Randy Piedrahita of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. wins candidacy challenge, creating new election law. Randy represented the challenger to the incumbent Mayor of Walker. The incumbent Mayor filed his candidacy paperwork two minutes late on the last day of qualifying, resulting…
Before the medical review panel was convened, Baton Rouge, Louisiana medical malpractice lawyer, Scott Andrews, settled a medical malpractice wrongful death case for $300,000. A fifty year old father of two adult children, who was a heavy smoker with a history of heart murmur, hypertension/high blood pressure, cardiomegaly, high cholesterol…
After unanimously winning the medical review panel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana medical malpractice lawyer, Scott Andrews, settles a failure to diagnose compartment syndrome case against an emergeny room doctor for $450,000. Plaintiff, a fifty-one year old nurse, presented to the Lane Memorial emergency room in Zachary, Louisiana, on the evening of…
Kirk Guidry and Scott Andrews settled a product liability case involving multiple burn injuries and deaths from a fuel-fed fire for a confidential amount. On August 6, 2002, five passengers were severely burned and two of them died from their severe burn injuries after their 2000 Chrysler/Plymouth Grand Voyager mini…
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana injury lawyers at Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. settled an industrial accident case caused by a defective horizontal boring machine. The plaintiff, a machine operator at Cooper Cameron Valves in Ville Platte, Louisiana, sustained severe orthopaedic injuries on March 9, 2004 while operating a 6″…
After an automobile accident in Baton Rouge, the plaintiff had back surgery and a follow-up surgery to correct a complication due to movement of the bone graft. Liability was hotly contested by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and it mounted a vigorous defense on injury causation, arguing that the…
Kirk Guidry and Scott Andrews of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. completed a $1,500,000 settlement with a trucking company and trailer manufacturer for a defective underride guard. The accident occurred on Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, when an automobile…
Baton Rouge, Louisiana burn injury attorney, Scott Andrews, of the Louisiana personal injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., completed a settlement involving severe burn injuries sustained by a young woman when a deep-fat fryer overturned. Plaintiff was injured at a retail food establishment (portable trailer) in…
In Berg v. Zummo, 2000-1699 (La.4/25/01),786 So.2d 708, the Louisiana Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision held that the liability of a vendor of alcoholic beverages who sells or serves alcohol to a person under the legal drinking age is determined under La.Civ.Code arts. 2315 and 2316 using the traditional…