Jurisdiction Intelligence Report

Personal Injury Case Values in Louisiana (2026)

Data-driven verdict and settlement analysis for Personal Injury cases in Louisiana. Median outcome: $64.9M across 6 tracked cases.

Verdicts Tracked
6
Median Outcome
$64.9M
Mean Outcome
$158.6M
Range
$79K–$411.0M

Verdict Distribution

RangeCasesPercent
$50K–$250K233%
$250K–$1M117%
$5M+350%

Key Valuation Factors

Severity and permanence of plaintiff's injuries or disabilitiesDefendant's corporate size and degree of negligence or willful misconductIndustrial/workplace safety violations and regulatory compliance historyPlaintiff's comparative fault percentage relative to the 50% barAvailability of non-economic damages including pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life

Key Trends & Insights

Personal injury verdicts in Louisiana show extreme variability, with a massive gap between the median ($64.9M) and mean ($158.6M) driven by several high-value outlier verdicts, most notably the 2025 Valdivia cases against Brock Services and Phillips 66 each reaching $411M, suggesting that catastrophic workplace injury cases are commanding extraordinary jury awards in recent years. The data reflects a bimodal distribution where industrial/workplace negligence cases involving severe injuries yield multimillion-dollar outcomes, while more routine transportation and insurance disputes settle or verdict in the hundreds of thousands. Louisiana's absence of a general non-economic damages cap, combined with its modified comparative fault threshold of 50%, appears to create conditions where sympathetic plaintiffs in egregious liability scenarios can secure landmark verdicts, particularly against large corporate defendants in the oil and industrial sectors.

Notable Cases

Jose Valdivia v. Brock Services LLC $411.0M
2025 · Expert Institute

20-pound metal bar fell from scaffolding at Phillips 66 refinery, striking Valdivia despite hard hat, causing wheelchair-bound state and speech impairment. Employer exposed to known hazards. Record $411M verdict.

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Valdivia v. Phillips 66 (workplace/scaffolding) $411.0M
2025 · Expert Institute

A Louisiana jury awarded $411M to 28-year-old Jose Valdivia after a scaffolding accident at a Phillips 66 refinery left him with profound brain and spinal injuries. Largest single-plaintiff PI award in Louisiana history.

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E.S., et al. v. Our Lady, et al. $129.0M
2024 · TopVerdict.com

A vehicle/pedestrian incident involving wrongful death, listed by TopVerdict among the top U.S. personal injury verdicts of 2024. TopVerdict provides tags and counsel but does not identify the court.

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Mouton v. AAA Cooper Transportation $738K
2018 · vLex

Curley Mouton was fatally injured when debris from a blown tire on an AAA Cooper Transportation truck caused his vehicle to lose control, overturn, and crash into a ditch. <cite index="2-14,2-16,2-18">The jury awarded $67,702.22 in survival action damages, $410,000.00 in wrongful death damages to th

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Kupke v. Shelter Insurance Co. $79K
2018 · Louisiana Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Walter Kupke was rear-ended by a truck and sustained back pain and hearing loss. He settled with other defendants but went to trial against Shelter Insurance, winning a jury verdict of $79,455.80.

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