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Insurer out of lawsuit over kidnap, drowning of woman in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – An insurance company will not have to pay to fight a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who was kidnapped from a Louisiana hotel and later found drowned.
COVID wrongful death cases against nursing home transferred
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – Wrongful death lawsuits over a COVID-19 breakout in a Louisiana nursing home will be heard in state court.
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Challenge to Louisiana sales tax system heads to Fifth Circuit after loss
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The Arizona-based jewelry company that challenged how Louisiana collects sales tax from online purchases is appealing its loss.
Lawsuit alleging shooting, cover-up by Louisiana cops gets to move forward
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana federal judge is allowing a lawsuit filed against Port Allen and two of its police officers over a shooting death to proceed.
Lawyer's three-page brief deemed too weak in case of raped prison guard
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety & Corrections brought by a prison guard who says she was raped because the doors at her facility didn’t work.
Challenge to Louisiana sales tax fails in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the way Louisiana collects sales tax on online purchases.
Sun Belt to face racial discrimination lawsuit in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The former chief compliance officer of the Sun Belt Conference really wants his racial discrimination lawsuit heard in a state court but a federal judge won’t allow it.
Louisiana city and its hired guns get chance to sue Netflix, Hulu in state court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers with government contracts to sue Netflix scored a small victory at the end of March when a federal court judge sent their case back to a Louisiana state court.
Shreveport PD's past becomes an issue in lawsuit over shooting death by officer
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – The Shreveport Police Department is defending its past as it fights the wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting of Desmond Lewis.
No luck in lawsuit for student isolated after refusing to wear face mask
LAFAYETTE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against a Louisiana school district that placed a student who wouldn’t wear a face mask in isolation while his mother came to get him.
After vaccinating son without mom's permission, school and hospital argue for protection from lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana school district and a hospital are fighting a lawsuit brought by a mother upset her son was allowed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 without her permission.
Magistrate judge suggests tossing case over mask-less student's isolation in school
LAFAYETTE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana school board has nearly defeated a lawsuit that sought to punish it for placing a student into isolation for not wearing a face mask.
Fifth Circuit asked to overrule decision on New Orleans cemetery tours
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Tourism companies that say they have been shut out of showing off New Orleans’ famous cemeteries are appealing a federal judge’s order that dismissed their lawsuit.
Cemetery tour companies need to beef up complaint, New Orleans judge says
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The New Orleans cemetery tourism industry has initially failed to regain access to two of the most famous cemeteries there, as a federal judge has found its allegations not specific enough.
Baton Rouge dealt loss as it tries to hold civil rights lawyer in contempt
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer and University of Virginia law professor claimed a recent victory in a court battle with Baton Rouge, La., over his actions in defense of a man who was strip-searched.
Louisiana court delivers bad news to valve-maker fighting case over Exxon refinery explosion
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – The manufacturer of a valve involved in a 2016 explosion at an Exxon refinery in Louisiana will need to mount a stronger defense in lawsuits brought by two burn victims.
Sun Belt will face racism accusations in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The Sun Belt Conference’s former chief compliance officer will have to pursue his racial discrimination lawsuit in federal court.
Owner defends charging entry fees to famous New Orleans cemeteries
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The battleground is cemeteries in New Orleans, and the defendant says they are its home turf.
LSU's fired football coach fights lawsuit over response to sexual misconduct allegations
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Fired Louisiana State University football coach Ed Orgeron has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the school of coddling athletes who are accused of sexual misconduct.
Louisiana Native Americans can fight closure of elementary school
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana Native American tribe can proceed with one of the six arguments it made in court following the closure of a school in Terrebonne Parish.