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Case Results

Results matter. Not promises on a website, not credentials on a wall. What actually happened to the people who hired you.

Below are outcomes from cases I’ve handled for injured workers across Louisiana. Every case is different, and these results don’t guarantee what will happen in yours. But they show you what I do: I take on insurance companies, employers, and their attorneys, and I fight until the job is done.

If you need help with a workers’ compensation claim, a personal injury case, or a VA disability appeal, call me at 985-327-2601 or request a free consultation online.

Workers’ Compensation Case Results

Cousain v. Smitty's Supply, Inc. — Louisiana Supreme Court (2026)

An injured worker’s employer refused to pay benefits after a workplace accident, then tried to use a disputed deposition statement to wipe out every benefit the worker was owed, all the way back to the date of the accident. I argued the case before the Louisiana Supreme Court and won. The Court ruled that benefits already earned before a dispute can’t be taken away retroactively, settling a question Louisiana courts had been fighting over for more than 20 years.

Personal Injury Case Results

Veterans’ Disability Case Results

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About Chase Villeret

Chase Villeret is a Louisiana workers' compensation, personal injury, and veterans' disability attorney with over a decade of experience representing injured workers and accident victims across Southeast Louisiana. He founded Villeret Law Firm in Madisonville and personally handles every case the firm takes on.

Chase grew up in a blue-collar family in Louisiana's River Parishes. He earned a Master of Public Health and a law degree from LSU. That combination of public health training and legal practice shapes how he approaches injury and disability cases: he understands both the medical side of an injury and the legal fight it takes to get someone's benefits paid.

In 2026, Chase served as lead counsel in Cousain v. Smitty's Supply, Inc., a case he argued and won before the Louisiana Supreme Court. The ruling settled a 20-year split among Louisiana's appellate courts over how the state's workers' compensation fraud forfeiture statute applies, and it now protects injured workers statewide from losing benefits they'd already earned. He is recognized as a Top 25 Workers' Compensation Trial Lawyer by the Workers' Compensation Trial Lawyers Association and was named Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers. Chase also serves as President of the Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club.

He represents clients across Madisonville, Mandeville, Covington, Slidell, Hammond, New Orleans, Metairie, and throughout Louisiana.

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