Mr. Kerrigan represented the plaintiffs in this case, who were former shareholders of a Coca-Cola bottling company. The company and two of its former officers and directors were sued for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and securities fraud in connection with a tender offer. After a three-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the plaintiffs obtained a judgment for $4.6 million. The Fifth Circuit reversed the judgment and remanded the case because of faulty jury instructions and attorney-client privilege issues. The case settled for the same amount before the retrial commenced. 
Mary Margaret Ward, et al. v. Succession of Richard W. Freeman, et al., 854 F.2d 780 (5th Cir. 1988), 735 F. Supp. 692 (E.D., La. 1990).