Case Results

While driving a company-owned vehicle and in the course and scope of his employment, the defendant driver crossed the centerline of travel and struck our client’s vehicle head-on. The defendant was intoxicated at the time of the wreck and subsequently was convicted of first-offense DWI. Our client underwent a three-level cervical fusion and suffered memory problems due to the wreck. Due to the significant exposure to punitive damages, the parties settled at mediation for $2,725,000.

While driving her scooter on a local roadway, our client was struck by a vehicle that failed to yield at an intersection, knocking our client from her scooter. Our client sustained serious and permanent injuries, including an amputation of one of her legs below the knee. We were able to settle this matter at mediation for $2,000,000.

While driving on Jefferson Hwy. in Baton Rouge, our client’s vehicle was struck by a left-turning motorist who failed to yield the right-of-way. Our client suffered significant injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. At mediation, we were able to settle the case for the $1,600,000 automobile insurance limits.

While driving in Baton Rouge, our client’s vehicle was sideswiped by a van, causing it to leave the roadway, strike a guardrail, and spin out of control. Our client sustained serious injuries. We were able to settle the matter at mediation for $1,200,000.

While driving on Louisiana Hwy. 30 in Gonzales, Louisiana, our client, a single father raising his young daughter, was rear-ended, resulting in a three-car pileup. Our client suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in his low back that resulted in the client undergoing a lumbar fusion and then a sacroiliac joint fusion. We resolved the case at a second mediation for $1,200.000.

While driving on Bluebonnet Boulevard in Baton Rouge, our client brought her vehicle to a stop when she was rear-ended. Our client suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in her neck and back that resulted in the client undergoing neck surgery. At mediation, we were able to settle the case for a little over $824,000.

While traveling through an intersection on Louisiana Highway 61 in Baton Rouge, our client’s vehicle was struck by the defendant, who ran a stop sign. Our client suffered significant injuries in the wreck, which led to neck surgery. At mediation, we were able to settle the case for a little over $805,000.

While driving on Louisiana Hwy. 73 in Ascension Parish, our client was rear-ended, causing a multi-car pileup. Our client suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in his low back that resulted in the client undergoing a 3-level lumbar fusion. After filing suit, we were to secure a settlement with the defendants paying our client $755,000.

The client, an 82-year old man with a history of congestive heart failure, was admitted to a hospital for monitoring after an automobile wreck. The client’s children alleged that there was a lack of monitoring during the hospital admission and the patient died of congestive heart failure due to the nurses’ negligence in properly monitoring the patient. Although the patient was found complaining of shortness of breath, the nurses failed to take any action to resolve his discomfort and the patient was found unresponsive approximately 25 minutes later and died.

While driving on Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge, our client was stopped in traffic when he was rear-ended, causing his F250 to strike the car in front of him. Our client suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in his neck that resulted in the client undergoing a cervical disc replacement surgery. The first surgery caused additional pressure on the next level down in his cervical spine. So, he underwent a second cervical disc replacement surgery. We were able to resolve this case at mediation for $700.000.

In a wrongful death case, we represented a lady who was traveling on a state highway and unbeknownst to her and the motoring public, her lane of travel was converted from one-way traffic to two-way traffic. As our client traveled on the roadway, she was subsequently struck head-on by another vehicle, killing her. We sued the defendants and alleged that they failed to install simple traffic control signs or barriers to warn the motoring public, which would have prevented the deadly crash. At mediation, we are were able to settle the case, with the deceased’s husband receiving over $600,000.

While riding on a motorcycle in Lafayette, our client’s motorcycle was struck by a delivery vehicle that negligently entered our client’s lane of travel, causing a collision. Our client sustained serious injuries. We were able to settle the matter at mediation for $565,000.

While traveling on Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge, LA, our client was rear-ended by a negligent driver. At the time of the wreck, our client was actively treating for prior neck problems, which were worsened in the wreck. The defendants in the case tried all types of tactics to defeat the claim, but they were unsuccessful, and we reached a $525,000 settlement at Mediation.

Our client, a respected member of the nursing profession, was injured while on the job when a dog viciously bit our client’s calf, which resulted in permanent nerve damage. After a mediation failed to resolve the case, our continued efforts on the client’s behalf resulted in a substantial settlement that also included a waiver of a six-figure workers' compensation lien.

While traveling on Interstate 12 near Hammond, Louisiana, our client was involved in a wreck with an 18-wheeler that negligently attempted to change lanes, causing a collision between the 18-wheeler and our client’s vehicle. The client suffered a head injury, back and neck injuries, and a fractured nose, clavicle, and two ribs. The defendants denied they were liable for the wreck, so a lawsuit was filed. We resolved the client’s case at mediation for $500,000.

While traveling on Plank Road in Baton Rouge, our client brought her vehicle to a gradual and legal stop. Once stopped, her vehicle was rear-ended, and that impact’s force propelled her into the vehicle in front of our client. Our client had pre-existing neck injuries that were worsened after the wreck. Due to increased pain, she underwent neck surgery after the wreck. We were able to settle the case at Mediation for $500,000.

While riding as a guest passenger in a vehicle in New Orleans, our client was injured when the other driver ran a red light, striking the vehicle he was riding in. Our client suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in his neck that resulted in him undergoing a cervical fusion surgery. We resolved the client’s case at mediation for $500,000.

While stopped in rush-hour traffic in Baton Rouge, our client was rear-ended. Our client suffered a significant shoulder injury, which led to surgery. We were able to resolve this matter for $435,000.

Our client sustained a significant injury when a friend’s dog bit her index finger, causing a severe wound that required surgery and resulted in permanent disfigurement. Rather than accept responsibility, the defendants denied liability and claimed our client caused the attack. Injuries from the attack were complicated by subsequent medical malpractice; however, we were able to get our client a combined recovery from the dog owner’s homeowner’s insurer and our client’s doctor for more than $428,000.

Our client slipped and fell in water that was leaking from a water dispenser in the breakfast buffet area of a hotel in Alexandria, Louisiana. Our client sustained significant injuries to her arm and elbow that required surgery to repair. At mediation, we were able to settle the case for a little over $425,000.

Our client was severely injured while climbing a rock wall at a person’s home. The rock wall was in bad shape, and the homeowner failed to warn our client about the rock wall’s condition. Our client sustained significant injuries, and we were able to settle with the homeowner’s insurer for its $300,000 policy limits.

While driving his motorcycle through an LSU campus parking lot, the defendant made a wide, negligent U-Turn and struck our client, causing extensive injuries. The defendants claimed that our client caused the collision. However, through our extensive investigation and hiring a reconstruction accident, we proved that our client did not cause the collision, and the defendants settled the case at Mediation for $300,000.

While driving his motorcycle on Pecue Lane in Baton Rouge, our client was struck by a driver attempting an illegal u-turn, throwing our client from his motorcycle. Our client, a former US Army paratrooper who underwent four knee surgeries while on active duty, suffered an aggravation of pre-existing conditions in his knees that resulted in the client undergoing bilateral knee replacement surgery. After filing suit, we secured a settlement with the defendants paying our client $295,000, just shy of their $300,000 policy limits.

While stopped in traffic waiting for traffic to pass, our client was rear-ended. Our client suffered a significant neck injury and was recommended for surgery. At mediation, we were able to resolve this matter for $275,000.

Our client was injured while at a restaurant when our client’s chair went through rotten wood, causing our client to fall and suffer injuries. After years of litigation and defeating the defendant’s attempt to dismiss the case, we settled for $250,000.

While driving on Highway 30 in Ascension Parish, our client’s vehicle was struck by a motorist who crossed the centerline. Our client suffered a significant injury to her shoulder, which resulted in surgery. After filing suit, we were able to secure a settlement with the defendants, paying our client $115,000.00.

A recent maritime collision involved the wrongful death of a recreational jet-skier on a local lake. The decedent’s parents brought a wrongful death action against another recreational boater and used expert testimony to prove that the recreational boater was negligent in failing to see the client, striking the jet-skier and killing him instantly. The parties reached a settlement at mediation, immediately before trial, for six figures.

The client, a homemaker, sought legal representation from the Joubert Law Firm | Injury Lawyers after being rear-ended by an 18-wheeler on Airline Highway near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The firm filed suit on behalf of the client and her husband in State court, which was subsequently removed to federal court in New Orleans. The client, with a history of back and neck symptoms, alleged that the 18-wheeler collision aggravated her underlying condition and submitted expert medical testimony to that fact. The matter was successfully mediated and the parties reached a confidential agreement concerning the settlement amount.

While driving his own motorcycle in the course and scope of his employment, our client was hit head-on by the at-fault driver, requiring surgery on his skull, elbow, pelvis and knee. The employer and its insurer denied that the client was in the course and scope of his employment. However, the case settled during mediation with the employer’s worker’s compensation insurer paying the client’s past medical expenses and past lost wages and waiving any rights it had to recover any portion of the policy limits paid by the at-fault driver’s insurance company.