NEW ORLEANS – An Ascension Parish woman formerly employed as a speech therapist by the St. James Parish School Board alleges she was discriminated against because of her disability.
BATON ROUGE – A disabled St. James man alleges that an Ascension Parish shopping center operator has discriminated against him by denying him a safe and full access the its property.
GONZALES – Pam Alonso lists two main goals in her campaign to become Ascension Parish's next justice of the peace: Restore a greater level of respect to the office; and make the legal system more accessible to the community.
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana man has withdrawn his lawsuit regarding Ascension Parish Court's use of fees from misdemeanor convictions to cover the salary for its judge after a new state law eliminated what he saw as a conflict of interest.
BATON ROUGE – A federal judge for the Middle District of Louisiana last week ruled that the former police chief of Sorrento violated a woman's civil rights when he sexually assaulted her while she was intoxicated.
BATON ROUGE – An Ascension Parish man is suing a local judge in federal court over conviction fees, alleging it is a conflict of interest partly because a portion of the judge's pay comes out of the fees.
NEW ORLEANS – Former Ascension Parish Justice of the Peace Leroy Laiche Jr. has only days remaining to ask the Louisiana Supreme Court to reconsider its decision last week to remove him for misconduct.
NEW ORLEANS – An Ascension Parish man says his former employer, Priority 1 Air Rescue Operations, Arizona LP, allegedly denied him and dozens of other workers overtime pay.
A Delaware-based marine business is suing two shipping companies who own and operate a bulk carrier, along with the vessel and its appurtenances, alleging negligence in regard to a 2015 Mississippi River maneuver which the plaintiff claims resulted in the vessel running aground and partially destroyed its worksite.
Spencer R. Doody NEW ORLEANS - An Ascension Parish man is suing several companies claiming his exposure to asbestos caused him to develop malignant mesothelioma.
