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What Is the Legal System? Understanding the Backbone of Justice
General |November 23, 2018
The legal system is the foundation that keeps every society fair and organized. It defines how rules are made, interpreted, and enforced, helping people live together peacefully while protecting individual rights. Without a working legal system, justice would ..
Read MoreMedical Clinic Group Settlement Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 1.9 million Mr. Kelly and Mr. Alvendia obtained a $1.9 million dollar settlement for a group of New Orleans medical clinics which incurred severe business losses after Hurricane Katrina. The medical clinics fought with their own insurance company for years u..
Read MoreProperty Damages from Hurricane Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
$2 million AKD obtained a $2 million dollar settlement for a famous local New Orleans restaurant and catering business which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The business was unsuccessful in making its own insurance company claim for months until Alvendia, Ke..
Read MoreSpinal Injury Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
Multi-million dollar amount AKD obtained a multi-million dollar settlement for a Jefferson Parish physician who was rear ended in a traffic accident. The auto accident resulted in a complex spinal surgery, which ended the man’s lucrative professional career...
Read MoreChemical Exposure Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 1.7 million Mr. Kelly and Mr. Alvendia obtained a $1.7 million settlement for a New Orleans police officer who was exposed to chemicals that leaked from an 18 wheeler as it was transporting the chemicals across the country. The Firm showed that the transport..
Read MoreGas Line Explosion Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 3.25 million Mr. Kelly went to trial in the Civil District Court of New Orleans and won a $3.25 million verdict for a New Orleans man who was seriously injured in a house explosion. The Firm proved at trial that the landlord of the home was negligent when he..
Read MoreFrancis Robinette vs Lafon Nursing Home New Orleans Municiple Court
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 1.75 million In 2015, Rico Alvendia and his trial team won a jury verdict of $1,750,000 in New Orleans, LA, for the family of a elderly woman, Mrs. Francis Robinette, who died in a nursing home soon after Hurricane Katrina struck the city. The nursing home s..
Read MoreKamari Phelps vs Audubon Apartment, Inc. New Orleans Municiple Court
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 3.75 million In 2012, Rico Alvendia and his trial team won a jury verdict of $3,750,000 in East Baton Rouge, LA, for the family of a young boy who was severely burned from a defective water heater. The defect was directly tied to the due and the negligence ..
Read MoreInjury from Excessive Force Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
$ 2 million Excessive Force: Settlement AKD obtained over $2 million dollars for a motorist who was the victim of an excessive use of force by Sheriff’s deputies who shot the man in the face during a traffic stop...
Read MoreProducts Liability Civil District Court of New Orleans
Case results |November 22, 2018
approx. $ 4 million AKD obtained approximately $4 million dollars in a products liability case where the client’s tire caused his truck to roll over...
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