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Frank E Lamothe, III was featured in the April/May Edition of the Litigation Counsel of America newsletter. The article discussed Mr. Lamothe’s appointment as the President-Elect of the Louisiana Chapter …
July 15th, 2010
Plaintiffs were residents of Madonna Manor/Hope-Haven, which were orphanage schools operated by the Catholic Church for disadvantaged children. The cases involved physical and sexual abuse incurred at these institutions. A group of fifteen (15) cases was settled for approximately $5 million settled in mediations over a two-week period.
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July 10th, 2010
Faron O’Quin, a volunteer firefighter, was struck and killed by a motorist at the site of a hazardous material spill. Mr. O’Quin’s widow, Mary Faye O’Quin, and their minor children filed a wrongful death and survival action against the State of Louisiana, alleging it was liable because it failed to secure the initial accident site. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 30th, 2010
Frank E Lamothe, III was featured in the April/May Edition of the Litigation Counsel of America newsletter. The article discussed Mr. Lamothe’s appointment as the President-Elect of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Read on for the article.
Cited from 3 Litigation Commentary & Rev. 27 (April/May 2010)
Louisiana Fellow, Frank E. Lamothe, III, is the founding member of Lamothe Law Firm, LLC. He practices in Covington and the Greater New Orleans area.
Mr. Lamothe is admitted to practice in Louisiana, Texas and Colorado. He has over 40 years litigation experience in the areas of business litigation and complex tort litigation. His business litigation practice includes business torts, breach of fiduciary duties, unfair trade practices and insurance coverage issues. His personal injury and death litigation practice has included vehicular accidents, maritime accidents, motorcycle accidents, breach of security, products liability, clergy sex abuse and aviation casualties. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 29th, 2010
Mr. May was employed by Ingram Barge Company, as a Senior Deckhand and a member of the crew of the M/V Enterprise Star. The M/V Enterprise Star was owned and operated by defendant, Ingram Barge Company. On March 9, 2006, Mr. May was serving as lead man and member of the crew of the M/V Enterprise Star. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2010
The legal industry has been trending towards large, consolidated firms in efforts to provide a broader range of services and save costs with economy of scale. But these large firms face certain difficulties that place them at a disadvantage. And that puts you and your insurance dispute at a disadvantage as well.
Insurance companies use a tactic in lawsuits that protects them from suits by large law firms. They enforce conflict of interest rules that bar attorneys who have represented the insurance company in the past from representing a new case against the insurer. While it is reasonable to say that an attorney cannot fairly represent an individual against an insurance company when he has represented that company in the past, in truth one case has little to do with another. But the rule is still enforced even if the work was for other legal services, like tax law. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2010
BP is facing a wide range of lawsuits because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Workers continue to work at stopping the oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico, and damage to property and businesses continues to accumulate.
No one can accurately estimate the potential cost of the spill because no one knows how long the oil will continue to flow, or how much oil will finally be dumped into the ocean. Every day, the well continues pouring 5,000 barrels (more than 200,000 gallons) of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Investment bank Union Bank of Switzerland (USB) calculated a cost of $12 billion. ING Commercial banking analysts thinks it may be $22 billion. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2010
This claim concerned a class action claim in which the Defendant negligently released a cloud of nitrogen tetroxide. A railroad tank car began leaking the chemical at the Gaylord Chemical plant in Bogalusa, Louisiana and lasted for twenty-four hours. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2010
This claim was based on sexual harassment and Title VII of The Civil Rights Act. This matter was settled prior to trial. Terms are confidential.
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June 28th, 2010
Gregory Washington, while serving as a roustabout with Transocean on a drill ship known as the Deepwater Millennium, was seriously injured when a riser joint protector fell and struck his shoulder and right ankle. Mr. Washington sustained a serious permanent crushing injury to his left ankle. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2010
Jo Ann Freeman, as the personal representative and surviving widow of Ben Joe Freeman (Decedent), brought this cause of action for wrongful death under the Death on the High Seas Act. Ben Freeman was killed while providing consulting services to ADTI as a drilling consultant/foreman aboard a jack-up drilling barge/special purpose vessel owned and operated by Marine Drilling Companies, Inc. Read the rest of this entry »
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