Insurance Lawyer
Practice Areas: Insurance, Admiralty & Maritime, Business
OUTCOME: Successfully enforced provisions of insurance policy regarding value of homeowner's loss.
Eastern District of Louisiana, 02:18-cv-05055 Homeowners insurance claim involving the enforceability of insurance policy's appraisal provision, breach of contract, and bad faith insurance claim handl ... ing by insurer.
OUTCOME: Court awarded recoverable depreciation and rejected insurer's arguments that recoverable depreciation is only paid as incurred.
21st Judicial District Court, 2015-0002186 Homeowners insurance fire claim involving questions of breach of contract and enforcement of award of recoverable depreciation. Homeowner sought enforcement ... of award of recoverable depreciation and additional damages for bad faith insurance claim handling. Defendant insurer contended that homeowner could only recover recoverable depreciation if the homeowner paid first paid out-of-pocket.
OUTCOME: Determination that longshoreman who lost a leg while working on a barge was entitled to benefits arising under the LHWCA.
Eastern District of Louisiana, Civil Action No. 15-2630. Longshoreman injury case involving questions of vessel negligence under Section 905(b) of the Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
OUTCOME: Court upheld determination that employee was entitled to remedy under the LHWCA.
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 14–30488. Jones Act seaman personal injury case involving question of seaman status.
OUTCOME: Court concluded that widow was proper beneficiary of death benefits for husband who died as a consequence of toxic exposures.
BRB 14-0032 Longshore death case involving long-term exposure to carcinogens and widow's right to damage award.
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