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Recovery School District employee files disability discrimination
An employee of the Recovery School District has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit claiming that she was fired because she was undergoing medical treatment for job-related injuries. -
OPSB files suit against Louisiana over property purchase
Barriere The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) is suing the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, claiming that the state did not pay full value for a campus it bought from the school board. -
Judge rules for defendants in John McDonogh school shooting liability suit
Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarusso issued a ruling for the defendants in a liability trial involving a shooting at John McDonogh 28 high school in 2003. -
Trial against OPSB continued until May
A jury trial pitting former employees of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) against the school board in Orleans Parish Civil District Court has been continued until May because of an undisclosed attorney conflict. -
School principal sues school board for disability discrimination
Recile A former New Orleans elementary school principal is suing his school board after it refused to give him a position to accommodate his disability following Hurricane Katrina. -
Judge takes school shooting case under advisement
After hearing oral arguments in a liability case against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarusso has taken the case under advisement while she looks over depositions and other case material. -
OPSB suit to shed 'in crisis' label on hold pending appeal
Barriere A lawsuit by the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) seeking to rid the district's "in crisis" label in Orleans Parish Civil District Court is on hold until a defense appeal makes its way through the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Homicide detective describes grisly scene in school shooting liability suit
The lead detective who investigated a 2003 school shooting at an Orleans Parish high school described a grisly scene where gunmen stood over the body of one of their victims and shot him to death with an AK-47. -
Ruling in charter school lawsuit expected Wednesday
Barriere Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Kern Reese announced he will issue a ruling on Wednesday on an injunction filed by the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) to stop the certification of nine charter school applications. -
School shooting liability trial set to resume Dec. 6
A liability trial involving a 2003 school shooting at a New Orleans high school, which began Oct. 11, is set to resume Dec. 6 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
High school football injury bench trial set Dec. 16
A high school football injury is the subject of a liability suit against the Orleans Parish School Board set to begin a two-day bench trial Dec. 16 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court, LouisianaRecord.com has learned. -
Judge takes motions under advisement in OPSB class action
Irpino Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ethel Julien heard almost 20 motions on Nov. 5 in a class action suit filed by former employees of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) after they were fired following hurricane Katrina. -
Law groups file class action on behalf of special needs students
Four Louisiana law advocacy groups announced their civil rights lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) on behalf of special needs students in New Orleans. -
School shooting liability trial continued to Dec. 6
A liability trial involving a 2003 school shooting at a New Orleans high which began Oct. 11 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court has been continued until Dec. 6. -
OPSB school shooting trial begins in Orleans Parish
A liability suit involving a 2003 school shooting at a New Orleans high school began Oct. 11 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
Judge denies continuance of school shooting suit
Judge Robin Giarusso denied a defense motion to continue an Oct. 11 trial date in a lawsuit against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) regarding a 2003 school shooting. -
Judge rules on motions in employee class action against OPSB
Judge Ethel Julien denied the state's motion to quash subpoenas sent to school superintendents in St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, Washington and Jefferson parishes regarding the effects on those school boards following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. -
Hearings continue in employee class action against OPSB
Three motions will be heard on Friday involving a class action suit brought by former employees against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
Judge hears motions in school shooting suit
Rodney Judge Robin Giarusso heard three motions in a suit involving a 2003 school shooting in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Sept. 7. -
Judge will hear three motions in school shooting civil suit
Rodney An infamous 2003 school shooting is the subject of three motions to be heard by Judge Robin Giarusso in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Sept. 7.