New Orleans Final Four Safety Tips and Resources
New Orleans likes to throw a party. Millions of people from around the world visit to enjoy and celebrate whatever event brought them here. Thankfully, almost everyone has a great time. They go home safe, with wonderful stories about their trip, but a small number of people are not so lucky. Every year people get […]
Can I Sue an Oil Company for Polluting Property in Louisiana?
Many of our clients who have oil and gas operations on their property express grave concerns about the damage the company is causing to their land and groundwater. Sometimes they are farmers, concerned they can’t use the water, run cattle, or grow crops. Often families live on the land where these operations take place, and […]
LONE PINE ORDERS in Environmental Litigation
In some environmental cases, our clients are faced with motions for Lone Pine orders. Lone Pine orders are special case management tools sought by defendants in class action lawsuits. Lone Pine orders typically require plaintiffs to supply evidence of injury, exposure, and causation prior to discovery. Discovery is the process by which a party to […]
Update on AFFF Litigation
Stag Liuzza represents hundreds of firefighters who have developed cancer or other serious injuries due to their exposure to Aqueous Film Forming Foams (“AFFF”). We also represent municipalities and airports for contamination of their properties or water systems as a result of AFFF. What is AFFF? AFFF is used to extinguish liquid fuel fires and […]
Louisiana Car Crash Checklist
A car crash can range from inconvenient to devastating. If you are in a car crash in Louisiana, the following checklist can help make sure everyone is safe, that you follow the law, and you get on the road to recovery: Check yourself for injuries after a car crash If you are hurt, call 911. […]
How do I know if my property is contaminated?
Landowners may not know their property is contaminated. Landowners will often come to us with some concern that their property may be contaminated. However, they are often unsure. They may have heard rumors that a neighbor’s property had contamination or that there were historic oil and gas operations on their property. Wherever their concern comes […]
What are the steps to file a lawsuit?
Before you file a lawsuit, it’s important to know the process. How does a lawsuit get filed? Filing a lawsuit requires information about the facts, law, and parties to the case in controversy. This requires the gathering of important information and all relevant evidence. Courts require a written lawsuit containing key information. The steps of […]
FDA Approval of Medical Devices
People often think that a medical device is safe because it is approved by the FDA. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There are two ways for device manufacturers to obtain approval to market their products: Premarket Approval and 510(k) Premarket Notification. The first and most stringent is through the Premarket Approval process (“PMA”). PMA […]
Recent Developments in the Taxotere MDL
For the past five years, Stag Liuzza has litigated cases on behalf of women who suffered permanent alopecia, or hair loss, as a result of receiving a breast cancer chemotherapy drug called Taxotere. Plaintiffs claim that the manufacturers of the drug, including Sanofi-Aventis U.S., L.L.C. (“Sanofi”) and approximately twelve other pharmaceutical companies, failed to warn […]
Getting to Yes: Principled Negotiation to Settle Litigation
I’ve settled thousands of lawsuits and claims for injured clients for more than 25 years. This is not because I don’t like trials. In fact, I find trials to be a full-charged adrenaline rush and some of my biggest paydays came from jury damage awards. However, trials are costly and risky. And not all cases […]