Our client, an offshore worker, was injured when hydraulic fluid sprayed into his eyes. The defendant admitted fault, and the case was tried on the issue of damages alone to a jury in New Orleans. Although our client suffered blurred vision in one eye, which was believed to be permanent, and expert testimony stated that he could not return to work on an offshore oil rig, where he had worked for more than three years prior to his accident, the defendant refused to offer more than $40,000 to settle his claim. A jury returned a verdict of more than $1,000,000, and although the trial judge refused to modify or alter the jury’s verdict, the Court of Appeal reduced the verdict to approximately $575,000.