Personal Injury Cases

Telephone: (225) 336-4300
e-mail: info@shoenfeltlaw.com

Mr. Shoenfelt has practiced personal injury law, including automobile, products liability and medical malpratice cases for over 28 years.  Upon graduation from LSU law school, Mr. Shoenfelt worked for the law firm of Adams & Reese in New Orleans, Louisiana. While working for Adams & Reese in New Orleans from 1979 – 1983, he gained experience by defending insurance companies, corporations in automobile, products liability and drug cases.  He moved to Baton Rouge in 1983 and practiced malpratice and automobile defense from 1983 – 1985 with the Baton Rouge firm of Watson, Blanche, Wilson, & Posner. 

  The following describes a automobile case handled by Mr. Shoenfelt:

   
Case 1
A bulldozer backed into a truck hauling concrete on a jobsite.  The cab of the truck was damaged and the driver, who had undergone previous neck surgery, was injured in the accident.  On the day of the accident both OSHA and company policy required a flagman to be posted near the work area.  The flagman posted at the area had gone to the restroom and testified that he told the bulldozer operator not to move the bulldozer.  Plaintiff’s physician testified that subsequent neck fusion was necessary due to the accident at the plant.  The plaintiff had also not returned to work in over three years, and it was unlikely that he would be able to return to his previous employment.   The case was settled by the defendant for the employers of the flagmen for a total of $575,000.