Tomeny | Best Injury Lawyers

$7.7M

Premises Liability, Slip and Fall

Plaintiff, a cardiologist, claimed that she slipped while walking near a salad bar in Defendant’s restaurant on a wet spot on the floor, fell and hurt her back. Plaintiff further claimed that her injury caused a disc displacement which caused a degenerative lumbar condition which damaged her ability to practice her profession. Plaintiff contended that Shoney’s was negligent in that it’s employees had mopped the floor around the sald bar but had not placed any signs in the area warning that the floor might be wet. Dr. Shows claimed that her injury had cost her millions in past and future income.

$1.5M

Product Liability

Attorney Frank Tomeny of the Tomeny Law Firm in Baton Rouge, LA recently secured a $1.5 million out-of-court settlement for a client who suffered a traumatic foot injury following an incident that resulted from a faulty lawn mower safety interlock system. On February 9, 2012, the plaintiff was working for a lawn service when he exited the mower and his foot was partially amputated by the blades. Prior to this incident, the plaintiff’s employer had complained that the mower safety interlock was not working properly. Originally, the mower was equipped with a sofa seat that weighed approximately 36lbs. It was designed such that when the blades were engaged if the operator left the seat, the engine killed. At the time the mower had left the manufacturer with a sofa seat, the safety interlock was functioning properly. Before the employer took delivery, the dealer upgraded the seat to a manufacturer approved suspension seat weighing in excess of 50lbs. This in turn, bypassed the originally designed safety interlock system. The adapter was never installed by most accounts. Additionally, before the accident, the employer had contacted the distributor who held himself out as the manufacturer representative. However, even after several promises to the employer, the distributor never supplied the parts.

$4M

Wrongful Death

In a tragic case in Texas, a wrongful death settlement was secured following a devastating accident. The victim, a truck driver in excellent physical condition, suffered fatal injuries when the cross valve on his trailer malfunctioned, causing him to fall six feet onto his head. Despite being rushed into surgery, our client, who was in great physical condition before the accident struck, only had 3% brain function and was placed on life support.

$4M

Truck Accident

In a recent incident on Whiskey Bay, a commercial trucking accident resulted in significant injuries and a $4 million settlement for the victim. Our client’s vehicle was clipped on the left side by a packaging truck, causing it to spin in the air and ultimately land on its right side. This fault resulted in severe head trauma, neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain, and bilateral hip pain immediately after the accident.

$1.7M

Truck Accident

This was a Motor Vehicle Accident involving an 18-wheeler and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). The plaintiff ran into the back of an 18-wheeler that was stopped on the shoulder of I-10 in West Baton Rouge Parish. The accident was found to be the fault of DOTD for not properly demarking the shoulder and the trucking company for having an illegally parked tractor and trailer on the shoulder of the eastbound I-10 on-ramp. The tractor and trailer was parked between five (5) “No Parking” signs lining the shoulder. The truck driver violated the law on several accounts by: failing to turn on his hazard lights; parking with his running lights on; failing to place the required advanced warning devices, failing to operate his trailer without the proper safety reflective tape; and parking tractor and trailer within 500 feet of the curve from the northbound entrance to said on-ramp. The driver had also fallen asleep in his tractor’s sleeper berth. Plaintiff Richard suffered multiple facial and groin lacerations, bilateral pulmonary contusions, right wrist fracture, left femur fracture, ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, severed medial collateral ligament, posterior capsule injury to his left knee, surgery to repair his right wrist, and surgery to install a rod in his left femur following the accident. Because of his injuries he was prevented from continuing his training as a boat captain.

$2M

Car Accident

Louisiana Attorney Frank Tomeny, from Tomeny | Best Injury Lawyers, was sought out by a 65-year-old man who had been involved in a head-on collision. The Plaintiff was traveling at 55 miles an hour when he suddenly came face-to-face with a stopped energy truck that was sitting stationary in traffic. In an attempt to avoid the collision, the Plaintiff forcibly stood on his anti-lock brakes before crashing into the truck. Consequently, the Plaintiff gripped the steering wheel with such force in his attempt to evade the collision that he bent it, demonstrating the fear he felt as he helplessly careened into the stalled vehicle.