Jed Cain is an accomplished trial lawyer and partner at HKGC. He practices out of the firm's Natchitoches satellite office. He focuses on defective products, maritime negligence, trucking accidents, and electrocution cases.
When someone reveals wrongdoing within an organization, it’s called whistleblowing. Whistleblowing can happen in any industry, and these individuals have laws that protect them from being punished for coming forward.
Offshore oil and gas jobs are attractive for a reason. The pay is lucrative, and employees can get weeks off at a time. Hundreds of thousands of people work in the industry, and many of them spend their time on offshore drilling rigs. While oil…
Knowing what to do after a hurricane can mean the difference between getting the insurance proceeds you’re owed, preventing further damage to your property, and accessing financial assistance to repair, rebuild, and replace what’s lost.
Electrical accidents often impact quality of life and the ability to work, and the financial burden of recovery and future medical needs may be overwhelming.
Foster children are some of our most vulnerable populations, and the Louisiana DCFS has a legal duty to make sure foster parents provide proper and reasonable care on their behalf.
Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2021, exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other areas of the state. Ida was the second most damaging and intense Louisiana hurricane on record, causing $75 billion in damage across the U.S.
On August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, better known as the PACT Act.
Often, insurance doesn’t cover the total amount of losses. In these situations, disaster assistance in the form of physical disaster loans can help people recover quickly.
Maritime workers do their jobs in extraordinary locations, whether on a boat’s deck, the helm of a ferry, a dockside loading area or an offshore oil platform. Every day, the country’s 400,000 maritime workers put themselves in harm’s way, risking serious maritime workplace injuries, including…
For years, victims have spoken out against priests and other members of the clergy who committed sexual abuse. Now, the FBI is investigating certain sex abuse cases within Roman Catholic churches in New Orleans.
Increasing your insurance policy limit and adding separate insurance, like windstorm, hurricane, and flood deductibles, offers the best security for when disaster strikes.
