When a Teen Driver Causes a Crash, Can the Parents Be Held Responsible?
Louisiana law can make parents pay for a wreck their minor child causes, even when they did nothing wrong, but that responsibility has limits and is separate from what insurance pays.
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Hyundai and Toyota Fire-Risk Recalls: How Auto Product Liability Works in Louisiana and Texas
Two October 2026 recalls cover about 200,000 vehicles with defects that can start a fire. What a recall means, and how Louisiana and Texas law handle injuries caused by a defective vehicle.
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Recall Roundup for October 16, 2026: Two Kitchen Appliances With No Recall
Federal regulators told owners to stop using and throw out two kitchen appliances no company will recall, plus eight product and vehicle recalls and how to check each one.
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Penske Asks the Full Fifth Circuit to Rehear a Truck Crash Liability Ruling
A Fifth Circuit panel ruled Penske can answer for a fatal crash after its load passed through two more carriers. What that means for trucks on I-10 and I-20.
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Two Shreveport Hit-and-Runs in Three Days, and the Coverage That Protects Families
A driver killed a pedestrian on North Market Street and drove away. Two days later, a driver with a suspended license and no insurance hit a mother and two children on Hearne Avenue. How uninsured motorist coverage pays when a driver flees or carries no insurance, and what families can do in the first days.
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Understanding School Bus Safety and Responsibility in Louisiana
The school bus is the safest way to school; the risk is outside it. What Louisiana drivers, parents and students should know about the danger zone and the stop law.
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School Bus Safety in Texas: What the Law Requires
Texas drivers must stop for a school bus with its signals on, from either direction. When they may go, what passing costs and the rules for phones near schools.
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Senate Bill 98: Fighting Distracted Driving in Louisiana
Senate Bill 98 failed in 2024, but Louisiana passed a hands-free law in 2025 that bans holding or using a phone while driving. The rules, the fines and the 2026 school zone update.
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If a Drunk Driver Hit You This Labor Day
A drunk driving crash leaves two things behind: injuries to treat and a claim to sort out. What matters in the first week, how the criminal case and your own claim run on separate tracks, and how the Louisiana and Texas rules actually work, in plain words.
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Happy Labor Day From All of Us
A short thank-you on the first Monday in September to the people who do the work in Shreveport, Bossier City, Minden, Ruston, Covington, Lake Charles, and everywhere in between.
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Labor Day Weekend Is Here. Get Home.
Labor Day is Monday, September 7. Here are the numbers on drunk driving over the holiday, when the risk peaks, and a handful of plain habits that get everyone home, from six offices across Louisiana.
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Find Us at Geek'd Con 2026 in Shreveport
Trey Morris Injury Lawyers has a booth at Geek'd Con 2026, August 14-16 at the Shreveport Convention Center. Stop by for a free shirt and a chance to win a prize.
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One Year in Ruston
This month marks one year since Trey Morris Injury Lawyers opened its Ruston office, putting injury lawyers in Lincoln Parish instead of an hour down I-20 in Shreveport.
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Celebrating Freedom, One Step at a Time
What sets the Firecracker apart from your average holiday fun run is right there in the name: it's a Race for Research.
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Fireworks Injury: Is the Maker or Host Liable?
A fireworks injury can fall on the maker or seller of a defective device, on the host or property owner whose negligence caused it, or on both, with the injured person's own fault reducing what they collect. Here is how Louisiana and Texas law decide who pays.
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Voted Best Personal Injury Law Firm and Best Law Firm in St. Tammany Parish, 2026
Trey Morris Injury Lawyers won Best Personal Injury Law Firm and Best Law Firm in the 2026 Best of St. Tammany Choice Awards, decided by the public vote of St. Tammany Parish residents in the firm's first year on the ballot.
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