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Former shipping company employee claims lack of safety equipment led to brain injury

April 26, 2013 9:14 PM
By Elizabeth Young
James M. Williams James M. Williams

NEW ORLEANS – A ship worker from Jefferson Davis Parish is suing his former employer after allegedly being injured on the job. Jerome Duplechain filed suit against Kinder Morgan G.P. Inc. in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on March … Read More »

FELA/Jones Act, Issues, New Orleans, News, Orleans Parish, Personal Injury

Seaman sues employer after falling down stairs

April 19, 2013 2:53 PM
By Michelle Keahey
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NEW ORLEANS – After falling down stairs and being knocked unconscious for 30 minutes, a seaman has filed a lawsuit against his employer for failing to provide adequate lighting and non-skid materials on the stairs. Danny Pat Emmons filed suit … Read More »

Federal Court, FELA/Jones Act, News, Personal Injury

Train conductor sues after brakes fail to work properly

April 19, 2013 2:41 PM
By Michelle Keahey
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NEW ORLEANS – A conductor has filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming he suffered severe back injuries when his locomotive slammed into other rail cars when the train’s brakes failed to work properly. Anthony N. Thompson filed suit against … Read More »

Federal Court, FELA/Jones Act, News, Personal Injury

Fifth Circuit reverses ruling for Transocean in favor of injured employee

March 19, 2013 3:05 PM
By Elizabeth Young
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before it exploded and began the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill. Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before it exploded and began the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill.

NEW ORLEANS– Transocean lost an appeal in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in which a former employee sought compensation for injuries arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. The appeal stems from an earlier suit filed by … Read More »

Appeals Court, FELA/Jones Act, Issues, News, Personal Injury, U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

United Steelworkers of America decertified at Houston plant after 5th Circuit appellate ruling

March 5, 2013 9:39 PM
By Elizabeth Young
United Steelworkers of America United Steelworkers of America

NEW ORLEANS–  The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an application for enforcement of an order from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in an opinion released Friday. After charges were filed by the United Steelworkers of America, an … Read More »

FELA/Jones Act, Issues, News, U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

Oil platform worker sues W&T Offshore Inc. over injury

March 1, 2013 12:28 AM
By Elizabeth Young
Alan A. Zaunbrecher Alan A. Zaunbrecher

NEW ORLEANS– A Mississippi resident is suing the owner of a fixed oil platform after an offshore accident. Jason M. Bourgeois filed suit against W & T Offshore Inc. in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Jan. 4. Bourgeois … Read More »

FELA/Jones Act, Issues, New Orleans, News, Orleans Parish

Seaman files lawsuit after slipping and falling on vessel’s wooden floor

February 5, 2013 6:55 PM
By Michelle Keahey
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NEW ORLEANS  - A seaman has filed a Jones Act lawsuit claiming that he sustained disabling injuries when he slipped and fell on the vessel’s wooden floor. Michael Johnson filed suit against Big R Towing Inc. on Jan. 7 in … Read More »

Federal Court, FELA/Jones Act, News

Seaman claims injury after being shocked when vessel struck barge

January 16, 2013 7:25 PM
By Kyle Barnett
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GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish seaman claims he was injured on the job when the boat he was riding in struck a barge. Ricky Guidry filed suit against Blake Marine Group, Inc. in the 24th Judicial District Court on Nov. … Read More »

FELA/Jones Act, Issues, News

Carpenter sues construction companies and property owner for alleged workplace injuries

January 7, 2013 1:12 PM
By Kyle Barnett

GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish man is suing two construction companies, a property owner and their insurers for injuries he claims to have received working on a construction site. Melvin D. Cross, and wife Beth, filed suit against Canal Indemnity … Read More »

FELA/Jones Act, Issues, News

Former roofing company employee suing over alleged retaliation firing following workers’ compensation claim

December 26, 2012 4:09 PM
By Kyle Barnett
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GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish man is suing his former employer for allegedly retaliating against him for successfully pursuing a workers’ compensation claim. Calvin B. Elstrott filed suit against Crescent Materials Services, Inc. in the 24th Judicial District Court on … Read More »

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