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Entergy sues Sewerage and Water Board for $1.4K worth of damages to property
NEW ORLEANS – Entergy is suing a local utility board which allegedly inflicted $1,391.53 worth of damages to its property.
Woman sues Loyola University after falling on uneven sidewalk
Clifford E. Cardone
Children’s Hospital doctor sued on medical malpractice claims
Children's Hospital
Sheraton sued after guest falls in slippery bathroom
NEW ORLEANS – A woman who slipped and fell in the bathroom of her Sheraton New Orleans hotel room alleges that there was a leak in the bathroom that caused her fall.
Woman sues Orleans Parish School Board over toxic mold exposure
Orleans Parish School BoardNEW ORLEANS – A woman who worked in a building owned by the school board has filed suit after she was diagnosed with respiratory ailments due to toxic mold.Geraldine Turner Warren filed suit against the Orleans Parish School Board in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Aug. 21.The plaintiff is an employee of Westbank Child and Adolescent Behavior Health Clinic, which
Appeals court reverses and remands debt collection suit; Dissenting justice: Court 'spelunks in depths of legislative history'
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard a debt collection case originally heard in the Southern District of Texas and reversed and remanded the district court’s original decision.
Customer sues Breaux Mart after slipping on wet floor
NEW ORLEANS – A man filed suit against Breaux Mart after he allegedly slipped and fell on water outside the ice cooler.
Walgreens sued by customer claiming injury from plastic storage bins
Lloyd N. Frischhertz Jr.NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed suit against Walgreens after he was allegedly hit by an out-of-control cart containing plastic storage bins, causing him to fall.Richard Jensen filed suit against Walgreen Louisiana Company Inc. in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Aug. 9.The plaintiff alleges that on Oct. 6, 2012, he was shopping in the Walgreens on Robert E. Lee Blvd
Construction worker sues after falling five stories
Henri M. Saunders
Customer sues Landry’s Seafood House after biting into hard object in fried oyster
Eulis Simien Jr.NEW ORLEANS – A man filed suit against Landry’s Seafood House after he allegedly bit into a pearl or some other hard object in a fried oyster.Robert Ford filed suit against Landry’s Seafood House New Orleans Inc. and Midland Seafood Inc. in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Aug. 7.The suit states that on Aug. 7, 2012, the plaintiff was eating at Landry’s Seafood House and bit
Innocence Project of New Orleans sues NOPD for access to initial reports for 12 homicides
NEW ORLEANS – The Innocence Project of New Orleans (IPNO), a non-profit law office that represents innocent prisoners serving life sentences in Louisiana and Mississippi, filed suit against the New Orleans Police Department after requesting 12 initial reports, and being charged a rate of $175 for each report.
Retired shipyard worker sues multiple companies in asbestos suit
Susannah Chester-Schindler
Landlord sued after property diagnosed with 'sick building syndrome'
James F. Willeford
Homeowner claims electrical panels installed within two feet of home
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans homeowner filed suit against the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans for allegedly installing electrical panels directly outside his bedroom window and within two feet of his home, in violation of a setback variance.
Family sues Ochsner after surgical complications allegedly caused mother’s death
Jack C. BenjaminNEW ORLEANS – Three siblings filed suit against Ochsner Foundation Hospital after their mother allegedly died as a result of undiagnosed complications following elective spine surgery.Stanley Clayton, Yolanda Gibson and Deontrenise Gibson, individually and on behalf of their deceased mother, filed suit against Ochsner Clinical Foundation, Ochsner Foundation Hospital, The Administrators
Appeals court reverses and remands decision regarding punitive damages under maritime law
U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals