PRACTICE AREAS

U&E Practice Areas include:

Admiralty & Maritime Torts

Appellate Practice

Civil Rights Actions

Complex Casualty Litigation

Construction Litigation

Consumer Defense

Creditor Rights

Debt Collections

Discrimination Claims

Electric Utility Liability

Engineering Malpractice

Environmental Litigation

Extra-Contractual Claims

Fire/Arson Claims

Fraud

General Liability

Government Relations

Governmental Entity Liability

Insurance Agent Errors & Omissions

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Insurance Subrogation

Landlord Liability

Longshore & Harborworkers Compensation Act

Media Liability

Medical Device Liability

Medical Malpractice

Personal & Commercial Auto

Premises Liability

Products Liability

Professional Liability

Property Ownership

Sexual Misconduct Litigation

State & Municipality Litigation

Successions

Toxic Tort Litigation

Warranty/Redhibition Actions

Workers Compensation

 

Representative Clients include:

AAA

AIG

Albertson's

American Alternative Insurance

American Family Ins. Co.

American Home Ins. Co.

American Strategic Insurance

Argonaut Specialty

Assurant Group

AT&T

Bankers Insurance

Burlington Insurance

Century Surety

Chase Bank

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants

Church Mutual

CNA

ConAgra Foods

Cox Communications

Crum & Forster

Dillard's

Dollar General

Dollar Tree

Dollar Thrifty

Esurance

Everest Insurance

FARA Insurance Services

Federated Rural Electric

First Bank & Trust

Fred's

Gallagher Bassett

Genuine Parts

GuideOne Insurance

Hanover

HCA

J.C. Penney

Kroger

Lexington Insurance

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

LifePoint Hospitals

National Indemnity

Nationwide Insurance

Nautilus Insurance Company

Penn America

Republic Western Insur.

Rite Aid

RLI Insurance

Safeco Insurance

Scottsdale Insurance

Sedgwick CMS

Specialty Risk Services

State Farm Insurance

Stein Mart

SUA Insurance

Summit Risk Services

Swiss Re

Time Warner

Trinity Hospital

Wellington Specialty

Western Heritage

York Claims Service

 

Representative Cases include:

Raines v. Colley, 872 So.2d 537, 2003-1630 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/7/04)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld in premises liability case

Crenshaw v. Bayou Land and Marine Contractors, 868 So.2d 933, 03-1231 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2/23/04)
– Trial verdict upheld in construction bridge collapse case

Carroll v. Progressive Ins., 860 So.2d 154, 03-601 (La. App. 5 Cir. 10/28/03)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld on insurance coverage issue

Coulon v. Witco Corp., 845 So.2d 1152, 03-117 (La. App. 5 Cir. 4/29/03)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld on contractual indemnity issue

Roach v. Kamath, 837 So.2d 118, 2002-1309 (La. App. 4 Cir. 12/30/02)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld in premises liability case (landlord /tenant)

Bailey v. Battiest Const., 809 So.2d 1118, 2000-1917 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2/6/02)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld on insurance coverage issue

Cooley v. K-Mart, 799 So.2d 765, 2001-00527 (La. App. 3 Cir. 10/31/01)
– Denial of Worker’s Comp benefits upheld

Driscoll v. Provenzano, 783 So.2d 552, 00-1156 (La. App. 5 Cir. 3/28/01)
– Upheld jury verdict in premises liability case (landlord / tenant)

Cangiano v. Forte Hotels, 772 So.2d 879, 00-40 (La. App. 5 Cir. 10/31/00)
– Upheld directed verdict in invasion of privacy case involving a hotel

Johnson v. Lee, 760 So.2d 1273, 00-78 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/30/00)
– Upheld directed verdict in security guard altercation case

Araujo v. Eitmann, 762 So.2d 223, 99-1377 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/17/00)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld on insurance coverage issue in sexual battery case

Jupiter v. Family Dollar Stores, 742 So.2d 1065, 99-414 (La. App. 5 Cir. 9/28/99)
– Verdict upheld in premises liability case (falling ladder)

Brown v. K-Mart, 738 So.2d 697, 99-149 (La. App. 5 Cir. 6/1/99)
– Upheld denial of increase in worker’s comp benefits

Sapia v. Regency Motors, 276 F.3d 747 (5th Cir. 2002)
– Motion for Summary Judgment upheld in TILA /FCRA case

Shop-Rite v. Keating, 876 So.2d 966, 2003-1821 (La. App. 1 Cir. 6/25/2004)
– Jury verdict in fire case upheld

 

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