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Murphy Law Firm, LLC

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About Murphy Law Firm, LLC

Murphy Law Firm, LLC is a Baton Rouge personal injury firm founded in 1993 by Peyton Murphy, with a second office in New Orleans. The firm represents individuals and families across Louisiana in serious injury, mass tort and class action matters, including automobile and 18-wheeler crashes, wrongful death, maritime accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, mesothelioma and asbestos claims, defective medical devices, dangerous drugs and product liability. Its founder tried the case that produced an $18.9 million judgment after a nearly three-week jury trial, more than four times the insurer's pre-trial offer, and the firm describes it as the largest single-event case decided by the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Murphy Law Firm, LLC

$12.36 million (net of 20% comparative fault; $15.45 million in awards, $18.9 million gross verdict)Verdict

Barber Brothers was reopening an I-10 exit in LaPlace after a night of asphalt work. Its supervisor was backing an F-250 against traffic along a shoulder so narrow that the truck's left front tire sat over the fog line in the live lane. Frank Cushenberry hit it at 65 mph in a box truck and left the road with a traumatic brain injury.

19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (amended twice, Louisiana Supreme Court) · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Baton Rouge firms

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$84.1 million (approximately, after remittitur; $219,910,110.82 gross verdict) · She Was Starting an IV in the Back of a Moving Ambulance When a Pickup Turned Across Its Path. The Jury Said $219.9 Million.
Unglesby Law Firm
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$12.36 million (net of 20% comparative fault; $15.45 million in awards, $18.9 million gross verdict) · A Work Truck Was Backing Against Traffic at 1 mph With Its Front Tire Over the Fog Line in the Live Lane. He Hit It at 65.
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$894,295.45 judgment against the State (La. R.S. 13:5106 cap; plus up to $600,000 in future medical care through the Future Medical Care Fund; $20,000,000 verdict, 20 percent of fault to the State) · The Shoulder Was Built as Asphalt and Left to Grow Over With Grass. When His Father Swerved Onto It and Braked, the Car Did Not Stop. A 10-Year-Old Lost His Arm. The Jury Said $20 Million; Louisiana's Cap on Claims Against the State Said $894,295.

Attorneys at Murphy Law Firm, LLC

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