Request a free consultation at RUDIN LAW to evaluate your case and plan the right next steps.
What steps should I take immediately after a car accident in Louisiana?
After a car accident in Louisiana, prioritize safety, call 911, and exchange information with other drivers. Document the scene with photos, seek medical attention if needed, and contact RUDIN LAW at for a free case evaluation to protect your rights.
How can a lawyer help pursue the maximum compensation in a car accident case in New Orleans, Louisiana?
A skilled lawyer can help pursue the maximum compensation under the law in New Orleans car accident claims by thoroughly investigating the incident, gathering evidence, negotiating with insurance companies, and pursuing legal action if necessary.
Contact RUDIN LAW for a New Orleans auto accident attorney that can assess your potential damages during a free consultation. We account for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering when assessing damages, positioning us to pursue a fair settlement on your behalf.
A skilled personal injury lawyer at our law firm can help you collect evidence for the purpose of determining liability, so you may seek to recover compensation for medical care, property damage, emotional and physical pain and suffering, and other harms and losses due to a car accident in Louisiana.
What common challenges might I face in a car accident case in New Orleans, Metairie, or throughout Louisiana?
Common challenges in Metairie and New Orleans automobile accident cases include dealing with pure comparative fault laws, handling complex insurance claims, gathering sufficient evidence, meeting filing deadlines, and negotiating fair settlements. Injured parties may also face difficulties proving damages and dealing with uninsured or underinsured drivers.
At RUDIN LAW, we manage each of these steps, coordinating with you to collect evidence to prove the other side’s liability and demonstrating the harms, expenses, and losses you have suffered due to the car accident. We handle the proper filing of paperwork ahead of deadlines, and we negotiate with insurance companies on your behalf while protecting your claim and your interests.
If the other driver was uninsured or underinsured, we explore options to pursue the money you need for your recovery. We can address each of these challenges as they pertain to your unique case and plan your next steps during a free consultation.
The lawyer behind GET RUDE®
Lee Rudin
Owner & Attorney · Louisiana Bar, 2012 · Texas Bar, 2024
When a New Orleans car wreck puts you up against an insurance company, it helps to have a lawyer who used to sit on their side of the table. For years, Lee defended the very insurers he now faces off against on the other end of your claim. How does that help you? Well, he knows their playbook: whether on a car accident, a slip and fall, or any other personal injury case in Louisiana or Texas. He knows what it takes to move the needle in your favor. He has his hands on every case that his firm touches, from the first phone call through delivery of the check to you.
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