Slidell, LA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Slidell, LA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury ... +6 more
OUTCOME: Plaintiff allowed to maintain business operations
St. Bernard Parish sought to enjoin operation of plaintiff's business for violation of zoning ordinances. A trial on a preliminary injunction was conducted, which resulted in a ruling in favor of plai ... ntiff, enjoining St. Bernard Parish from enforcing the zoning ordinance against plaintiff's business
OUTCOME: Client found NOT GUILTY by jury
Father was accused of second degree cruelty to a juvenile on his infant daughter, resulting from allegations made by medical staff after child was brought to the emergency room suffering from seizures. ... The case was tried to a jury in St. Tammany Parish in a trial that lasted a week. Defendant provided expert witness testimony of three physicians whose testimony established that the child suffered from an acute meningitis infection and not from any injury caused by shaking or trauma.
OUTCOME: United States Supreme Court determined that generic drug manufacturers are immune from State product liability claims.
Consumer brought action in state court against manufacturer of generic metoclopramide, asserting personal injury claims under the Louisiana Products Liability Act (LPLA), specifically for failure to wa ... rn of the risks of neurological disorder after longterm use of metoclopramide to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease. This case was litigated by our firm all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Liens filed against our client's properties were cancelled and voided
General contractor for hurricane damaged property asserted entitlement to lien privileges for outstanding balances for labor and materials. The 34th Judicial District Court, Division B, St. Bernard Par ... ish, No. 109–317, Manuel A. Fernandez, J., 2007 WL 5417394, set forth a property by property analysis of the items claimed and determined allowable lien amounts. The contractor filed devolutive appeal. Holding: The Court of Appeal, Michael E. Kirby, J., held that the general contractor failed to meet its burden to establish lien for certain items.