Daily Archives: May 28, 2013

Duty to Prevent Bed Sores and Duty to Treat Sores

Most cases involving bed sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers arise from a failure of the nursing home to either prevent the sores from forming or to treat them after they form.  The elderly have a lot of preexisting conditions that make them highly susceptible to ulcers.  This doesn’t mean the nursing home can sit…

Louisiana Product Liability

Manufacturers can be held liable when their products cause injury or death.  These types of cases require very strict elements of proof.  The test is whether a product is “unreasonably dangerous”. There are specific ways in which our law outlines how a product can be considered “unreasonably dangerous”.  These are found in the Louisiana revised…