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At Joseph Joy & Associates, we believe the more you know about the law the better you can protect yourself with it. If you believe you have a personal injury lawsuit, act now, before a statute of limitations causes your right to file a claim to expire. Contact the personal injury attorneys at Joseph Joy & Associates today for a free legal consultation.
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Car Crash Data
Fatal car accidents are a preventable tragedy. The personal injury lawyers at Joseph Joy & Associates in Lafayette have represented many families grieving over the loss of a loved one killed [...]
Maritime Vessel Ruling
The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled, once and for all, on whether a riverboat constitutes a “vessel” under federal maritime law. It is an important distinction because a case governed by [...]
Accidents Caused by Stressed Out Drivers
2020 has been one for the history books. Is it any wonder that many accidents are caused by stressed out drivers? Between the pandemic and constant health threat of Covid-19, this year’s [...]
Taking the Keys from Senior Drivers
None of us is as young as we used to be. Time flies and before you know it, teenagers have become adults and adults have reached senior status. For many older drivers, there comes a point when [...]
Wrecks in Heavy Traffic
This hurricane season wrecked a lot of infrastructure in South Louisiana and traffic has increased considerably in some areas, with the influx of volunteers and cleanup crews. Getting stuck in [...]
Driving A Roundabout
Did you realize that Youngsville is the unofficial roundabout capital of Louisiana? Youngsville, Louisiana has at least seven roundabouts for a population under 15,000 people. According to an [...]
Avoiding Accidents in School Zones
The pandemic has given this school year a “start and stop” feel to it. It inspired the Joseph Joy and Associates personal injury legal team to emphasize what drivers must do when encountering a [...]
Distracted Driving on Louisiana Roads
Acadiana has miles and miles of back roads that are dark and potentially dangerous at night. Especially for a driver who is either tired, impaired or distracted. Very often, serious single-car [...]
Changes to LA Personal Injury Laws
Another Louisiana legislative session has come to a close. And Big Business once again tried its hardest to make it more difficult for plaintiffs to file suit for their personal injuries [...]
Avoiding Accidents on Wet Roads
All of us who live in Lafayette, Acadiana and Louisiana know what to expect in the summer. Hot temperatures and showers and storms that can pop up unexpectedly. We are well into hurricane [...]
Keeping Teen Drivers Safe
Summertime means that more teens are out and about. Watch out for more pedestrians walking in the evenings and keep an eye out for more teenage drivers. Once the initial Covid-19 restrictions [...]
Avoiding Aggressive Drivers
As motorists, we’ve all seen and experienced aggressive driving on the road. Whether it’s someone cutting in front of you on the road, weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating, aggressive and [...]
Avoiding Motorcycle Injuries in Louisiana
Driving a car or truck is nothing like riding a motorcycle. Each are entirely different tasks, requiring different skills and knowledge. The personal injury team at Joseph Joy and Associates did [...]
Railroad Crossing Accidents
Tragic accidents occur every day at railroad crossings. The sudden impact of 400,000 pounds of steel is way too much for any vehicle to withstand, let alone an unfortunate motorist or pedestrian [...]
Fatal Accidents during COVID Lockdown
April 24, 2020 – If all of us have been quarantined for the last few weeks how can there have been so many traffic accidents and fatalities on the road? We all know the answer to that [...]
Prescription and Personal Injury
March 30, 2020 We are here for you. The State of Louisiana including Lafayette and Acadiana is hunkered down under a shelter-in-place ordered by the Governor. Here at Joseph Joy and Associates, [...]
COVID-19 and the Courts
These are challenging times for all of us as we dodge the threat of COVID-19 in Lafayette and Acadiana. We take the threat of this virus seriously and are self-distancing and adhering to advice [...]
Pedestrian Fatalities
Acadiana saw two pedestrian fatalities at the end of 2019, the result of motorists striking pedestrians who were walking near the roadway at night. All pedestrian and automobile accident deaths [...]
Avoiding Accidents in the Fog
There are wonderful benefits to living so near the water in Acadiana: boating, seafood, maritime industry, to name a few. However, the combination of water and certain weather conditions can pose [...]
Defective Airbag Recalls
These are the worst of times for air bag manufacturers. At the start of 2020, Toyota and Honda had recalled over 6 million vehicles due to defective airbags. Obviously, these massive airbag [...]
Charter Boat Accidents
The tragic death of 34 people last year in a boat fire in California sheds light on safety considerations for boat operators and passengers. A fire on board the diving boat, Conception, claimed [...]
Avoiding Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcyclists are at a greater risk of personal injury than drivers and passengers inside vehicles and trucks. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the risk of death [...]
Vaping Lawsuits
We are learning more about the health hazards of vaping. Unfortunately, there are many and they are serious. The Louisiana Department of Health reported that as of Dec. 13, 2019 there were 33 [...]
Negligent Driving Takes Its Toll
The automobile is a centerpiece of the American way of life. If you have lived in Lafayette and Acadiana for a few years, you have witnessed firsthand the explosion in the number of vehicles on [...]
Reducing Deaths and Injuries on Highways
The latest statistics show that highway deaths are down nationally for the second straight year. The personal injury attorneys at Joseph Joy and Associates feel strongly that even one fatality is [...]
Driving Safely in Cold Temperatures
The first real cold snaps of the season are upon us here in Lafayette, Acadiana and all of South Louisiana. (Or so they say) Whether you are here in Lafayette, Abbeville, Kaplan, Opelousas, Ville [...]
Avoid Backing Up Accidents
Take Care in Reverse As motorists, we need to do our part to avoid backing up accidents. The number of personal injuries and fatalities resulting from vehicles in reverse is tragic. In the U.S., [...]
Bad Tires Can Cause Accidents with Injuries
Serious accidents with personal injury and fatalities have occurred as a result of cars and trucks suffering tire blow outs or skidding out of control due to poor tire maintenance. The vehicle [...]
Avoid Injury: Pay Attention to Vehicle Airbag Recalls
According to the United States Department of Transportation, vehicle air bags saved the lives of 2,790 people in 2017. It is widely accepted that these frontal and side devices are an important [...]
Speeding Kills. And it Costs in Acadiana and Louisiana
Do you ever find yourself suddenly worried about the speed limit when passing through certain small towns? An exhaustive analysis by Governing Magazine found that there’s good reason for that. [...]
Tips for Safe Tailgating
Football is just as popular as hunting and fishing in Acadiana. We love to support our teams at all levels – high school, college and NFL. Tailgating is a favorite part time and big [...]
Tips to Avoid Boating Accidents and Injuries
In 2017, the United States Coast Guard counted 4,291 accidents that involved 658 deaths, 2,629 injuries and approximately $46 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational [...]
Is A Casino Riverboat a Vessel Under the Jones Act?
An injury to a worker aboard a casino riverboat in Lake Charles is making headlines in the world of admiralty law. It’s an issue our maritime personal injury practice is following closely [...]
BIKE SAFETY IN LAFAYETTE
One need only look around the highways and byways of Acadiana to notice the rising popularity of bicycling. More than 100 million Americans rode a bike in 2014 and with environmentalists and [...]
How Safe Are Louisiana’s Hospitals?
Going in for surgery or a major medical procedure in the near future? You might want to check out how your hospital fares in a new survey of hospital safety ratings. Louisiana ranked #11 in the [...]
Supreme Court: No Punitive Damages for Jones Act Seamen
Maritime injuries are quite common in South Louisiana given our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and the huge industries that rely on the water – shipping, energy, transportation, etc. [...]
Keeping Kids Safe in Your Vehicle
A recent survey by WalletHub ranked Louisiana as the 49th safest state based on road safety, emergency preparedness and personal and residential safety. It’ sad to see yet another dubious [...]
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Louisiana Personal Injury Lawyer Joseph “Buzzy” Joy
An Attorney You Can Trust
Louisiana Personal Injury Lawyer Joseph “Buzzy” Joy attended Mississippi State University on a Southeastern Conference football scholarship and received another scholarship to attend Loyola Law School in New Orleans. During the summers, he worked as a technician on various fixed offshore oil platforms, vessels, and all types of rigs. He also worked as a deck hand aboard a 160-foot offshore supply boat. As a result, Mr. Joy has first-hand experience of the risks faced by offshore oil and gas workers. He also has a good understanding of why accidents happen and who is liable.
In 1980, Mr. Joy made maritime legal history in Louisiana in a back injury case when he proved that 135 pounds was too heavy for a seaman to handle without assistance. This was the first case of its kind where the singular theory of recovery for the injured worker was that 135 pounds was too heavy for a Jones act seaman to handle alone.
Contact Louisiana offshore oil rig accident attorney Joseph “Buzzy” Joy for a free case evaluation.
Louisiana Personal Injury Lawyer Joseph “Buzzy” Joy serves clients in all of Louisiana, including Lafayette, Lake Charles, Morgan City, Opelousas, Carencro, Crowley, Jennings, Welsh, Broussard, New Iberia, Patterson, Berwick, and Morgan City.
$7.2
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$4.1
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$2.3
million
CAR ACCIDENT
– more –
$2.3
million
JONES ACT CLAIM
– more –
$1.3
million
BIG RIG ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.2
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$1.2
million
HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.1
million
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.0+
million
DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
– more –
$700
thousand
OILFIELD ACCIDENT
– more –
$650
thousand
MARITIME ACCIDENT
– more –
$600
thousand
OFFSHORE ACCIDENT
– more –
$400
thousand
OFFSHORE ACCIDENT
– more –
$7.2
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$4.1
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$2.3
million
CAR ACCIDENT
– more –
$2.3
million
JONES ACT CLAIM
– more –
$1.3
million
BIG RIG ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.2
million
PERSONAL INJURY
– more –
$1.2
million
HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.1
million
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
– more –
$1.0+
million
DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
– more –
$700
thousand
OILFIELD ACCIDENT
– more –
$650
thousand
MARITIME ACCIDENT
– more –
$600
thousand
OFFSHORE ACCIDENT
– more –
$400
thousand
OFFSHORE ACCIDENT
– more –
We’re ready to assist you. Let us Help.
Being injured can be a perilous and uncertain landscape. Let us help you navigate. We can make a difference.