Our Results Speak for Themselves
We are proud of what we have been able to accomplish in bringing justice to our clients and their families.
$32 Million
Defective Product Settlement
Justice was delivered to residents of a community in which a wood treatment plant had operated. The company used toxic chemicals in its operations, including creosote, which were improperly dumped at the plant site, seeping into the ground and waterways around it.
Due to exposure to these toxic chemicals, residents in the community surrounding the plant became ill. These victims also suffered severe damage to their properties.
The company that operated the plant tried to use legal maneuvering to avoid accountability for its wrongdoing. But we proved that the plant, which operated for years, was responsible for the contamination of surrounding areas. The environmental damage caused was so extreme, that that Environmental Protection Agency declared the area where the plant operated a Superfund Site.
Due to its tenacious commitment to the victims of this environmental disaster, the firm was able to secure a settlement of $32 million for the damage and suffering caused by the company’s actions.
$48 Million
Defective Product Settlement
Our firm obtained a significant settlement for users of a defective medical device which required surgical removal in many cases.
These victims suffered from a variety of symptoms that often led to misdiagnoses’ by their medical providers.
The firm was able to secure a settlement of $48 million for the suffering caused by the company’s actions.
$29.5 Million
Toxic Waste Settlement
After we successfully won class certification for landowners living in communities adjacent to a hazardous waste disposal facility, Cecos International, who managed the site, agreed over to pay the landowners $29.5 million.
Our firm also successfully shut down further permitting requests by Cecos International to continue burying waste at the site. Our firm gathered and presented evidence in court proving a connection between health problems suffered by area residents and the noxious chemicals that Cecos International had exposed them to by failing to place mechanical devices on its site which could have mitigated the dust and odors.
We uncovered, through its research of Department of Environmental Quality records, a history of the company failing to take sufficient measures to ensure proper treatment, storage, and disposal of the hazardous waste at its site.
Our firm is proud to have stopped additional illness and environmental damage from being caused by this dangerous facility.
$18.9 Million
Traumatic Brain Injury Verdict
We sued the largest Louisiana road construction company for failing to safely navigate its vehicle while doing construction on I-10. The road worker on the job site backed his vehicle into our client’s lane of travel. While the company tried to blame our client for the accident, the jury rejected that defense and properly placed the blame solely on the driver of the construction vehicle.
Our firm conducted extensive pre-trial investigation to fully develop our client’s case. The trial lasted over three weeks and involved dozens of witnesses. After a successful verdict, we engaged in significant appellate litigation up to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
$12.7 Million
SEVERE BURN VERDICT
We secured a jury award of $12.7 million for a woman and her four children who suffered severe burns due to a gas explosion that rocked the home they rented. The verdict followed a two-week trial where our firm proved the gas company failed to properly fill the propane tank. This negligence caused gas to leak inside through an open pipe.
The house exploded when a switch was turned on.
Injuries included extensive burn treatments, skin grafts, and reconstructive surgeries.
We are proud to have delivered justice and to have provided financial security for this family.
$11.1 Million
Traumatic Brain Injury VERDICT
We secured an $11.1 million award for a former basketball player who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a wholly preventable car accident. Our client was a single mother working to raise her daughter and finish school. The firm proved the bridge our client was driving over had an improperly installed railing that created a blind spot that blocked the view of drivers attempting to enter an adjacent highway.
We uncovered evidence that local officials had complained about the blind spot for years and had asked for the state to remedy the problem – yet no action was taken. The defendant fought to block the evidence of the previous complaint from the jury, but this was overruled by the judge.
Our firm is proud to have provided financial security for this victim’s daughter, and to have been a part of preventing accidents like this in the future.
$10.3 Million
MESOTHELIOMA VERDICT
We delivered justice to the family of a pipefitter who was exposed to asbestos at industrial sites where he worked. We proved that the company that owned these sites knowingly exposed workers to asbestos, and yet did not take proper action to protect them. While companies negligent in protecting workers like this pipefitter spend vast amounts of money trying to avoid accountability for their wrongdoing, our firm will do whatever it takes, however long it takes, to make sure that they answer for their wrongdoing.
For years, we have helped victims of asbestos exposure, as well as their families, to receive justice for the illnesses, and sadly, deaths, that have resulted from this exposure.
$10 Million
Severe burn VERDICT
We successfully obtained over $10 million for a nine-month-old child and two adults who were severely burned in a propane gas explosion that occurred in their home. Our firm proved the propane gas regulator failed, allowing too much gas to escape into a connector line and, eventually, into the house. Once in the house, the condenser in the home’s refrigerator ignited the escaped gas.
We also proved that the company that supplied the propane violated numerous Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission safety regulations.
Injuries to the victims included extensive burn treatments, skin grafts, and reconstructive surgeries.
We are proud to have helped provide financial security for the victims of this preventable tragedy.
$9.3 Million
Severe burn VERDICT
Our client was grievously injured when the dump truck in which he was a passenger fell 30 feet off a bridge into a creek bed below. The truck burst into flames, killing the driver, and caused severe burns to our client, who endured months of painful burn treatment, skin grafts, and reconstructive surgery. Before an off-duty policeman was able to pull him to safety, our client was trapped in the wreckage while the flames slowly consumed the lower half of his body.
We were able to prove in court the bridge rail was defective and that the state agency responsible for the rail was at fault.Before an off-duty policeman was able to pull him to safety, our client was trapped in the wreckage while the flames slowly consumed the lower half of his body. We were able to prove in court the bridge rail was defective and that the state agency responsible for the rail was at fault.
$8.2 Million
MESOTHELIOMA VERDICT
We successfully represented the family of an insulation worker repeatedly exposed to asbestos dust and fibers at the plant where he worked. As a result of this exposure, he developed mesothelioma and died.
During a six-day trial, the company he worked for argued that it was not liable for the worker’s illness. However, using expert witness testimony, we were able to convince a jury that the company was at fault. The expert said the worker could have inhaled a year’s worth of asbestos in a single day at the plant.
The jury awarded the man who died $4 million in damages for pain and suffering, as well as awarding $2 million damages to his widow and $500,000 to each of his four children. Special damages for medical and funeral bills totaled $215,000.
$7.7 Million
MESOTHELIOMA VERDICT
We delivered justice to the family of a fifty-nine-year-old wife and mother of four adult children who died from mesothelioma in 2003. For approximately five years in the 1970s, the victim’s husband worked in a compressor room that contained ten large compressors insulated with asbestos materials. During the trial it was established that the husband was exposed to asbestos through his work, and that his wife’s exposure to asbestos was through her husband’s work clothes, which she laundered.
It was proven that by the 1950s, the company that provided the compressors was aware of the dangers of asbestos but did not place warnings on the equipment.
On behalf of the family, we commenced litigation against the oil company the husband worked for and the company that provided the compressors.
The court awarded $3 million for the survival claim. The court also awarded $1 million to the victim’s husband for his wrongful death claim.
Each child of the victim also received $750,000 for the death of their mother, for a total verdict of $7.7 million.
$5.6 Million
Motorcycle accident VERDICT
We are committed not only to delivering justice to clients who have been harmed by the wrongdoing of others, but also to protecting society.
Our firm represented a man who suffered lifelong severe injuries in a crash involving his Honda three-wheel all-terrain-vehicle (ATV). While Honda was aware of defects in the design of the three-wheel ATVs it manufactured and sold, it continued to sell these products anyway.
We proved to a jury that its client was harmed as a result of these defects, leading to a verdict against Honda. While the company appealed the verdict, it was upheld by a three-judge panel.
As a result, Honda stopped selling three-wheel ATVs. Countless injuries, and likely even deaths, have been prevented as a result.
$5 Million
Mesothelioma VERDICT
We represented the family of man who worked as a contractor with Exxon between 1965 and 1970. In 2002 he died from mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos.
While Exxon denied causing the exposure, our team successfully countered that Exxon was a sophisticated user of asbestos products and knew about the dangers caused by these products.
We proved Exxon specified the materials and had them installed on Exxon property. The asbestos dust that ultimately killed our client’s loved one was created by Exxon’s decision to have him to tear off asbestos from pipes on the property.
The jury awarded $5,000,000 to the worker’s family.
Our firm is proud to have delivered justice and financial security to this family.
$4.2 Million
Catastrophic injury verdict
As a result of the wreck, the firm’s client sustained a fractured pelvis and a crushed right hip socket. Our client, who was thirty-four at the time of the wreck, was left unable to work at his job as a pipe fitter and boilermaker.
Entergy argued that our client ran a red traffic light, and this his dire financial situation was due to lack of long-term disability.
Our firm secured a $4,231,668 verdict for our client, which included more than $1.8 million for plaintiff’s medical and lost wage claims.
$4 Million
wrongful death verdict
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied writs in case involving the death of a woman, her mother, her 2-year-old daughter and the child’s 3-year-old cousin. The four were killed when an 18-wheeler struck head-on the minivan in which they were riding.
The total verdict from the East Baton Rouge Parish jury exceeded $4 million. The total verdict from the East Baton Rouge Parish jury exceeded $4 million.
The jury granted—and the 1st Circuit upheld—a $2.7 million award to the husband and a $650,000 award to each minor child.In an unpublished opinion, the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a jury verdict from East Baton Rouge Parish involving the four fatalities. Our clients included the husband seeking justice for his deceased wife and daughter, and two minor children for the loss of their mother.
Our firm is proud of the justice we delivered for the family of the victims in this tragedy.
$3.8 Million
mesothelioma verdict
The victim who died was a retired supervisor at a utility station. Doctors diagnosed him with mesothelioma in July 2009, and he died in August 2009. However, he had been suffering for several months before this.
The firm proved that he was exposed to asbestos dust created when equipment shook pipes, releasing dust from insulation that had been installed over many years and had become dry and brittle.
The defendant argued that numerous other companies were at fault for failing to warn of asbestos dangerous and from improperly maintained insulation. Evidence our firm uncovered proved that the defendant violated the Walsh Healey Act that applied in the 1960s and OSHA rules that applied in the 1970s. Our firm proved the defendant was strictly liable as the premise owner.
After three days of testimony, the judge found defendant solely at fault and later awarded our client, the victim’s family, $3.8 million for their loved one’s pain and suffering.
$3.6 Million
motorcycle accident verdict
We delivered justice to a woman whose spine was crushed when the Yamaha four-wheel all-terrain vehicle she was driving flipped over. We proved to the jury that Yamaha used farm-equipment suspension on a vehicle for recreational use.
As a result of this product defect, the jury awarded our firm’s client $3.6 million.
This was the first verdict in the United States against a four-wheel ATV manufacturer.
$3.3 Million
traumatic brain injury settlement
The client suffered a traumatic brain injury which caused him to suffer memory loss consistent with a concussive injury.
The day after our client’s car accident, he reported having a severe headache, neck pain, and shoulder pain.
Through expert testimony, our firm proved the mild traumatic brain injury and chronic neck pain created an additive effect making each harder to deal with.
Our expert witness, a psychologist, predicted long-term difficulties with concentration, executive function, personality changes, and severe psychological distress.
The defendant, an insurance company, chose to settle when faced with the evidence our firm presented at trial.
$3.1 Million
traumatic brain injury settlement
Our clients, a married couple, were injured on Christmas Eve 2008 when a truck failed to stop and slammed into the side of their vehicle as they attempted to make a left turn into a private drive.
The husband suffered a traumatic brain injury, which required hospitalization of four months. As we concluded the case after four days of testimony, the defendants decided to settle.
$3 Million
cervical spine injury verdict
Our client was struck by a Baton Rouge police cruiser traveling at a speed between 70 and 88 mph.
Multiple signs at a gas station that was on the corner of the street from which our client was turning blocked her view.
The firm filed suit against the City of Baton Rouge, and the station for violations of the city’s sign ordinance, negligence in blocking the intersection.
At trial, the jury found for our clients and placed 80 percent of the fault on the gas station and 20 percent on the policeman.
The jury’s award of $2 million to our client’s daughter included $16,000 for past medical expenses; $28,000 for past and future physical pain and suffering; $28,000 for past and future mental pain, anguish and distress; $28,000 for past and future loss of enjoyment of life; $1.5 million for her mother’s death; $6,000 for funeral expenses; $244,000 for loss of consortium; and $150,000 for loss of financial support.
Mr. Thomas received $960,000, which included $125,000 for past medicals; $75,000 for future medicals; $100,000 for past lost wages; $400,000 for loss of future earning capacity; $65,000 for past, present and future mental pain and anguish; $65,000 for past, present and future loss of enjoyment of life; and $65,000 for past, present and future loss of enjoyment of life. Jury also awarded Thomas’ child $40,000 for loss of consortium.
$2.75 Million
cervical spine injury verdict
A welder caught on fire and suffered severe burns to the upper half of his body while welding on a tank at an industrial plant. This was a complex case not only due to the experts required to prove liability and the extensive medical treatment, but also due to the multiple entities involved and a lot of finger pointing.
Shortly before trial, a combined settlement value of $2.75 million was achieved for the client in this difficult burn case.
$2.5 Million
cervical spine injury verdict
We represented a certified electrician who sustained massive back injuries in a wreck caused by the driver of a plumbing company’s van that ran a red.
Our client, who was thirty-six at the time, underwent several years of conservative treatment, but ultimately needed a discectomy at C4-5.
The next year, a fusion at C6-7 was required. Our client can no longer do electrical work.
While the defendants argued our client had pre-existing conditions, after two days of testimony in a jury trial, the defendants settled for the $2.5 million we requested.
$2 Million
Highway defect Jury verdict
The Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a $2 million jury verdict in a case that alleged a defective state highway contributed to a wreck in which an 18-year-old woman was killed.
The victim, who was a passenger in her boyfriend’s vehicle, was traveling home on Hwy. 411 from New Roads to her parents’ house. As the driver attempted to re-enter the travel lane, he overcorrected. The car crossed the road and slammed into a tree.
We filed suit against the state on behalf of the victim’s parents, alleging that defective highway design and maintenance contributed to their daughter’s death. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s (DOTD) maintenance records showed that no shoulder maintenance was performed on the highway for years before the wreck.
The jury found the state 70 percent at fault and driver 30 percent at fault and awarded each of decedent’s parents $1 million for the loss of their daughter.
$1.8 Million
ELECTROCUTION verdict
We successfully represented the father of a thirty-four-year-old musician, who touched a high-current electric wire while on the roof of a Baton Rouge building. The defendant, Entergy, a utility company, presented an expert who admitted that there were violations involving the required clearance of the wire. The expert disclosed that because of the event, the utility company hired him to teach clearance and other safety rules to the company’s field personnel.
At the time of trial, that instruction had not yet begun.
After a three-day trial, a Baton Rouge jury awarded plaintiff $1.8 million to our client’s father.