In the state of Louisiana, Gertler Accident & Injury Attorneys prosecuted among the first asbestos personal injury suits, including mesothelioma and asbestosis claims, the first silicosis suits, and the first product liability suits against respirator manufacturers.
Its clients have included workers at local Johns Manville and National Gypsum plants, foundry workers throughout Louisiana and Wisconsin, and lung disease victims in Kentucky and Illinois.
Gertler Accident & Injury Attorneys was a lead firm in a group of prominent law firms that obtained an unprecedented judgment against the tobacco industry which ordered these companies to establish a $591 million cessation program for the citizens of Louisiana.
Gertler Accident & Injury Attorneys litigates its cases with a strong sense of compassion, integrity, and a dedication to vindicate the rights of its clients.