BATON ROUGE – Proposed legislation currently in the state House that would allow prior acts of domestic abuse, sexual assault and other offenses to be admissible in civil cases also includes provisions for criminal prosecution, an attorney who has testified before the Louisiana Senate about similar bills, said during a recent interview.
LAFAYETTE-OPELOUSA – A mother and her son are filing a lawsuit against the Iberia Parish School Board and school officials alleging wrongful arrest and defamation of a student.
LAFAYETTE – An Iberia Parish man says he fell through a walkway and was injured on an oil platform where he was working, allegedly due to crane repairs being performed by Precision Crane and Hydraulics.
LAFAYETTE – An Iberia Parish firm is suing Connecticut-based Tangoe Inc. for cancellation of a master service agreement between the two companies that was supposed to save more than $100,000 per year.
LAFAYETTE – An attorney who was disciplined earlier this year after it was revealed he was complicit in secret payments to a claims center attorney in an alleged attempt to influence BP claims is suing the oil giant for defamation.
LAFAYETTE – A lawsuit accusing members of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office of shooting and beating a handcuffed man leading to his death has been filed.Shandell Marie Bradley, on behalf of her minor child, filed suit against Louis M. Ackal, Sheriff of Iberia Parish, individually and in his official capacity, John Ortis, individually and in his official capacity, and their insurer in the U.S. District
An Iberia Parish resident has filed a lawsuit against his former employer after a high pressure hose separated from a valve and struck him in the head, allegedly causing brain damage.
