News from October 2013
CEO of marketing firm suing business owner for failing to pay salary
C. Michael Winters
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
Elevation subcontractor sues for allegedly not being paid for home elevation
Donald E. McKay Jr.
Family of woman who died from heart attack six days after being told by paramedics she had hernia sues
East Jefferson General Hospital
Casino sued by man who allegedly broke arm in fall while trying to avoid running into employee
GRETNA – A man who allegedly broke his arm in a fall at a local casino while trying to avoid running into an employee is suing for damages.Paul L. Wetzel filed suit against Treasure Chest Casino LLC in the 24th Judicial District Court on Sept. 20.Wetzel claims that on Feb. 13 he was visiting the Treasure Chest casino located at 5050 Williams Blvd. in Kenner when he was walking down an aisle and fell
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.
District court decision dismissing dam flooding case affirmed by appeals court
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a case brought by 28 individuals who alleged their properties were flooded and eroded when Sabine River Authorities of Louisiana and Texas opened their spillway gates in 2009.
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.
Attempts to keep suit in state court quashed by appeals court
NEW ORLEANS – A man’s attempt to keep his lawsuit in state court was recently quashed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Walgreens sued by man who alleges he was injured by stock cart
GRETNA – Walgreens is being sued by a man who claims he was injured when an employee pushed a stock cart into him causing him to fall.
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
Sister of man who died in Rusty Pelican Motel fire in Grand Isle sues
Rusty Pelican Motel before being destroyed by fire.
Chiropractor clinic sued by man who claims his back was injured during massage
Marcia Suzanne Montero
Church suing insurer for not covering wind and hail damage
Believer’s Life Family Church
Local golf club sued by woman who allegedly tripped on rebar sticking out of sidewalk
GRETNA – A Kenner golf club is being sued by a woman who claims she was injured after tripping on a defective sidewalk.
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