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About Matthew Clark
Matt aggressively represents people diagnosed with asbestos diseases and their families, asbestosis, lung cancer and mesotheliomas. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients throughout all phases of civil litigation and in state and federal courts, pre-trial, trial and appellate. Matt recently secured a unanimous jury award of $7,750,000 for the daughter and son of a chemical engineer who lost his life to mesothelioma. The case is Gaddy v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., No. 2019-cv-12926.
He also handles complex legal issues at the appellate level through both in-person and written argument, including federal and state appellate courts. Matt has recovered money for clients who experienced asbestos exposure in many different settings, including motorcycle, railroad and automotive mechanics, tradesmen at shipyards, papermills, chemical plants, among other industrial settings. He has done the same for those who have experienced asbestos exposures in their own homes, through sharing the home with or washing the contaminated work clothes of a loved one.
Done home repair work, or used talcum powders. During his career, Matt has developed extensive experience representing those with asbestos diseases developing from: Shipyards Petrochemical Plants Chemical Plants Industrial Facilities Off- and Onshore Drilling Operations Paper Mills Mechanic Shops and Independent Work (auto and motorcycle) Electrolytic Operations Warehouses Environmental Exposures Rail Roads Metal Recovery Before joining Landry & Swarr, Matt handled product-liability issues, including a lengthy focus on Chinese drywall products liabilities.
Matt’s educational and professional background is a bit diverse. The University of New Orleans awarded him a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Louisiana Tech University awarded him a master’s degree in Industrial Psychology. Loyola University College of Law awarded him a juris doctorate in civil law.
During Matt’s time at Loyola, he served on the Law Review and worked full-time for the City of New Orleans. Matt’s work for the City involved the application of Organizational Psychology theory to the workplace. If you want to laugh, ask him his job title. Loyola College of Law graduated Matt in 2007.
He has been a practicing, Louisiana-licensed attorney since 2007. He is a member of the Louisiana and New Orleans bar associations and is licensed to practice law in all Louisiana state and federal courts. Matt is also a proud alumnus of Holy Cross High School. Member - Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys
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James Leoma Gaddy worked as a chemical engineer at Ethyl Corporation's Baton Rouge plant from 1955 until about 1960, after earlier summer work at an International Paper mill. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in July 2018 and died before his case reached trial, and his children continued the suit as his statutory survivors. A federal jury in New Orleans found Ethyl negligent and strictly liable in November 2019, awarding $7,500,000 in general damages plus $250,661.45 in medical expenses, and the judgment entered against Ethyl was one third of that total after credit for the shares of the settling defendants. The district court found the general damages excessive and remitted them to $3,000,000, bringing the award to $3,250,661.45, of which Ethyl's one-third share is $1,083,553.82. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment in full in December 2020.
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