Proven Track Record Of Success
Below are a few examples of the six-figure personal injury verdicts or settlements our firm has obtained over the last 65 years. In addition to these, we have helped settle thousands of car accident cases with insurance companies involving auto insurance policy limits.
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Past Awards We Have Obtained For Our Clients
$ 10,000,000
Maritime / Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, had his lower leg amputated in a maritime workplace accident due to negligently maintained and constructed equipment.
$ 4,000,000
Personal Injury Case
Plaintiff, an inmate at Beauregard Parish Jail, was severely beaten by a fellow inmate, resulting in permanent paralysis and brain damage.
$ 3,649,831.84
Maritime Workplace Accident
Offshore basket transfer from the deck of a vessel to an unmanned fixed platform in which plaintiff suffered operated neck and back injuries.
$ 3,500,000
Personal Injury Case
Plaintiff suffered serious and permanent disfiguring burns due to a defective carnival ride at the New Orleans Superdome that caught fire.
$ 2,930,925.40
Property Damage Case
In a first-party hurricane property damage claim, the plaintiff was awarded over $1,000,000 in bad faith penalties and attorney’s fees pursuant to Louisiana law.
$ 2,400,000
Maritime / Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman/deckhand, had his lower leg amputated on a barge located in Texas on the San Jacinto River during nighttime mooring operations due to the negligence of the captain of his push boat and inadequate training by his employer.
$ 2,036,000
Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, was working on a lay barge when a cable struck him in the abdomen resulting in an operated back injury.
$ 1,750,000
18 wheeler wreck
Automobile accident in which an 18-wheeler struck plaintiff’s vehicle, resulting in neck and leg injuries.
$ 1,541,281
Maritime / Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, suffered injuries to his head, face, and neck in a maritime workplace accident aboard his employer’s vessel in Alabama due to the negligence of his crewmembers and the unseaworthiness of the vessel.
$ 1,500,000
Maritime / Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, suffered an operated neck injury when the push boat he was working aboard on the Mississippi River near New Orleans capsized and sank due to the wakes generated by a passing chemical tanker and towboat and the unseaworthiness of the push boat.
$ 1,315,000
Railroad Accident
Railroad accident in Vinton, Louisiana in which inadequate and outdated warnings, obsolete wig wag and site obstructions at railroad crossing resulted in severe, permanent head injury.
$ 1,100,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was broad-sided, resulting in an operated neck injury.
$ 1,100,000
Car Accident, Jury Verdict
Automobile accident in which the plaintiff was injured when defendant ran a red light and broadsided his vehicle, resulting in neck fusion surgery.
$ 1,075,000
Construction Accident
Construction accident involving plaintiff who fell through an opening in catwalk grating resulting in an operated back injury and brain injury.
$ 1,072,000
Car Accident, Jury Verdict
Automobile accident in Allen Parish in which plaintiff’s vehicle struck a large pothole on the highway, causing her vehicle to run off the highway and strike a tree resulting in a broken leg and ankle. Suit was instituted against the Louisiana Department of Transportation.
$ 1,005,000
Construction Accident
Construction accident in which plaintiff released pipe from a secured pipe rack, pinning himself between the pipe rack and his 18-wheeler, crushing his head and body and resulting in his death.
$ 1,000,000
Maritime Accident
In which plaintiff was travelling along the Calcasieu River in a jon boat to duck hunt when his vessel struck an unmarked ferry cable spanning the river and negligently left in place by the defendant company.
$ 750,000
Automobile Accident
In which an 18-wheeler struck low hanging electrical line and worker was electrocuted.
$ 675,000
Car Accident
In which plaintiff’s vehicle was rear-ended, resulting in severe neck and back injuries.
$ 650,000
Construction Accident
Involving worker who was injured due to faulty and defective equipment. A third party suit was brought successfully against the at-fault third party.
$ 635,000
Wrongful Death
Residential propane gas explosion resulting in wrongful death.
$ 600,000
Back Injury, Jury Verdict
Plaintiff, an offshore worker aboard a fixed platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, sustained an operated back injury while lifting drill pipe tongs due to what the jury found to be a defective floor mat.
$ 595,000
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered an operated neck injury when his vehicle was struck by a left turning motorist who failed to yield. No lost wage claim.
$ 500,000
Product Liability
The plaintiff suffered a brain injury due to an accidental firearm discharge. Suit was successfully brought against the gun manufacturer from Germany pursuant to the Hague Convention for designing a defective product.
$ 450,000
Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act employee/seaman, was injured during a swing rope transfer and suffered an operated back injury.
$ 450,000
Car Accident, Jury Verdict
in which the plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by an 18-wheeler, resulting in an operated neck injury.
$ 450,000
Maritime / Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act employee/seaman, was injured during a basket transfer and suffered an operated back injury.
$ 412,500
Back Injury
Plaintiff, an offshore worker aboard a fixed platform located in Florida waters, sustained a lower back injury when he slipped on a wet surface.
$ 405,398
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by an 18-wheeler resulting in an operated back injury at the same levels as a prior back surgery. No loss wage claim.
$ 400,000
Construction Accident
Construction worksite accident in which Plaintiff suffered injuries to his knee due to the third party negligence of the concrete pump truck operator and the ready-mixed concrete supplier.
$ 400,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which the plaintiff, a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle on a local highway, resulting in an operated leg injury.
$ 400,000
Car Accident, Jury Verdict
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by an 18-wheeler making a wide right turn into a local plant entrance.
$367,548.92
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered sternum injuries in an automobile accident.
$ 358,000
Product Liability
Casino injury in which plaintiff was a guest at a riverboat casino when she the chair she was sitting in collapsed, causing plaintiff to fall to the ground and suffer serious neck and back injuries.
$ 350,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which an 18-wheeler rear-ended plaintiff’s vehicle, resulting in an operated back injury. No loss wage claim.
$ 330,000
Employment accident
Employment accident in which an alleged defectively designed streetsweeper resulted in the plaintiff/operator’s death.
$ 300,000
Construction Accident
Crane operator injured in construction accident due to crane overloading, which he was directly responsible to calculate, resulting in his death.
$ 300,000
Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act employee/seaman employed as a cook aboard a vessel at a local riverboat casino, sustained an operated back injury.
$300,000
Slip and Fall Accident, Policy limit
Homeowner’s claim in which Plaintiff was injured in a fall from a ladder, resulting in operated back injury.
$ 290,206
Car Accident, Policy limit
Insurance policy limits recovery for a plaintiff who suffered back injuries in a car accident.
$ 250,000
Personal Injury
Failure to provide medical assistance to an inmate at a local jail.
$ 250,000
Car Accident
Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident.
$227,500
Jones Act Workplace Accident
Maritime plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, suffered injuries to his fingers aboard his employer’s vessel in Alabama.
$ 225,000
Construction accident
Construction accident in which the plaintiff sustained an operated knee injury due to a negligently placed grounding rod at construction site.
$ 225,000
Slip and Fall Accident
Plaintiff, an offshore worker aboard a fixed platform in the Gulf of Mexico, tripped and fell on an unsecured cable wire on the platform’s stairway, resulting in arthroscopic knee surgery with full recovery.
$ 200,000
Medical Malpractice
Negligent dispensing of medication at a local nursing home.
$ 175,000
Premises Liability
The plaintiff was injured at a local casino.
$ 175,000
Car Accident
In which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck broadside by a negligently operated vehicle, resulting in an unoperated back injury.
$ 165,000
Product Liability
Minor plaintiff injured when a defective swing broke underneath her causing injuries to her leg.
$ 160,000
Car Accident, Policy Limit
Automobile accident in which Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was injured resulting in surgery. Policy limits were obtained from the tortfeasor and the Plaintiff’s underinsured motorist carrier.
$ 155,000
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered injuries in an automobile accident.
$ 150,000
Car Accident
In which defendant driver’s vehicle hydroplaned into plaintiff’s lane of travel causing the plaintiff to swerve to avoid a collision. Plaintiff’s vehicle left the roadway and travelled into a ditch injuring plaintiff.
$ 150,000
Jones Act Workplace Accident
Plaintiff, a Jones Act seaman, suffered severe mental anguish when the dredge tender he was working aboard in Mobile, Alabama capsized and sank due to bad weather and the unseaworthiness of the vessel.
$ 150,000
Product Liability, Recovery
Customer injured when defective chair collapsed underneath him.
$ 148,575.80
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered injuries in an automobile accident.
$ 118,000
Car Accident, Policy Limit
Automobile accident in which Plaintiff’s vehicle was rear-ended, resulting in operated neck injury. Policy limits were obtained from the tortfeasor and the Plaintiff’s underinsured motorist carrier.
$ 115,000
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered injuries in an automobile accident.
$ 100,663
Car Accident
Plaintiff suffered injuries in an automobile accident.
$ 100,000
Slip and Fall Accident
Plaintiff injured ankle in a slip and fall accident.
$ 100,000
Car Accident, Policy Limit
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by a negligently operated vehicle, resulting in an operated arm injury.
$ 100,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by negligently operated dump truck resulting in shoulder injury. Case settled for policy limits.
$ 100,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by negligently operated dump truck resulting in unoperated knee injury.
$ 100,000
Car Accident
Automobile accident in which plaintiff was a passenger in a van struck by motorist who failed to obey traffic signal.
$ 90,839
Personal Injury
Homeowner’s claim in which Plaintiff suffered back injuries.
$ 85,000
Slip and Fall Accident
The plaintiff was injured in a slip-and-fall accident.
$ 65,000
Car Accident, Policy Limits
Insurance policy limits recovery for a plaintiff injured in a car accident.
$ 50,000
Property Damage
Maritime property damage settlement. Cameron fisherman’s fishing vessel was struck by improperly and inadequately moored barges during Hurricane Rita in the Intracoastal Waterway near Hackberry, Louisiana.