Do you need an oilfield injury lawyer in Napoleonville? Kopfler & Hermann has represented injured oil, gas, and offshore workers throughout south Louisiana since 1977, handling claims under Louisiana law, the Jones Act, and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). We work on a contingency basis — no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you — and consultations are free. Oilfield and maritime injury claims carry firm filing deadlines, so it is important to speak with a lawyer promptly after an on-the-job injury.
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Napoleonville is Assumption Parish’s seat, a bayou town on Louisiana Highway 1 where sugarcane country and the oil-and-gas industry sit side by side. Beneath the area is the Napoleonville Salt Dome, a hub of underground gas storage, brine operations, and the pipelines that thread through the parish. Many families here make their living in that industry — on pipelines, at wells and storage caverns, in gas plants, and in the trucks and yards that support them. It pays well, and it is unforgiving. When a Napoleonville worker is seriously hurt, the company and its insurer start protecting themselves right away. You deserve someone protecting you.
Kopfler & Hermann has represented injured South Louisiana workers since 1977, from our office up LA 1 in Houma. We understand the oilfield, pipeline, and industrial work Assumption Parish families depend on, and we know how much depends on which law applies to your injury. Call (985) 851-3311 for a free, confidential consultation. There is no fee unless we win.
An oilfield or pipeline injury is rarely a simple “work accident.” The company you work for, the company that owns the site, the equipment maker, and the contractors around you can each play a role in what happened — and in what you can recover. The frameworks that commonly apply:
Sorting out who is responsible is where these cases are won or lost, and it takes early investigation before a scene is cleaned up and evidence disappears.
In Louisiana, a personal-injury claim from an incident on or after July 1, 2024 has a two-year prescriptive period (before that date it was one year). Workers’ compensation has its own, shorter notice and filing requirements — generally you should report a work injury to your employer promptly and pursue benefits without delay. Because an oilfield or pipeline injury can involve both a comp claim and a third-party claim with different deadlines, it is worth confirming them with a lawyer early.
From our Houma office we represent injured workers and families across Assumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne, and St. Mary parishes — Napoleonville, Belle Rose, Paincourtville, Labadieville, Pierre Part, and the communities along Bayou Lafourche. We travel to you when your injuries make it hard to come to us, and we work on a contingency fee, so you pay no attorney fee unless we recover for you.
My employer said workers’ comp is all I get. Is that true? Comp may be part of it, but if a party other than your employer helped cause the injury, you may have a separate third-party claim worth far more than comp pays. Filing for comp does not automatically give up those rights.
What if the injury happened on someone else’s worksite? That often matters. The site owner or another contractor may share responsibility for unsafe conditions or equipment, which can open a claim beyond workers’ comp.
How much does it cost to hire you? Nothing up front. We handle injury cases on a contingency fee — you pay no attorney fee unless we recover for you.
If you or someone you love was hurt in the oilfield, on a pipeline, or in a plant, call Kopfler & Hermann at (985) 851-3311 or visit us at 306 Grinage St, Houma, LA 70360. The consultation is free and confidential, and there is no fee unless we win. Helping Houma since 1977.
This page provides general information about Louisiana injury law and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Kopfler & Hermann. The laws and deadlines that apply depend on the specific facts of your case. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
