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Car Accidents in Bossier City, LA

In Bossier City, car accidents often happen along I-20 and I-220. If you were hurt and it wasn't your fault, we connect you with an experienced car accidents attorney serving Bossier City — free, and with no obligation.

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Car Accidents claims in Bossier City

Benton Road and Airline Drive carry this city's daily traffic, and the base schedule shapes the rest. Barksdale Boulevard fills at shift change with people who drive that route so often they have stopped seeing it. Most wrecks here are the boring kind — a left turn, a light, a lane change into somebody's blind spot — and the argument afterward is about percentages rather than about whether you have a claim. Louisiana splits fault that way. Ten points against you means ten percent less, not nothing. Photograph the damage on both vehicles before anybody moves them off the road. Then step back. Wide shots of the lane positions are the ones nobody takes.
How fault gets decided can end a car accident case in Bossier City before it starts. Louisiana's rule: Pure comparative negligence (civil-law 'delictual' actions). You have 2 years to file. Rear-end, intersection, and highway collisions — the most common case we help with.
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'Prescriptive period' 2 years as of 2024-07-01 (was 1 year — a major recent change). Uses civil-law terminology.

How fault works

Pure comparative negligence (civil-law 'delictual' actions)

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Frequently asked questions

Where do I get a crash report in Bossier City?

Bossier City Police work crashes inside the city limits, the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office covers the parish, and Louisiana State Police often takes I-20 and I-220 — which means three agencies operating within a few miles of each other, and only one of them wrote your report. The paperwork from the scene names it. Start there.

Which court would hear my injury case in Bossier City?

The 26th Judicial District Court, which covers Bossier and Webster parishes and sits in Benton. People assume a Bossier City wreck gets handled in Shreveport because the two cities run together on a map, but Shreveport is Caddo Parish and the 1st Judicial District, and the parish line is the river. An attorney confirms it before anything is filed.

I was hit near Barksdale. Does the base change anything?

It can. A crash on a public road outside the gate is an ordinary Bossier Parish claim, but one involving a federal employee on duty, or something that happened on federal property, can fall under a different set of rules and a different forum — and that is a question for an attorney, not for an intake form. Say the base was involved, early.

How long do I have to file an injury claim in Louisiana?

In Louisiana, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 'Prescriptive period' 2 years as of 2024-07-01 (was 1 year — a major recent change). Uses civil-law terminology. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.

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