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sonl inju
y lye>, I h
ve seen my f
ish
e of e ccidents
th
t led to injuies
nd tgic deths. The
elity is, ho
eve, th
t the bulk of theccidents I help clients
ith hppen in
much no
eset of ci
cumstnces. In f
ct, sometimes it cn feel do
night DEP
ESSING to see the sme types of
ccidents occuingepe
tedly. So, I thought Iould
ite up
list of some of the most dnge
ous es in Ne
Ole
nshen it comes to
ccidents tht le
ve people seiously inju
ednd
ose. It
ill not necessily becomplete list, but it should give you
n ideof
HEE TO LOOK OUT FO
DNGE
s you
lk, d
ive,ide, shop, dine, d
nce,nd celeb
te
ound the Big E
sy. nt to knomo
ebout ho
I helphen
nccident tu
ns someone’s life upside don?
ed on.
T
ffic Inte
sections<h2>
ede
s of this blog knoI h
ve something ofn ffinity
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bout tfficccidents
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bout moto
vehicleccidents in
ll 64 Louisin
pishes fome to dive into like
gebe in
byou. I
ecently investigted
ht the st
tistics sy
boutccidents in O
lens P
ish,
ndell, one p
ticul
d
tpoint JUMPED OFF THE P
GE. I lookedt the d
tfo
the mostecent full ye
of st
tistics tht
s
vil
blet the time,
nd found tht in th
t yelone, the
ee
e 6,344 tfficccidents in
nd ound NeO
lens
esulting in ft
lities oinju
ies,nd
nothe13,680 c
shes th
t (fotun
tely?) only cused p
opety d
mge (th
te kno
of). So,ll-in, th
t’s 20,024 cshes in the Cescent City.
NO
, GET THIS.n H
LF<st
ong> ofll those
ccidents hppened
t intesections. Mo
e thn h
lf. Focomp
ison, on
vege, onlybout one-thi
d ofll
ccidents stte
ide hppen
t intesections e
ch ye. In otheods, <
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ppent inte
sections in NeO
lens
> F MOE OFTEN th
n mostny
hee else in the st
te. The sme holds t
ue if you be
k thoseccidents do
n by ctego
y. NeO
lens s
lmost hlf of
ll its tffic ft
lities, moe th
n hlf of its t
ffic inju
ies,nd mo
e thn h
lf of itsccident p
opety d
mge, in
ccidents tht h
ppenedt inte
sections in oneecent ye
.
Fo
l
ye
like me, tht st
tistic is JUST BONKES. It m
kes mesk:
ht is it
bout NeO
lens th
t mkes its inte
sections SO MUCH MOE D
NGEOUS th
n most of theest of the st
te’s?fte
ll, it’s no sec
et tht inte
sections ce
te dnge
s.<h
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ffic enginee
st LSU
>nd else
hee spend ye
s of thei
lives studying hoto design the s
fest “points of tffic conflict”he
e dive
s, bikes,
nd pedesti
ns to coss p
ths. Even so, somethingbout Ne
Ole
ns mkes inte
sectionsNGE
OUS<st
ong>.h
t explins th
t? My guessesould be:
ong>N o
, co
ded steets.
is
n OLD, HISTOIC CITY. Like most met
opolises tht go by th
t desciption, the Big E
sy fetu
esnet
ok of n
ost
eets built duing,
nd fo, e
lie
times. The needs of the city’s businesses to keep suppliedith food, d
ink,nd invento
y—pticully estblishments in the Vieux C
e but,e
lly, evey
hee—compete
ith those tight dimensions, sometimesith<
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otic, messy consequences<>. Plus, NeO
lens gets
TON of foot tffic, pticully duing C
niv
l. Pedesti
ns seekefuge f
om co
ded sidelks by lking in the steet,
ith potentilly DIS
STOUS consequences.
lcohol.
f
icity
lso hs
ell-dese
vedeput
tions
home to sensuous, sumptuous bcch
nls. Those
hottend ou
celebtions hve been kno
n to ptke, sh
lle s
y, of the mny elixi
s of the Gods. Some of those meymke
s unisely climb behind the
heels of vehicles. Othes st
oll the steets
ithoutc
e
nd, sometimes,ithout p
ying muchttention to thei
suoundings. Tht is <
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ging inf
st
uctue. ong> It is no sec
et th
t the Cescent City’s inf
st
uctue h
s seen betted
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od closu
es<> push tffic to secondy steets,
hich cn c
od inte
sections, fust
te d
ives,
nd led to b
d decisions tht c
useccidents.
So, de
ede
, let me offeyou
o
d of cution: T
KE CET NE
OLE
NS INTESECTIONS. Ou
city hs m
ny beutiful
nd exciting sightsnd sounds but p
yingttention to s
fety fist
heeve
steets c
ossill help to
void DISSTE
.B
lconies
nd Sti
ys<h2>
Histo
ting b
lconies decoted in ought ion line the st
eets seemingly evey
hee you look in the Big E
sy. Come Cnivl time those b
lconies host co
ds ofevele
s, mny of
hom len out ove
ion
ilings in pu
suit of tho
fom
flot o
tott
ct someone’s
ttention belo. M
ny of those meymke
s hve imbibed,
nd some of them len just
bit too f, o bit too hevily…
T
ke it fom
peson
l injuy l
ye
ho kno
sthing o
to
bout tgic incidents in the Cescent City. lcony f thing
ithout f
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> deths f
om blcony f
lls evey ye
,
esulting fom someone le
ning out too f, of
om ilings giving y, of
om blconies coll
psingltogethe
.heneve
I see one of these sd sto
ies, Ionde
hom
ny moe f
lls go unepo
ted in the nes, but still—get t
eted
tloc
l emegency
oom. Beteen you
nd me, I bet it’s MNY MO
E thn you
ould expect. Hee’s
nothething. To get to those b
lconies, NOLesidentsnd visito
s climb the sti
s ofging homes
nd businesses. Like eveything else in the histo
ic es of to
n, mny of these st
iells hve seen mo
e stuctu
lly-sound d
ys, not to mention they e no
choke points tht c
nnotccommod
te co
ds of people tying to climb
nd descend themt the s
me time. One of the BIGGESTnd BUSIEST
e
s of peson
l injuy l
p
ctice, in my expe
ience, involves helping peopleecove
moneyfte
they tke
nccident
l spill on someone else’s pope
tynd get se
iously injued.
fll f
omb
lcony ost
ic
n esily
esult in boken bones, ND TH st o king n le n unfo te pe ing f debilit
um
tic bin injuy ong>, o
f
cinglife t
nsfo
med by plysis
ftesuffe
ingd d
mge
e’s some mo
eise
dvice: Hng on tight to those b
nistes
nd ilings. Ifb
lcony looks uncomfot
bly co
ded, sy inside until sp
ce opens up. If you find youself up
bove the steet
tching
pde p
ss, plese oh ple
se don’te
ch out too f to ctch th
o. The
eill be mo
e coming youy, I p
omise.life fo
beds
nd bubles.
Festiv
ls
nd Celebtions<h2>
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ttoney NO”
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Ole
ns foll sots of me
ym
king. Obviously, thee’s C
niv
l,hich st
ts on Epiph
nynd ends in l
te Febu
y o
ely Mch, depending on the ye,ith <
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, tht is<
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f
om the only event<> tht d
s hundeds of thous
nds of visitos to Ne
Ole
nst
ny given time. NOLlso ds oodles
nd oodles of visitos to J
zzFest in lte
pil-e
ly M
y, the Cibben Festiv
l in June,nd the Essence Festiv
l in July, not to mention Hllo
een, NeYe
,
ndeekends th
ough the fll
henevethe S
ints et home.
In f
ct, I’m not going too f out ove blcony
iling (
EMEMBEHT I TOLD YOU?) he
e in sying th
t it’s petty
e to come to NeO
lens
nd not findc
od of people h
vinggood time. Th
t ish
t the Big Esy is kno
n foftell. Les bons tempsoule
don he
ell ye
ound. Tht’s
good thing. Until it isn’t. Co
ds, pties, blls, p
des,nd conce
ts mke NOL
lively, ecst
tic plce to visit. tun lso c te conditions
someone to get b
dly hut. ong> I’ve mentioned
couple of those conditions
le
dy.hen
n intesection fills up
ith peoplend f
ustted dive
st the s
me time. Blconies
nd sti
ells in old buildings ove
floing
ith people cn e
sily become sites foT
GEDY
nd MYHEM.
The f
ct is, hoeve
, tht
nyhe
e <h
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en msse to celeb
te
nd mingle<> hs<
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<> fothe un
y.l p
deoutes, fo
exmple.
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get=”_bl
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s deep,ith
esidentsnd visito
s hoping fo nodnd smile f
om Bcchus
nd some te
sued th
o. C
m too m
ny people onn
oside
lk, mix in
fehu
ic
nes (the dink, I me
n)nd
hi
too much zel to g
theup some be
ds,nd you get people m
kingOUS
ND UNISE
t
isk theio
nellbeing
nd tht of othe
s. Don’t believe me? Check out<h
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get=”_bl
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efee“> this desc
iption<> of the types of medicl eme
gencies tht c
n hppen du
ing Mdi Gs: Boken
ists, hips
ndnkles,
longith v
ious deg
ees of scpes to mjo
lce
tions occu
. Besides the occsion
l pde goe
un ove
byflo
t osome othe
vehicle, D. Elde
sid se
iouseoccu
ing inju
ies e cused by jumping ove
fencesnd othe
bie
s. Besides boken bones, jumping ove
ought ion fences sep
ting mny of the side
lks f
om font y
ds especi
lly upton le
d to seious leg, thigh,
nd scotum
ounds tht hu
t even to itebout.
YIKES!
nd OUCH! (By the y, tht
ticle
lso points out somethingfe
of ouould-be clients hve le
ned the h
d
y.<
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>, Mdi Gs p
de o
gnize
s hve
degee of “immunity” f
om being sued foinju
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ticip
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the kind of nes I
nt to delive
...soe on the p
deoutes!
H
s
NeO
lens D
ngeT
kenToll on You?
Like
ny big city, NeO
lens h
bo
s unseen dnge
s. I hope tht I’ve educ
ted youbout some of the mo
e significnt ones he
e, so tht you neve
hve to
lk th
ough the doos of my office
ndsk me to help you
ecoved
mges.
s muchs F TION
lf of inju
ed NeO
lens
esidentsnd visito
s,HEN PEOPLE ST
Y SFE
ND SOUND<st
ong>nd le
ve NeO
lens
ith hppy memo
ies insted of b
oken bones (oose).
Ho
eve,
ht if one of the d
ngezones of the C
escent City ctches you up
nd leves you st
ugglingith
sevee inju
y o tgic loss ofloved one.
ht then?
ong>See docto
ight
y.<st
ong> I don’t ce homuch fun you
e h
ving oht b
nd plys next on the J
zz Fest min st
ge. If you suffen injuy,
ong> get to ong>. Youn eme
gencyoom
he
lth is too impot
nt. Plus, if someone else cused you h
m, those medic
leco
dsill p
oveong>ext emely useful< ong> Thisst
ong> foyou
lyeto p
ove libility
nd dm
ges.<li>
ong>Be e insu
nce
djustes
nd feebies.
pplies especi
lly to those of you visiting NOLfo
vc
tion. Thee is
lys isk tht the pe
son ocomp
ny tht c
used youinju
yill
ecognize you don’t live hee,
nd tht they (o
theiinsu
nce comp
ny) my t
y to “smooth things ove”
ith you fo quick d of csh o
even something less significnt, like
“comped” sty
t youhotel o
VIP psses on
pde
oute.ong>Just. S y. Non!< st
ong> (Tht’s C
jun fo“No!”) The
e is no such things f
eenything. T
king quick compenstion in
ny fom c
nmount to s
cificing you
legl
ights. Don’t do it.<li>
ong>Hi e
ntto
ney.<st
ong> The soonethe bette
to <h
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e youights sty p
otected<>nd you
eceive evey doll
of compens
tion you deseve.