Meaningful Results for Meaningful Cases

For decades, Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello has championed environmental and Legacy claims on behalf of Louisiana landowners. From uncovering long-hidden contamination to securing the resources needed for remediation, we have secured significant results for hundreds of landowners. We’ve also taken great care of seriously injured clients when they needed it most – from catastrophic industrial accidents, to burn victims and those with serious brain injuries. Our work has delivered more than $3 billion in verdicts and settlements for our clients.

Legacy Case Results

Our Legacy work includes representing landowners for environmental damages to property caused by historic oil and gas operations. Below are just some of the settlements and verdicts we’ve obtained for our Legacy clients over the last 10 years.

$744 Million

Verdict against a worldwide oil and gas operations company for its contribution to the contamination and erosion of Louisiana’s coast in Plaquemine’s parish. 

$153.4 Million

Case settled in Assumption Parish for breach-of-contract due to defendants’ release of toxic chemicals into the environment, including human carcinogens, resulting in contamination of property and surrounding natural resources.

$36.1 Million

Settlement for DeSoto Parish property owners for contamination of soil and drinking-water aquifers following well blowouts and over-pressurization.

$16.1 Million

Settlement of environmental contamination claims in Cameron Parish for toxic drilling-fluid discharges into soil and groundwater, affecting aquatic life.

$10.9 Million

Settlement arising from drilling-fluid releases that caused toxic soil and groundwater contamination, permanently damaging drinking water and underlying aquifers.

$20 Million

Settlement of environmental contamination claims in Cameron Parish arising from oil and gas exploration activities on our client’s private property.

$17.1 Million

Settlement in Acadia Parish for failing to disclose and properly manage unlined earthen pits, leading to contamination.

$30.1 Million

Louisiana family estate settlement for oil and saltwater spills, failure to properly close pits, improper abandonment of equipment, and disposal of oilfield debris by defendants, resulting in toxic contamination of our client’s property.

$10.1 Million

Settlement for property owners in Union Parish after industrial pollutants initially contaminated the property and later migrated through soil, groundwater, and nearby surface waters.

$25.9 Million

Settlement for property owners arising from historic oilfield waste disposal in unlined earthen pits, contaminating surface and subsurface soils and permanently damaging drinking water and aquifers.

$10 Million

Settlement for Jefferson Davis Parish landowners after historic oilfield waste practices resulted in surface and subsurface contamination of land and water.

$11.1 Million

Settlement for Terrebonne Parish landowners after pollutants from oil and gas operations migrated through the property and canal use contributed to ongoing contamination, affecting inherited land.

$14 Million

Settlement for Cameron Parish property owners addressing an ongoing nuisance caused by the continued presence of oilfield waste and abandoned oil and gas equipment.

$21.4 Million

Settlement of environmental contamination claims for the release of toxic pollutants onto and into soil, groundwater, and surface waters, resulting in contamination.

$26 Million

Settlement for soil and groundwater contamination in St. Mary parish caused by gas-processing operations.

$34 Million

Settlement in federal court against a company for long-term disposal of industrial waste involving the burial of pollutants and toxic substances over more than fifteen years.

$21.2 Million

Cameron Parish settlement for improper disposal of produced water and toxic waste that polluted plaintiffs’ property, where defendants knew their operations would result in contamination.

$17.1 Million

Settlement in Jefferson Davis Parish due to defendants’ negligent toxic-waste disposal operations that released toxic substances into soil, groundwater, and surface waters.

$12.9 Million

Settlement in Caddo Parish against a nationwide oil company arising from oil and gas exploration and production activities that resulted in unauthorized spills of toxic chemicals and damage to property.

$12.2 Million

St. Mary Parish settlement against multiple oil and gas production companies for undisclosed pollution and toxic contamination resulting from defendants’ operations.

$12.5 Million

Terrebonne Parish settlement against multiple oil and gas companies for contamination that seeped from unlined earthen pits into our client’s property.

$36.2 Million

Jury verdict awarding damages to three private landowners for defendant’s breach of the duty to act as a prudent administrator of the land and failure to warn of hazardous disposal and discharge activities.

$16.5 Million

Settlement in Iberville Parish for private landowners against oil and gas companies for knowledge that oilfield wastes would not degrade and would contaminate our client’s soils and groundwater.

$10.6 Million

Iberville Parish settlement involving private landowners against oil and gas companies for disposal of oilfield wastes in unlined earthen pits, including radioactive materials and hazardous chemical mixtures, and the concealment of improper disposal.

$22.2 Million

Terrebonne Parish settlement for failure to provide a recordable lease-extinction instrument and environmental damage caused by oil and gas exploration, canal dredging, and resulting contamination.

Serious Injury and Class Action Results

Below is just a sample of just some of the serious injury cases we have won for our clients. Need representation? Contact us today for a free, no-obligation consultation.

$140 Million

settlement for clients exposed to mustard gas at a chemical plant in Louisiana

$60 Million

jury verdict for a burn injury client against an international gas supply company

$55 Million

settlement of class action against two major telecommunications companies

$18.5 Million

settlement for electrocution death in swimming pool at a motel in Louisiana

$14 Million

settlement for clients exposed to a hydrocarbon plume in North Louisiana

$14 Million

settlement for burn victim after gas company explosion in Louisiana

$12.5 Million

settlement for burn injury resulting from an aluminum production company explosion

$8 Million

settlement for exposure of Louisiana residents who experienced toxic chemical exposure

$4.5 Million

judgment for serious brain injury to child at an intersection

$4.1 Million

settlement for client who suffered a burn injury in an oil field accident

$4 Million

jury verdict for injury due to a shopping center accident in Louisiana

$2.6 Million

settlement for a client who suffered a burn injury at a shipbuilding facility in Louisiana

A History of Success

We’ve Won More Than

$3 Billion

In Verdicts & Settlements

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