US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Hon. Judge Dee Drell presiding), July 31-August 2, 2023, Lindsay Faulkner and Peter Wanek secured a defense judgment after a jury trial in an employment discrimination case. The plaintiff claimed he was discriminated against by the defendant on the basis of race and age in his failure to be promoted. Further, the plaintiff made claims of retaliation and harassment. He claimed damages in excess of $300,000, including economic damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees. After a three-day jury trial, the federal judge granted a judgment as a matter of law dismissing all age discrimination claims, retaliation claims, harassment claims, and a majority of the race discrimination claims. The remaining claims were eventually dismissed, resulting in a defense judgment for the defendant.

Trevor Davies and Shannon Harrison obtained a defense verdict following a three-day jury trial in Lake Charles. Plaintiff sued DG Louisiana, LLC, as a result of an incident in 2021. Plaintiff alleged injuries to her low back and hip and received multiple lumbar radiofrequency ablations, SI Joint Injections, and other injections. Plaintiff presented evidence of $75,000 in past medical expenses and a Life Care Plan in excess of $1 million. Plaintiff asked the jury to award $2.1 million. However, after one hour of deliberation, the jury returned a complete defense verdict.

In a medical malpractice case in May 2023, Peter Wanek represented the State of Louisiana and LSU Health Sciences Center in a six-day jury trial in Civil District Court in New Orleans. The plaintiffs alleged that their 12-year-old son was the victim of a wrongful death and lost a chance of survival following treatment he received by the defendant-physician, a pediatric neurologist. The plaintiffs requested over $2.6 million from the jury and claimed medical billing of more than $139,000. The jury returned a defense verdict finding that the defendant did not breach any standards of care. This victory was the third successful defense of a medical malpractice case by Peter since August 2022.