Richard C. Broussard

Richard Broussard Inducted into the 2024 Lafayette Bar Association Hall of Fame

July 10, 2024 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

UPDATED 7/11/2024- Richard C. Broussard, a founding partner at Broussard, David & Moroux, focusing in personal injury practice, has been selected for the Lafayette Bar Association (LBA) Hall of Fame class for 2024.

Broussard’s induction into the LBA Hall of Fame is a recognition of his exemplary career as an attorney, dedicated service to the community, and participation in the Bar. The Lafayette Bar’s recognition also states the purpose is to award those attorneys and members who exemplified the Lafayette Parish legal community’s rich tradition of producing highly skilled lawyers and community servants.

“Richard is our firm’s North Star. The way he practices law—his unwavering pursuit of justice; his attention to detail; his integrity—embodies the standard by which all of us here at the firm measure ourselves. This well-deserved honor means that the community sees Richard the way we all do here. We are so proud of him.” said Jerome Moroux, partner at Broussard, David & Moroux.

National Forklift Day: Case Highlight

June 12, 2024 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

Recently, we told you about how a lawsuit resulted in the recall of over one million bikes with a serious flaw that paralyzed our client. This made cyclists across the country safer. Now we look at how another client’s case revealed a critical workplace hazard.

A Louisiana resident was focused on his work near a large industrial forklift when suddenly the heavy steel fork dislodged striking his hard hat. He was instantly paralyzed for life.

The forklift manufacturer blamed the tragedy on the employer’s maintenance practices and said the design was safe. Through intensive investigation and discovery depositions we learned that there was an error in the specification of the fork. The dimensions of the fork specified in the manufacturer’s catalog allowed it to slip off spontaneously.

Tragic bike case handled by Richard C. Broussard leads to groundbreaking discovery

May 31, 2024 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

A Louisiana resident was treating his son and a friend to a school break cycling trip in another state. A few minutes after renting a new high tech bike from a prominent shop, his healthy lifestyle suddenly ended in a tragic crash-he was paralyzed from the neck down forever. We took him in as our client in pursuit of justice.

In our investigation, the manufacturer said the front wheel had disengaged somehow because of our client’s fault even though the new bike had just been inspected by the dealer and he had only ridden a short distance. They couldn’t identify his fault but somehow they claimed our client caused the accident. They had tested the bike after the accident and said the accident could not have happened as our client described and nothing was wrong with the bike.

Through a court proceeding and independent experts retained by our team of counsel, we learned that the manufacturer had repeated the bike failure as our client had described multiple times in the presence of its own engineers. They then hid the evidence of the defect. The compatibility of various components of the wheel had never been tested. With no input from a rider the front wheel could suddenly seize catapulting the rider over the handlebar onto his helmet breaking his neck.

Founding Partner Richard C. Broussard Celebrates 50th Year of Practicing Law

January 30, 2024 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of practicing law for one of Broussard, David & Moroux’s founding partners, Richard C. Broussard.

Broussard graduated from law school at LSU in 1974, and he has spent 50 years tirelessly engaged as a trail lawyer working to repair the harms and losses to good people injured by no fault of their own. He is a past president of the Lafayette Bar Association, and he was chosen by the Louisiana State Bar Association to receive its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Broussard was certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is the current Chairman of the Aviation Section for the Louisiana Association for Justice. He also served as the city judge in Youngsville for 20 years.

Broussard and Blake R. David formed the firm of Broussard & David in 2003 with a focus on personal injury. Together, they built a reputation of professionalism and gained respect from others in the area. In the last year, the firm rebranded and changed its name to add longtime partner Jerome Moroux, added five attorneys and expanded to Covington and New Orleans.

Partner Richard Broussard Speaks on the Evolution of Maritime and Aviation Law

December 13, 2022 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

Partner Richard Broussard was asked to speak as a panel member at the Louisiana Association of Justice’s Last Chance CLE Conference. The Conference was held in New Orleans and was attended by hundreds of attorneys as a means of continuing their legal education.

The discussion was titled “A New Age: Comparisons Between Aviation Law and Space Law,” and examined the evolution of Space Law, developing from Maritime and Aviation Law (two fields in which Broussard, David & Moroux specialize).

The picture above includes Broussard and his fellow panel members, Federal Judge Jay C. Zainey, Tulane Law Dean David Meyer, Charles C. Bourque, Jr. of St. Martin & Bourque (Houma) and Darlene Jacobs of Jacobs, Sarrat, Lovelace, Harris & Matthews (New Orleans). Along with the panel members pictured are Marin Davies, Chair of Admiralty and Maritime Law at Tulane, and Scott Bickford, the President of the Louisiana Association of Justice.

Partner Richard Broussard Receives LAJ President’s Award

September 29, 2022 | by Broussard, David & Moroux

Partner Richard Broussard was presented the President’s Award by the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ) President Blake David on September 23 at the LAJ Fall Conference in New Orleans.

The President’s Award is presented annually to LAJ members who have provided outstanding and highly dedicated service to the legal profession.

Within the Louisiana Association for Justice, Mr. Broussard served on the Board of Governors from 1983-1986 and on the Executive Committee from 1996-1997.