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New and Notable 4-27-11 This is how you start off a deposition. The transcript in PDF. 3-29-11 Sexual harassment verdict of $451,000 returned against a post-Katrina construction firm. As reported today in the Times-Picayune. [The Times-Picayune story.] Our take is coming in the May 2011 issue. 3-27-11 The April issue has been published. April Preview (First page and table of contents) 2-25-11 $29 million dollar verdict returned against Veolia Water in a case where a drunk driver for a water company crashed into the plaintiffs. Punitives of $25 million assessed. Coming in the April 2011 edition. Blake David of Lafayette for the plaintiff. 2-21-11 A New Orleans lawyer was shopping at TJ Maxx for an outfit to her 10-year HS reunion. She slipped in a daiquiri spill and suffered a knee injury. $254,744 verdict for the lawyer, Courtney Paxton of New Orleans in federal court. David Bravo was the lawyer for the plaintiff. 1-31-11 A Metairie dentist suffered a disabling spinal injury (an optical one too) when he was rear-ended at high speed while stopped on I-12. $1.79 million dollar verdict in Covington. Curtis Kronlage for the plaintiff. The defendant (represented by Albert Giraud of Ungarino & Eckert) has appealed. 1-24-11 The February 2011 issue is out. Are you subscribing? If you are, you're reading all the verdicts. Here is a look at the abbreviated version - Louisiana February Preview. 1-14-11 Dog attack family special from St. Tammany Parish. Plaintiff visiting from California for her sister's wedding. Sister off to Houston for her honeymoon. Plaintiff still visiting and let sister's dog out. The dog ran at the woman (playfully) and knocked her down. Plaintiff broke her leg. The plaintiff sued her sister and alleged negligence. Defense verdict returned. Georgia Turgeau for plaintiff. Kathleen Simon for the sister. 1-13-11 Just completed a trip to Louisiana. Brr cold. Woke up to 32 degrees in Plaquemine. Reported for the February 2011 issue on two interesting Bayou verdicts. Teenager pedestrian (a freshman at Southern) run over in Iberville parish. Verdict of $1.031 million for the girl's estate. Joseph Gaar of Lafayette for the plaintiff. Just down the road in Ascension Parish, a rear-ended plaintiff with a disc injury took a verdict of $830,458. Andre Gauthier in Gonzalez for plaintiff. [This case was tried in Gonzalez.] Both results coming in the February 2011 edition. 1-11-11 Reported some good verdicts in New Orleans. But this breaking news is not about verdicts. Had a great dinner at Atchafalaya on Louisiana Street and spent some time with the owner (Tony). Crab au gratin appetizer and red fish entree. De-Lish. Later had a fine old-fashioned up the street on Magazine at Bouligny. Good times NOLA.
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