Professional Successes

Mr. Murphy defended a mechanical engineering firm that designed the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in a $14 million building New Orleans Assets, L.L.C. developed and leased to the General Services Administration for occupation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a suit for remediation costs and a diminution in property values as a consequence of an alleged infestation of mold.
New Orleans Assets, L.L.C. v. Carl E. Woodward, L.L.C., No. 01-2171 (U.S.D.C., E.D. La.).
Mr. Murphy secured the dismissal of plaintiffs’ personal injury claims against the mechanical engineering firm that designed the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in a suit by employees of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, for alleged exposure to formaldehyde, mold and other substances in a newly constructed classroom building. Howell v. The Finney Company, No. 458,587 (1st Judicial District Court for the Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana).