Gregory E. Bodin

Lead coverage counsel for insurer defending claims for alleged damages and penalties for allegedly breaching duty to defend policyholder, resulting in a Louisiana Supreme Court decision to reduce the damage award by over 85 percent.

Lead trial and appellate counsel in litigation between competing insurers as to liability for benefits to a fireman's widow under the Heart and Lung Act.

Lead trial and appellate counsel to validate an irrevocable trust based on another state's constructive trust laws and the trust provisions, despite irregularities with the signature pages in the trust document itself and relying instead on the subsequent donations and transfers to the trustee to confirm the trust's validity.

Lead trial counsel for executrix in claims over competing wills, including the resolution of the issues involving capacity of the decedent to execute an olographic will.

Lead trial counsel in claims against estate of former curator of interdicted person to recover funds misappropriated by former curator.

Lead trial counsel in defense of executor, leading to global resolution of all claims and partition of interests in multiple tracts in multiple parishes under terms of will.

Lead trial counsel in succession proceeding on behalf of executor and original trustee, including obtaining a temporary restraining order against a putative successor trustee and resulting in the invalidation of the trust amendments to restore original trustee and rejection of efforts to remove executor.

Lead trial counsel on action on behalf of estate of interdict in recovery of misappropriated funds of interdict by family member curatrix.

Lead trial counsel in litigation over contested donation of property and subsequent judicial partition of large tracts of property in succession to avoid ownership in indivision.

Lead trial counsel in two-week jury trial rejecting claims for traumatic brain injury.

Lead trial and appellate counsel in unanimous opinion from the Louisiana Supreme Court establishing the superiority of the employment at will doctrine over tort theories against an employer.

Lead trial and appellate counsel in class action certification involving the narrowing of class definition and exclusion of fear and fright claims from a chemical release.

Lead trial counsel in dismissal before trial of local marine company in mesothelioma action by former employee.

Lead trial counsel for a national tire and rubber manufacturer, defending asbestos-related premises and product liability cases throughout Louisiana's state and federal courts.

Lead trial counsel for manufacturer of a conveyor system in products liability suit arising from traumatic amputation of the plaintiff's fingers of her dominant hand.

Lead trial counsel in a civil RICO jury case tried to verdict, but settled for pretrial offer prior to verdict, of the underlying construction and business license disputes.

Lead trial and appellate counsel in administrative review and appeal to overturn a DHH reimbursement order of Medicaid funding against an ICF/MR.

Lead trial counsel for subcontractor in suit against general contractor over failure to remit payments on a federal public works project, including obtaining a temporary restraining order against the general contractor pending resolution of the claims.

Lead trial counsel for Fortune 100 company in dismissing Title VII claim for race discrimination in federal court.

Seller's counsel for several asset purchase agreements for home health companies, including the negotiation of post-closing obligations after buyer's initial public offering as a publicly traded company.