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Paul H. Dué of the Louisiana injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was selected for inclusion for the fourth year in 2010 Louisiana Super Lawyers in the field of Personal Injury-Plaintiff.

Louisiana Super Lawyers magazine has been published in Louisiana since 2007, and it lists attorneys in private practice, prosecutors, in-house counsel and public service. The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and sophisticated consumers in the search for legal counsel. Attorneys are chosen for inclusion by a peer polling, research, and selection process that attempts to identify the top five percent of lawyers in each state. Congratulations Paul Dué!
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From all of the attorneys and staff at Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

On this glorious day, we should all remember the things for which we are thankful. I am especially thankful for all of the sacrifices that the men and women in the armed services have made so that we can enjoy such a wonderful and bountiful holiday.

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At its annual meeting in Natchitoches, the Northwestern State University Foundation Board of Directors elected Scott Andrews as its Treasurer for the 2009-2011 term. Scott Andrews, an attorney at Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, graduated from Northwestern State University in 1992 after serving as Student Government Association President. Scott Andrews has served on the NSU Foundation Board since 2003, having previously served a three year term on the NSU Alumni Association Board. The NSU Foundation Board serves the University, its students and its faculty, through fundraising and by promoting the educational and cultural welfare of the University.

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Paul H. Dué, the founding member of our Baton Rouge, Louisiana law firm, Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., was honored during the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ) Fall Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the LAJ Stalwart Award, for distinguishing himself through service to the legal profession and to the Association. Paul H. Dué is a Past President (1982-1983) of LAJ (formerly the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association) and a past member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Paul H. Dué has dedicated his legal career to promoting a fair justice system so that anyone injured by the misconduct or negligence of others can obtain justice. In accepting his award, Paul reminded the members of the Association how important it is to “have that fire in the belly” and to “take care, as best we can, of the rights of the less fortunate and less articulate, so they don’t get railroaded by the dark side.”
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Scott Andrews of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, personal injury law firm of Dué, Guidry, Piedrahita & Andews was recently selected as the 2009-2010 President-Elect of the Wex Malone Chapter of the American Inns of Court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. American Inns of Court are designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar. An American Inn of Court is an amalgam of judges, lawyers, law professors and law students. The Inn meets approximately once a month at the Russell B. Long Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, both to “break bread” and to hold programs and discussions on matters of ethics, skills and professionalism.

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Louisiana Lawyer, Paul H. Dué, was selected by Best Lawyers ® as the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Personal Injury Litigation 2009 Lawyer of the Year. (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). The personal injury lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year” were selected by Best Lawyers ® because, during the past two Best Lawyers ® surveys, they received particularly high ratings from most of their peers. The selected personal injury lawyers are believed to have earned a high level of respect among other leading personal injury lawyers in the same communities and the same specialties for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity. Congratulations Paul Dué!
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Louisiana injury attorney, Randy A. Piedrahita, of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury law firm of Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C., obtained a final judgment for a $776,944.13 jury verdict against a driver who struck a police officer with his truck at slow speed while the police officer was attempting to arrest him. The truck driver and his employer asserted numerous legal defenses, including a claim that the police officer assumed the risk of injury because he chose to arrest the defendant, which were overcome in the trial court and on appeal. The police officer received a cervical surgery and was able to return to work in a different law enforcement job.
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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 in a challenge brought by Randy’s client. Despite the lack of case law, Randy Piedrahita was able to convince the trial court and Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal that the deadline was firm and had not been met, resulting in the challenger being declared the winner without a formal election.

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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 September 5, 2005, with a history of falling twice within the last week, right lower leg and ankle pain of 10/10, swelling in the right foot, ankle and lower leg, and the inability to feel her toes. Plaintiff had a long history of back problems and pain that had required two lumbar surgeries and she was being actively treated for progressing lumbar disease and pain in the weeks before the emergency room visit. Physical examination by the emergency room physician revealed edema, pain on movement, pain on palpation and diminished range of motion. X-rays ruled out fractures and an ultrasound ruled out DVT. The emergency room physician sent plaintiff home with a diagnosis of “sprain”, without any consideration being given to the differential diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome–a medical emergency requiring immediate surgical intervention. The next morning, plaintiff was unable to flex her foot. She went to work and saw her treating neurosurgeon, who immediately sent her to the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center emergency room in Baton Rouge for a four compartment fasciotomy. Because of the delay in diagnosing the compartment syndrome and relieving the compartmental pressure, plaintiff sustained a permanent drop-foot.
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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 van (NS body 1996-2000) climbed upon and straddled a metal guard rail on Interstate 55 (I-55) in Kentwood, Louisiana, after sustaining a tire blow-out. A metal I-beam supporting the guard rail sliced the mini van’s unprotected high density polyethylene fuel tank which was located forward of the rear axle.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana burn injury lawyers at Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews Courrege L.C. brought a product liability action under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, La. La.R.S. 9:2800.51, et seq., against the mini van’s manufacturer, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, alleging that the numerous skid plates, metal shields and other protective devices used on many all wheel drive vehicles and most SUVs are designed to prevent fuel tank puncture from guard rails, road debris, curbs, sign posts, etc., and were capable of preventing the fuel-fed fire that caused plaintiffs’ injuries, and therefore should have been incorporated into the design of the mini van’s fuel system. A claim was also brought against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development for the unreasonably dangerous condition of the metal I-beams supporting the guard rail.
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