On the morning of Sunday, May 20, 2018, a helicopter crash in a marsh in St. Charles Parish claimed the life of one crew member and injured two others. None of the victims resided in Louisiana. One passenger died from his...
March 19, 2018
Louisiana Supreme Court Clarifies Daubert
In Freeman v. Fon’s Pest Management, Inc., the Louisiana Supreme Court found that the lower courts erred in granting the defendant’s motions in limine and striking the expert testimony of four of the plaintiff’s...
March 6, 2018
Jury Returns $4.2MM Verdict to Iberia Parish Rigger
A jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana-Lafayette Division returned a verdict of $4,271,300.00 to an Iberia Parish resident who was injured while working at a Cameron facility at the...
February 5, 2018
Fort Polk Soldier Charged with Vehicular Homicide after Fatal Wreck in Vernon Parish
In November of 2017, Galvan Alejandro Jr. and William Rhodes were traveling in Vernon Parish, Louisiana when Alejandro, the driver, lost control of the vehicle, went off the road, struck a culvert, and hit several trees....
November 27, 2017
Calcasieu Parish jury awards $5.4MM to petroleum engineer who has neck and back surgery
LAKE CHARLES, LA – November 16, 2017 A Calcasieu Parish jury awarded $5,451,395.00 to a Venezuelan native who injured his neck and back when his Hummer SUV hit a cow on a rural state highway. On the night of May 28, 2014,...