Legal Question in Personal Injury in Louisiana

Low offer in Louisiana

I CERTAINLY don't think that the low offer can be blamed on your attorney! It's not at all unusual for the insurance companies for habitual defendants to "lowball", sometimes right up to the brink of trial. Very often they don't get serious until you're "at the courthouse steps."

So you should have confidence in your attorney as long as he/she communicates well with you and seems to know what he/she is doing.

Also, you have to be aware that in a slip and fall case, liability is always a significant issue. The company is not going to pay full value on a case when it knows that it might win if it goes to trial. I have no idea about the law in your state on slip and fall cases, but usually the plaintiff has to show that there was a defect, that the store should have known about it, and should have fixed it, AND that the plaintiff was using reasonable care in watching and walking. Those can all be tough issues.

The above does not constitute legal opinion and is offered for the purposes of discussion only. The law differs in every jurisdiction, and you should not rely on any opinion except that of an attorney you have retained, who has a professional duty to advise you after being fully informed of all the pertinent facts and who is familiar with the applicable law.