Attorney Allen Cooper's Legal Cases

Workers compensation

Brown v. Offshore Energy Service, Inc., 104 So.3d 494 (La.App. 2d Cir. 2012)

Aug 08, 2012

OUTCOME: The plaintiff was awarded worker's compensation indemnity benefits and medical benefits.

It was contested whether the plaintiff suffered an on the job accident and whether he was disabled from working. The Court found that the plaintiff suffered an on the job accident and was disabled fro ... m working.

Car accident

Evans v. Smith, 945 So.2d 184 (La.App. 3d Cir. 2006)

Dec 06, 2006

OUTCOME: The plaintiff won and had his personal injury case reinstated and subsequently the case settled.

The plaintiff's personal injury case was dismissed as being untimely. The appellate court found that the plaintiff's timely filed federal worker's compensation case interrupted prescription and reinst ... ated his personal injury case.

Car accident

Methvin v. Fergusion, 796 So.2d 712 (La.App. 2d Cir. 2001)

Sep 26, 2001

OUTCOME: The plaintiff and her husband were awarded damages by the trial court. The Appellate Court affirmed those damages.

The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident. She then suffered a accident where she fell in a McDonalds. The trial court found the intervening fall accident did not play a significant role ... in the injuries suffered by the plaintiff. The plaintiff's husband was also awarded Loss of Consortium damages.

Car accident

O'Neal v. Scott, 775 So.2d 1155 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 2000)

Dec 20, 2000

OUTCOME: The plaintiff was awarded $6,000.00 in general damages for approximately 6 weeks of medical treatment. The Appellate Court also reversed the trial courts finding that no lost wages should be awarded.

This was a disputed liability motor vehicle accident case. The plaintiff's version of the accident was accepted by the Court. The defendant was found to be 100% at fault.

Workers compensation

Spence v. Industrial NTD, 731 So.2d 473 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1999)

Mar 31, 1999

OUTCOME: The plaintiff was awarded worker's compensation indemnity benefits and medical benefits.

The defendants denied that the plaintiff suffered disabling injuries from a work accident. The Court found that the plaintiff did suffer disabling injuries and was entitled to worker's compensation be ... nefits.

Personal injury

Carter v. Brookshire Grocery Company, 630 So.2d 933 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1997)

May 01, 1997

OUTCOME: The plaintiff was awarded $36,506.97 reduced by comparative fault.

The plaintiff fell in a Brookshire grocery store on a floor that had been mopped. The Court found that the store should have restricted access to the wet floor. The decision was affirmed by the Secon ... d Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Allen Cooper's Legal Cases (6)

Brown v. Offshore Energy Service, Inc., 104 So.3d 494 (La.App. 2d Cir. 2012)

Evans v. Smith, 945 So.2d 184 (La.App. 3d Cir. 2006)

Methvin v. Fergusion, 796 So.2d 712 (La.App. 2d Cir. 2001)

O'Neal v. Scott, 775 So.2d 1155 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 2000)

Spence v. Industrial NTD, 731 So.2d 473 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1999)

Carter v. Brookshire Grocery Company, 630 So.2d 933 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1997)