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.
Electricity can cause anything from a minor shock to burns to the skin, nerve and brain damage, and damage to vital organs and muscles. Because of the risks, trying to help someone being electrocuted must be done safely.
On April 13, 2021, the people of Louisiana and across the U.S. were reminded yet again how dangerous and deadly the Gulf of Mexico can be for offshore workers. The Seacor Power liftboat transporting workers capsized just hours after leaving Port Fourchon, where a storm…
Countless Americans now consider fried turkey a part of their Thanksgiving celebration. While deep-fried turkeys are more commonplace, there continue to be too many holiday disasters caused by home cooks and turkey frying mishaps.
Philips will pay millions of dollars to resolve allegations that the company paid kickbacks to suppliers in exchange for them filing claims with the federal healthcare programs Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare for Philips devices.
Thousands of people have filed lawsuits alleging that paraquat causes serious illness. New findings have led to more questions about the herbicide’s safety as these paraquat lawsuits work their way through the judicial system.
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.
