At the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), B. Scott Andrews was selected as the 2024-2025 LAJ President-Elect. Andrews has spent his entire legal career as an attorney with Baton Rouge-based Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., a boutique law firm focused on complex personal injury…
Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. is proud to announce that K. Andrew “Andy” Guidry, Jr. has joined the Baton Rouge boutique personal injury law firm as an associate attorney. After graduating law school from Southern University Law Center, Andy was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in the Fall…
Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana boutique law firm received Tier 1 recognition in Baton Rouge in…
Dealing with the insurance claims process can be almost as stressful as facing the mess left behind from Hurricane Ida’s wake. Some insurers will act fairly, reasonably, and in good faith in adjusting and paying their policyholder’s claims. Unfortunately, many do not. In order for you to maximize your chances…
During a 2016 declared state of emergency due to flooding, a Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Master Sergeant was supervising inmates engaged in sandbagging activities. While transporting sandbags and several inmates in a loaded state-owned pick-up truck, the DPSC employee hit a water-filled hole in the roadway, causing…
Kirk A. Guidry and B. Scott Andrews of the boutique law firm, Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., were selected once again by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana litigation practice areas of Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and…
In Caldwell v. St. Charles Gaming Company, 2019-01238 (La.1/2/2020), the Louisiana Supreme Court held that an employee injured in 2015 on the Grand Palais Riverboat casino in Westlake, Louisiana, was not a seaman under the Jones Act because the riverboat casino was no longer a vessel in navigation for purposes…
The Louisiana Supreme Court, in Blair v. Mary Coney, 2019-00795 (La.4/3/20), affirmed the trial court’s order excluding the expert opinion testimony of Dr. Charles E. “Ted” Bain because it was not based on sufficient facts or data. According to the Supreme Court opinion, Dr. Charles E. “Ted” Bain is an…
Scott Andrews was recently selected by his peers for the fourth time for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the practice area of Plaintiff Personal Injury. Scott Andrews is a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., specializing in…
Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. attorney Kirk A. Guidry was recently recognized by his peers in Best Lawyers as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs in the Baton Rouge area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the…