Representative Cases
$7.1 M Verdict
Jones Act seaman with injured knee and leg with complex regional pain syndrome
$4.3 M Federal Jury Verdict
Client that sustained multiple injuries after being rear-ended by an 18-wheeler on Interstate 10
$3.25 MSettlement
54-year-old man who lost the use of his left arm in an automobile accident
$3 MSettlement
Rear-end motor vehicle collision with multiple back surgeries and a permanent dorsal column stimulator
$3 MSettlement
20-year-old man who suffered brain injury as a result of an accident at school
$1.525 M Dollar Settlement
72-year-old gentleman who was injured when the car he was riding in ran a stop sign causing an accident
$1.5 MSettlement
Fall occurring at work resulting in controlled seizure disorder
$1.5 MSettlement
For four clients with various injuries hurt in boating accident
$1.5 Million settlement
Injured oilfield worker and against offshore jack-up drilling company for a shoulder injury
$1.4 Million settlement
Jones Act Seaman who injured his low back and spine while working in an inland bay
$1.4 Million settlement
Husband and wife injured in auto accident with neck and back surgeries
$1.3 MSettlement
A man who was injured while attempting a personnel basket transfer from an oil rig to the deck of a boat
$1.275 MJury Verdict
A 17-year-old girl who was tragically killed when she was hit by a truck while walking on the side of the road
$1.25 Million
confidential settlement, with a waiver of $266,000.00 on the workers’ comp lien/subrogation – Offshore worker who injured his shoulder while working out in the exercise room
$1.25 MSettlement
Offshore worker who injured his shoulder resulting in a torn rotator cuff and three repairs surgeries
$1.243 MJudge Verdict
A boat owner whose pleasure craft was partially capsized by the wake of a passing tugboat
$1.2 MSettlement
Hospital worker who injured her low back in slip-and-fall accident
$1.15 MSettlement
Client who injured her neck and lower back in an auto accident
$1 MSettlement
53-year-old man who sustained back and knee injuries in a motorcycle accident
$965,000 Settlement
Trial for offshore crew boat collision accident resulting in single-level cervical fusion
$950,000Settlement
settlement for 22-year-old woman paralyzed due to medical malpractice
$900,000 settlement
Longshore worker who injured back while welding within the hull of a barge
$900,000 settlement
Client who injured his low back as the result of an accident during a vessel transfer from a crew boat to an offshore platform
$850,000 Settlement
Gentleman who injured his back and ankle while he was working aboard a dredge boat
$850,000 Settlement
Boat captain who injured his neck in collision between 2 boats
$800,000 Settlement
Gentleman who was injured during a personnel basket transfer in rough weather
$750,000 settlement
Onshore tankerman who injured his neck in a low impact auto accident that resulted in neck surgery
$750,000 Settlement
Gentleman who was injured when the wake from a tug boat violently hit his pleasure craft
$750,000.00 Settlement
Trucking accident with unoperated cervical and lumbar injuries
$700,000
Offshore floorhand who injured his shoulder and low back pulling drill slips
$675,000.00 Verdict
Offshore crew boat captain resulting in single level lumbar fusion
$650,000 Judgment
Plus waiver of $200,000.00 maintenance and cure payments. Offshore crew boat captain injured low back in rough seas slip and fall accident
$625,000 Settlement
Tug boat captain who injured his neck and shoulder while attempting to descend a flight of stairs leading from the wheelhouse to the galley
$575,000 Settlement
Man who was injured when an 18-wheeler ran a stop sign directly into the path of our client
$575,000.00 Settlement
Crew boat collision accident with single level lumbar surgery
$560,000 Verdict
Low impact auto accident injury with less than $1,100 in property damage
$540,000 Settlement
Gentleman who was injured when the drilling rig he was working on as a floor hand collapsed
$506,000 Trial Verdict
Unemployed Country/Western singer with questionable spinal injury
$500,000 settlement
Rear-end wrongful death auto accident
$500,000 settlement
Contract hand who injured his back and shoulder in a fall through grating aboard an aircraft carrier
$458,000.00 Jury Verdict
For auto accident injuries resulting in single level cervical surgery
$450,000 settlement
Sideswipe accident resulting in a neck injury
$450,000 settlement
Woman who injured her neck in a low impact auto accident
$440,000 settlement
Woman who injured her neck in a low impact auto accident
$425,000 settlement
Welder who injured his neck while being pulled from a confined space
$425,000 settlement
Housewife who injured her neck when a garbage truck backed into her car
$425,000
Client who was struck by a commercial vehicle that failed to yield
$375,000 settlement
Man who injured his neck in a low impact rear-end accident
$362,000 settlement
Client who injured neck in automobile accident
$350,000 settlement
Woman suffering wrist and shoulder injuries with an aggravation of a previous back injury
$350,000
Passenger in a vehicle rear-ended by the following driver
$325,000 settlement
Injured restaurant patron with neck and back injury in parking lot trip and fall accident
$325,000 Settlement
Gentleman who was injured when his truck was broadsided by another car
$312,500 Settlement
Jones Act seaman unwitnessed slip-and-fall accident with a torn medial meniscus knee injury
$300,000 Settlement
Gentleman who was injured when an 18-wheeler pulled out in front of our client causing him to leave the road to avoid the accident
$275,000 settlement
Woman who injured her neck in an auto accident
$275,000 settlement
Woman who injured her neck in an auto accident with no surgery
$250,000
Passenger in a vehicle rear-ended by following driver
$250,000
Passenger in a vehicle struck by an oncoming vehicle
$250,000 Settlement
Client who injured her neck and shoulder in an auto accident, ultimately necessitating the recommendation for a neck surger
$240,000 Settlement
Woman injured in an auto accident with a surgical recommendation for the neck
$200,000 settlement
Wrongful death medical malpractice of infant during delivery
$195,000
Driver struck by wide load escort vehicle that ran red light
$145,000 Settlement
Female worker sexually harassed and subsequently fired for reporting
$140,000
Oilfield worker who broke a leg in drunken bunk room brawl on job site
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