Baton Rouge, LA
Car accident Lawyer at Baton Rouge, LA
Practice Areas: Car Accidents, Personal Injury ... +4 more
OUTCOME: On appeal, was able to reduce the amount of damages awarded to the contractor from $957,736.37 to $187,432.04..
Represented City-Parish in construction litigation. After a three day bench trial, the trial court awarded the contractor $957,736.37 in damages.
OUTCOME: The Taxpayer's petition against clients was dismissed.
Representation of Marsha Hanlon, Director of Finance for the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge and the Finance Department for the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge in proceedi ... ng before the Board of Tax Appeals.
OUTCOME: Achieved favorable result in favor of client.
Purported home owners brought action against city and parish to recover damages for house that was demolished following condemnation proceedings. The 19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Pari ... sh, No. 551,387, Wilson Fields, J., entered judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and awarded damages in the amount of $25,000. Defendants appealed. Holding: The Court of Appeal, Hughes, J., held that evidence was insufficient to support purported owners' claim that they were in fact the record owners of property demolished by city following condemnation proceeding.
OUTCOME: The trial court found in client's favor. On appeal, the trial court's decision in client's favor was upheld.
Represented an injured person who slipped and fell on a defective ramp at an automotive shop resulting in an ankle injury .
OUTCOME: The jury's verdict in favor of clients was affirmed on appeal.
Represented the Baton Rouge City Police Department in litigation concerning an injured party seeking damages for police officer's discharge of weapon resulting in bullet fragments to injured party's kn ... ee. After multi-day jury trial, the jury found no liability on the Baton Rouge officer and police department.
OUTCOME: On appeal, the court of appeal reversed the trial court and held that a sign at eye-level on post at edge of sidewalk at crosswalk did not present an unreasonable risk of harm to a reasonably careful pedestrian.
Represented the City-Parish in litigation brought by a pedestrian who walked into “no parking” sign and suffered injuries. The issue was whether the sign presented an unreasonable risk of harm. The tr ... ial court found in favor of the pedestrian.
OUTCOME: On appeal, was able to reverse the lost wage award based on insufficiency of evidence.
Motorist who was rear-ended by vehicle owned by city and parish brought action against them to recover for personal injuries she allegedly suffered in that collision. Represented the City-Parish in car ... accident litigation. Trial court awarded general damages and lost wages.
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