Success Stories

Verdict of $245,000 for fourteen year-old boy with four (4) fractured vertebrae.

I represented a fourteen year-old boy who sustained serious injuries to his lower back including 4 fractured vertebrae in an automobile accident.  The insurance company only offered $50,000 prior to trial.  I ultimately obtained a verdict of $245,000, including $125,000 for loss of future earnings capacity even though he had not yet entered the work force. 

Medical malpractice cap limit of $500,000 received when doctor left early.

I recently settled a claim for the $500,000 medical malpractice cap limits for a client injured during a surgery when the doctor cut a major blood vessel and sewed the client up without repairing it.  After the surgery the client bled out and coded.  During the discovery process we found evidence that the nurses told the doctor that his patient was not stable and he should not leave the hospital.  Despite the nurses' request, the doctor chose to leave the hospital in order to perform a surgery at another facility and refused to return even when told of the patient's grave condition.  Faced with this evidence, the doctor and his insurance company chose to settle all claims.  

$600,000 for burns in products liability case.

I represented a client who was burned over 40% of his body when a riding lawnmower burst into flames while he was filling it with gasoline.  During the discovery process, our expert was able to conclude that the gas tank was located too close to the exhaust muffler.  The manufacturer was unsuccessful in having the settlement documents sealed and was forced to change the design of its lawnmower so that no one else could be hurt the same way in the future.

$500,000 jury verdict against local utility company for electrocution.

I represented a rural couple against a local utility company after our clients were told that power had been cut off from the house.  The husband, relying upon the utility company, began to make repairs to his house and while working was electrocuted because the power had not been shut off.  The husband received injuries which required a complete shoulder replacement.  The jury awarded him and his wife over $500,000 with interest and costs including $25,000 for his wife who witnessed the electrocution. 

I tried the case for "principle".

There is an old saying with some law firms that "we don't sue for principle, we sue for money", however, not here.  I just tried a case on behalf of a college student who was rear-ended by a truck owned by a medical supply company.  The student tried to get the insurance company to simply pay his medical bills of $1,200 but they refused saying that his going to a doctor was a "consumer choice" not a "medical necessity", despite over $4,000 of damage to their supply truck.  I refused any offers made by their attorneys prior to trial and brought this matter to a verdict where my client received $5,000 plus court cost and interest on the judgment. 

Plaintiff's committee counsel on a $5,000,000 settlement.

I was one of the six lead counsel for the New Iberia Train Derailment representing hundreds of people who were displaced from their homes and sustained damages when a train went off the tracks in the center of New Iberia, Louisiana.  We were able to settle the claims for those residents in the amount of $5,000,000 prior to trial. 

"Make her wear bangs".

I represented a seven year-old girl who was mauled by a dog.  When I attempted to settle the claim the adjuster was not impressed that my client had to have plastic surgery above her eyes up toward the scalp-line.  The adjuster for the insurance company told me on the phone "make her wear bangs" and no one will ever know.  I immediately filled suit and ultimately received the policy limits from the homeowners who's dog had permanently scarred my client.