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About Joseph Bruno
Joseph M. Bruno, Jr. is the first of a third generation of Bruno lawyers and has worked with Bruno & Bruno for over 20 years. He has had the unique opportunity to litigate alongside Joseph M. Bruno, Sr., the late Honorable Christopher Bruno, and Stephen Bruno. With that exposure, he has developed skills to guide victims of civil wrongs through the litigation process with the goal of achieving maximum recovery. His practice covers a wide range of matters including auto accidents, premises liability, professional liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, punitive liability, loss of consortium, contract disputes, Social Security, workers' compensation, hurricane claims, product liability, motorcycle accidents, bicycle and e-scooter accidents, ride-share accidents, streetcar accidents, elevator and escalator accidents, 18-wheeler and trucking accidents, industrial accidents, traumatic brain injury, and severe burns. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (2001) and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (2004).
Proven verdicts and settlements at Bruno & Bruno
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Joseph Bruno and Bruno & Bruno served as lead plaintiffs' counsel in a landmark class action brought by more than 8,000 Gentilly residents exposed to a butadiene tank-car fire in 1987, securing a jury verdict that included $2.5 billion in punitive damages against CSX Transportation alone, later reduced to $850 million on appeal and affirmed by Louisiana's Fourth Circuit.
A New Orleans jury ordered four major tobacco companies to fund a $591 million statewide smoking cessation program for more than 200,000 Louisiana smokers, the first verdict of its kind in U.S. history.
Joseph Bruno served on the eight-member Plaintiffs' Legal Committee in a federal class action covering more than 17,000 people harmed when a corrosion failure triggered a catastrophic pre-dawn explosion at Shell's Norco, Louisiana refinery in May 1988, ultimately settling for nearly $172 million.
Joseph Bruno served as class counsel in a long-running class action on behalf of children who suffered lead poisoning from hazardous paint in Housing Authority of New Orleans units, securing a settlement fund of roughly $65.5 million.
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