Practice Areas
We defend companies. We resolve claims. We protect what you've built.
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Property Insurance
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Product Liability
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Maritime and Energy Law
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Employment Law
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Toxic Torts
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Workers' Compensation
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Complex Litigation and Class Actions
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Litigation
Strategic, Client-Focused Litigation Management
Litigation is a risky and unpredictable situation that must be carefully managed. Clear communication between the client and the attorney is essential to develop the proper strategy for handling each case, as well as practical solutions to reduce risk and minimize related costs. At Sutterfield & Webb, we are committed to aggressively protecting your interests while listening to what you have to say, keeping you informed of what is happening, when it happens, and what the costs may be. We are also committed to the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution where practical in avoiding the expense and uncertainty of protracted litigation.
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Insurance
Trusted Insurance Defense and Counsel
The firm has represented a number of insurers and self-insured companies, both foreign and domestic, and advises on policy wording, regulatory matters, new classes of business, and prospective insureds. The firm serves as panel counsel to several national insurance companies to defend claims against their insureds throughout Louisiana.
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Coverage Litigation
Insurance Monitoring and Defense Strategy
Sutterfield & Webb represents insurers in coverage litigation and direct actions. We have successfully tried coverage litigation to verdict and have sustained those verdicts on appeal. On behalf of primary and excess insurers we monitor litigation being defended by assured’s counsel and supervise litigation alleging bad faith.
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Transportation
Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Accident Defense
Sutterfield & Webb provides comprehensive defense for claims arising from all types of motor vehicle accidents. Our experience spans cases involving large trucking companies, long-haul commercial carriers, local delivery services, and specialty transportation providers such as limousines. We understand the unique regulations, industry standards, and liability issues impacting these claims, including those governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR). From initial accident investigation to trial, our attorneys work diligently to protect the interests of motor carriers, insurers, and commercial drivers, ensuring effective representation in even the most complex and high-exposure cases.
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Property Insurance
Property and Liability Insurance Defense
Sutterfield & Webb, LLC has considerable legal experience in the fields of insurance (both property and liability), complex litigation, product liability, professional liability, maritime and energy law, governmental entities and general civil litigation. With respect to first party coverage situations, we defend insurers in arson, windstorm and flood claims, and consult on matters involving the interpretation of policy wording. We have handled or are handling well over a hundred Hurricane Katrina and Rita claims. Likewise, 475 Hurricane Ida claims against the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA). We also act for property insurers in claims brought against them by third parties under Louisiana’s Direct Action Statute and in subrogation claims brought by them against others.
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Product Liability
Regulatory and Product Design Litigation
Sutterfield & Webb provides representation in litigation and advises clients on commercial and regulatory matters involving design and manufacture of products. Clients have ranged from national and international manufacturers to local companies and include manufacturers of asbestos-containing products; motorcycles, bicycles and ATV’s; breast implants; farm machinery; marine engines, boilers and generators; medical products and devices; oil field and offshore equipment; paint; pesticides and herbicides; recreational boats; ship construction and repair; and sports equipment.
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Maritime and Energy Law
Gulf South Maritime Legal Counsel
Our attorneys have extensive experience in handling a full range of admiralty matters in all major Louisiana ports and the Gulf South from Texas to Florida. Much of our practice of maritime law in this geographic area involves offshore oil and gas development. Our attorneys are experienced in immediate investigation of seaman personal injury accidents and catastrophic property damage. We appear before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Coast Guard. Our maritime lawyers are members of the Maritime Law Association of the United States.
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Employment Law
Protecting Employers in Workplace Disputes
Our members represent public and private employers in employment litigation, including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contract and related claims. We provide employers with investigation, pre-litigation counseling, mediation of employment disputes and litigation expertise.
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Toxic Torts
Toxic Tort and Exposure Defense
Our members defend cases alleging injury from diverse sources such as asbestos, silica, toxic mold, Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (“NORMs”). We have also defended cases and dealt with insurance coverages involving exposure to latex, talc, anhydrous ammonia, urea and other substances.
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Workers' Compensation
Workers’ Compensation Defense
Sutterfield & Webb provides skilled representation for employers, insurers, and self-insured companies in all aspects of workers’ compensation claims. Our attorneys handle cases involving workplace injuries, occupational disease, and complex coverage disputes, ensuring compliance with Louisiana workers’ compensation laws while protecting our clients’ interests. From early claim evaluation and investigation to hearings and appeals, we deliver strategic defense solutions designed to minimize risk, control costs, and achieve favorable outcomes.
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Complex Litigation and Class Actions
Mass Tort and Catastrophic Claims
We are at the forefront of the evolving area of class actions and mass torts, including supervising complex litigation involving chemical and oil explosions, and mass torts involving lead paint, asbestos, silicosis, toxic mold, breast implants, and infectious diseases. Our senior member served on two national teams handling countrywide product liability claims. He also served on a trial team which tried a Hurricane Katrina Bellwether case resulting in a defense judgment. Thereafter, 2300 claims were settled within policy limits.
Expertise That Protects You
Proudly Serving Greater New Orleans And Surrounding Areas In South Louisiana
- Acadia
- Allen
- Ascension
- Assumption
- Avoyelles
- Beauregard
- Calcasieu
- Cameron
- East Baton Rouge
- East Feliciana
- Evangeline
- Iberia
- Iberville
- Jefferson
- Jefferson Davis
- Lafayette
- Lafourche
- Livingston
- Orleans
- Plaquemines
- Pointe Coupee
- Rapides
- St. Bernard
- St. Charles
- St. Helena
- St. James
- St. John the Baptist
- St. Landry
- St. Martin
- St. Mary
- St. Tammany
- Tangipahoa
- Terrebonne
- Vermillion
- Vernon
- Washington
- West Baton Rouge
- West Feliciana
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