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New
Orleans Personal Injury Lawyers
New Orleans personal injury lawyers are featured on this page.
If you live in or around New Orleans or in Orleans County, then
you may wish to contact a local lawyer to review your personal
injury case. Sometimes having a local attorney who is not only
versed in state law but one who knows local law and is versed
in the mores and values of the community can be most helpful in
resolving a case. This is especially true with
Hurricane Katrina lawsuits, which can be very complex and
geographically specific. The New Orleans personal injury lawyers
are not the only qualified lawyers around, just the only ones
our research happened to turn up. If you know of a qualified New
Orleans personal injury lawyer who needs to be on this page, please
let us know.
Zachary
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The early history of the colony is a tragic one,
as the first settlers were ill-suited to the rigors of frontier
life. In 1717, France granted a monopoly on commerce to John LAW
in order to promote development of the territory. His MISSISSIPPI
SCHEME was designed to entice investment in what he claimed was
a land of fabulous mineral wealth. The scheme fell apart in 1720,
with no financial rewards to the investors, but the territory
gained population as a result of Law's promotion.
German peasants from the Upper Rhine area contributed to the
betterment of the region when they began to settle land upstream
from New Orleans in the 1720s.
Louisiana became a French crown colony in 1731. Crops, grown
on plantations, included indigo, rice, and tobacco; trade was
primarily by water, and the few roads ran along the levees. To
this day, the arpent system, based on an old French unit of measure
approximating 0.35 ha (0.85 acres), is evident in the property
lines running back from the streams.
In 1762, Louisiana was ceded to Spain as a result of the French
and Indian War, and Great Britain gained control of Florida, which
extended to the east bank of the Mississippi. At the same time,
Acadians, driven from Nova Scotia by the British, began migrating
to Louisiana. The Acadians settled in the eastern prairies around
the present site of Saint Martinville and later along the Lower
Mississippi and Bayou Lafourche.
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and
the only U. S. President to be born in Louisiana.
New Orleans
Personal Injury Lawyers
Caluda and Rebennack Law Firm - firm has been involved in medical
product lawsuits involving breast implants, Fen Phen, Propulsid
and Oxycontin. Also handles cases involving automobile accidents,
premises liabilty and wrongful death.
Charles E. Lavis, Jr. Law Firm - handles legal matters in the
following practice areas: plaintiffs personal injury, wrongful
death, automobile accidents and injuries, motorcycle accidents,
truck accident, highway design liability plus admiralty and maritime
law.
The Young Firm - handles cases primarily involving offshore accidents,
automobile accidents, railroad accidents, general personal injury
and wrongful death.
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