(Lake Charles, Louisiana) Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® in the following areas:

• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Firms included in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South is widely regarded as one of the premier law firms for litigation in Louisiana. The firm features a unique blend of the area’s top lawyers with diverse backgrounds and approachable, client-centered styles.

The firm’s seasoned attorneys spend hundreds of hours in the courtroom each year. The firm’s clients benefit from representation by lawyers who know the judiciary by practicing law on the frontline, not the sideline.

A trial-ready team, Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South handles high-stakes litigation ranging from toxic torts to product liability and product recalls to multi-jurisdictional consumer class actions. The firm offers a formidable bench of seasoned trial lawyers with a record of success in state and federal courts. The team’s success is predicated on the courtroom skills of its trial lawyers and their substantive expertise in handling complex scientific and technical matters.
Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South also has substantial experience in consumer mass tort actions, including breach of contract, fraud, breach of warranty and other claims. The firm has also handled virtually every type of environmental litigation matter.
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About Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South 
Louisiana based law firm Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South , an AV rated law firm by Martindale-Hubbell and is widely regarded as one of the premier litigation firms in the US. They have achieved extraordinary success for their clients across Louisiana and throughout the United States.

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We are a nation grown numb to the seemingly endless fine print that accompanies our purchases. But every now and then a product is sold with a warning that should command attention. Consider the little-noticed bit of legalese that comes in the safety manual for Apple’s iPhone 6: 

“When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) away from the body, and only use carrying cases, belt clips, or holders that do not have metal parts and that maintain at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) separation between iPhone and the body,” the warning reads.

Similar warnings against carrying cellular and smart phones in a closely sewn pocket show up throughout the industry.

Skeptics of the safety of cellular phones have seized upon these warnings as evidence that the ubiquitous devices may be exposing Americans to far more radiation than regulators measure. “Nobody is watching,” says Devra Davis, the author of the book Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family. “Is the law broken if something is so complicated that nobody notices?”

The warnings stem from an odd quirk in federal testing procedures designed to ensure the safety of cellular phones. In 2001, the FCC released a set of guidelines for manufacturers that required all cell phones sold in the U.S. to emit a specific absorption rate (SAR) of not more than 1.6 watts of radio-frequency energy per kilogram of body tissue, a standard deemed safe given the state of scientific knowledge about thermal harm from radio-frequency waves. The standard was considered a so-called worst-case scenario, accounting for the energy emitted when the phone was transmitting at full power all of its various signals — such as Bluetooth, wi-fi and cellular.

But the FCC testing regulations notably chose not to simulate a situation in which the phone was broadcasting at full power while inside a shirt or pants pocket flush against the body, an odd oversight given the known habits of many cellular-phone users.

According to FCC guidelines, testing of the device in a “body-worn” configuration should be done with the device in a belt clip or holster. If a belt clip or holster was not supplied with the phone, the FCC told testers to assume a separation distance of between 0.59 inches and 0.98 inches (1.5 cm to 2.5 cm) from the body during a test.

Clearly if it’s tested in a holster, it’s only guaranteed to be compliant if it’s used with a holster. A lot of people aren’t aware of this, and it needs to be addressed. Some phones come with a holster, while others, including Apple’s iPhone 6, are not sold with holsters.
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If you, or someone you love has cancer from cell phone radiation, call Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South at 800-259-1005 to schedule a free consultation today.

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​The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that distraction plays a role in a majority of car accidents. If you, or someone you love has been injured by a distracted driver, call Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South at 800-259-1005 to schedule a free consultation today.
What is Distracted Driving?

We often think of distracted driving as driving while texting, but that is far from the only dangerous behavior in which drivers engage. Distraction can include:

• Changing a radio station, CD, or MP3 player
• Looking at or modifying GPS equipment
• Eating or drinking
• Applying makeup
• Reading billboards

Anything that takes your eyes and attention off of the road, no matter how briefly, is a form of distracted driving and places you and everyone else on the road at great risk.

The lawyers at Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South strongly encourage you to think about your own driving habits to help reduce your risk of causing a serious accident. If you, or someone you love has been injured by a distracted driver, call the distracted driver injury attorneys at  Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South at 800-259-1005 to schedule a free consultation today.

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