People just like you make up the clientele we serve. From deckhands to galley hands, housewives to husbands, welders to blasters and painters, ordinary people from all walks of life have sought our help. We are committed to the basic principles of honesty, integrity and hard work, and we also see our clients as friends who are not forgotten when a case is resolved. Presented below are a few of the many types of cases we have handled over the years. You can see from these case spotlights the divergence of the clients themselves and the variety of ways injury and disability strike the unfortunate.
Kopfler & Hermann served as co-counsel with the Beasley Allen Law Firm on a wrongful death case arising from an Alabama dram shop incident. A patron was overserved alcohol and subsequently caused a fatal collision. The surviving family pursued a civil claim against the establishment under Alabama’s dram shop statute, which holds licensed alcohol vendors accountable when they continue serving visibly intoxicated patrons who later cause harm to others.
The case required careful coordination between Louisiana and Alabama counsel, navigation of out-of-state venue rules, and detailed reconstruction of the night in question — including obtaining receipts, surveillance footage, and witness testimony about the patron’s level of intoxication when last served. Working alongside Beasley Allen, our firm helped develop the liability case and supported the family through the litigation. The case ultimately resolved for $2 million for the surviving family.
If you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident caused by an intoxicated driver, please contact Kopfler & Hermann. We work with co-counsel across state lines when the facts of a case require it.
Kopfler & Hermann represented a group of subcontractors who were injured while performing Hurricane Ida cleanup and recovery work as FEMA contractors in South Louisiana. The case raised complex issues about which insurance policies applied to subcontractors operating on FEMA-funded projects, what statutory immunities did or did not protect the prime contractors, and how to value future medical care for workers whose injuries occurred in the chaotic conditions of post-hurricane debris clearance.
The matter was litigated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where we navigated jurisdictional questions specific to federal disaster response work, the interplay between Louisiana workers’ compensation law and federal contractor liability, and the documentation challenges that come with field work performed in the immediate aftermath of a Category 4 hurricane. The case concluded for $835,000 on behalf of the injured workers.
If you were injured during disaster cleanup or as a subcontractor on a federal recovery project, call Kopfler & Hermann. These cases require attorneys who understand both the federal contracting framework and Louisiana injury law.
A fuel company transferring diesel into a commercial retailer’s tank caused the diesel to explode and destroy the retailer’s premises. A jury imposed punitive and compensatory damages on the diesel trucker for destroying the retailer’s business.
