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Flames and smoke rise from the Smitty’s Supply chemical plant explosion in Roseland, Louisiana.

The Berniard Law Firm was featured in Legal Newsline’s Louisiana Record for representing Roseland residents after the Smitty’s Supply chemical plant fire.

Legal Newsline’s Louisiana Record recently featured the Berniard Law Firm for filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 100 Roseland residents affected by the Smitty’s Supply chemical plant explosion and fire in Tangipahoa Parish Legal Newsline.

The firm’s complaint alleges that class members suffered a range of injuries—including headaches, respiratory problems, skin and eye irritation, people who own property that was covered in oil, clean up costs, and many other claims—as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals and soot from the explosion Legal Newsline.

Attorney Jeff Berniard, founder of the Berniard Law Firm, was recently featured on WGNO News for his leadership in filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of families affected by the Smitty’s Supply explosion and fire in Tangipahoa Parish. Watch the full news story here.

Berniard was asked to provide his perspective on the lawsuit because of his extensive background in complex litigation and class actions. Over the course of his career, he has represented thousands of clients in large-scale cases, including litigation related to Hurricane Katrina insurance disputes, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and Chinese drywall contamination.

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