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Mark Verret Legislator of the Year
At a ceremony held in July, attorney Mark Verret was named 2024 St. Tammany Parish Legislator of the Year by the Alliance for Good Government. Mark is a partner in our Covington Louisiana office and currently represents the Councilman at Large seat on the Covington City Council, where he also serves as its President. Mark […]
- August 29, 2024
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Eric Waltner Presenter at 2022 LASIE 31st Annual Meeting & Workers’ Comp Conference
Eric Waltner will be on a panel at the 2022 LASIE 31st Annual Meeting & Workers’ Compensation Conference, “Play it Again: The Players in the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Adjudication System”, being held in Lake Charles, LA on November 7th thru the 9th. Eric will be leading a session on the court system within the scope […]
- November 2, 2022
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Randall K. Theunissen Inducted into International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Randall K. Theunissen, partner at Allen & Gooch, in Lafayette became a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) in 2022. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 Fellows from the United States in addition to Fellows from nearly 40 countries across the globe. IATL seeks out, identifies, acknowledges, and […]
- November 1, 2022
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Ruling Paves Way for Retroactive Forfeiture
Allen & Gooch is proud to report that its attorneys were able to reverse a default judgment obtained prior to their having assumed the handling of the file, able to obtain a favorable ruling for their client on the issue of 1208 fraud on the merits, able to have that ruling affirmed on appeal before […]
- June 26, 2020
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Third Circuit Rules in Favor of AG, Employers & Carriers
Our firm is pleased to report that the Third Circuit Court of Appeal issued a ruling on May 20, 2020 in the Debra White case in favor of our clients which affirmed a violation of the fraud statute under 23:1208 by Ms. White and significantly changed the law in favor of employers and carriers. By […]
- May 28, 2020
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Eleven Allen & Gooch Partners Selected for Acadiana Profile’s Top Lawyers
Allen & Gooch is pleased to announce the selection of the following Lafayette-based attorneys for the 2020 list of Acadiana Profile’s Top Lawyers: Troy A. Broussard, Labor & Employment Law Laura P. Johnson, Labor & Employment Law Patrick A. Johnson, Workers Compensation Law Emile Joseph, Commercial Litigation and Construction Law Alan J. Meche, Admiralty & […]
- April 13, 2020
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Governor’s Proclamation 43 Addresses Workers’ Comp
Proclamation Number 43 JBE On April 7, 2020, the Governor of Louisiana issued Proclamation Number 43 to address various issues related to unemployment and Workers’ Compensation due to the massive amount of office closures currently in our state. Section 3 of the Proclamation suspended statutes specifically relating to Workers’ Compensation cases. The Proclamation provides that […]
- April 9, 2020
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New Medical Reimbursement Schedule
Yesterday evening, the head of our Worker’s Compensation Section, Michael Parker, received an invitation from Sheral Kellar, Assistant Secretary at the Office of Workers’ Compensation, to be part of the team working on the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) plan to overhaul its medical fee reimbursement schedule. Congratulations to Michael on this prestigious invitation and recognition of […]
- February 28, 2020
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Supreme Court – Employer’s Right to Select Pharmacy
Lafayette Partner Keith Landry recently presented oral argument before the Louisiana Supreme Court regarding a nuanced choice of pharmacy and procedural issue. Keith obtained an excellent result for the client and pushed the Court to further clarify the employer’s right to select the pharmacy. In 2017, the Louisiana Supreme Court in the Burgess decision held that […]
- July 15, 2019
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Narrowing Collateral Source
A summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinion on Kerry Simmons v. Cornerstone Investments In this case, the court was tasked with deciding if it should be allowed to introduce evidence of medical bills charged versus medical bills paid in an action against a tortfeasor when the plaintiff has received workers’ compensation benefits. Both the plaintiff […]
- May 16, 2019
