Mary Ann Magnell News
$1.3 million dispute between Capital One, liquor company continues
GRETNA — A Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently dismissed an appeal because it “lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the appeal,” and remanded a case to the trial court for further proceedings, additionally denying the motion by defendant Capital One N.A., et al, to strike plaintiffs' brief and its motion to dismiss the appeal as moot.
Lawsuit claims Ford Motor Co. breached the Louisiana Products Liability Act
NEW ORLEANS — A lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court on Oct. 3 alleges the failure of the components of a 2006 Ford Expedition, namely the failure of the side air bag, caused the death of a Tangipahoa Parish man in December 2017.
Tulane Education Fund administrators named in lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS — A lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court against Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund by a former employee alleges violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Fired transgender employee sues Outback Steakhouse
A transgender woman accuses an Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Metairie of violating her civil rights.
Subcontractor violated a waste-hauling agreement, lawsuit claims
A Baton Rouge company faces a lawsuit over a contract dispute.
Honda files notice to move suit filed in 2017 fatal crash in Rapides Parish to federal court
ALEXANDRIA – American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (AHM) recently filed notice to remove a products liability lawsuit from the 9th Judicial District Court for Rapides Parish to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Agency seeks federal jurisdiction for train death lawsuit
The Louisiana Department of Transportation (LDOT) wants a federal judge to hear a lawsuit involving the death of a truck driver hit by a train.
Local hotel group sues general contractor in U.S. District Court for breach of contract
A hotel developer accuses a construction company of breach of contract.
Plaintiff's motion to remand mesothelioma case to a district court is denied
NEW ORLEANS— A motion to remand was recently denied by the Eastern District of Louisiana’s U.S. District Court in an asbestos litigation and survival suit filed by plaintiff Judith Punch Rivera on behalf her deceased mother.
Sureway Supermaket escapes lead paint allegations in lawsuit
Sureway Supermaket escapes lead paint allegations in lawsuit
Doris Metropolitan steakhouse reaches settlement with servers
A steakhouse and more than a dozen employees reached a settlement in a dispute over wages.
Two companies win contractor immunity argument in worker injury case
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently granted motions for summary judgment filed by Darana Hybrid Inc. and W&H Systems Inc. in a workplace injury case.
Importer granted motion to dismiss claim by cigarette lighter distributor being sued in injury case
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently granted a third-party defendant’s motion to dismiss due to lack of jurisdiction in a 2016 personal injury case in which a disposable cigarette lighter exploded and caused third degree burns to plaintiff Dorothy Hebert.
Bactes Imaging Solutions employee's sexual harassment claim goes to arbitration
An employee of a medical records company can pursue her sexual harassment claim, but only through arbitration, a federal judge ruled.
Family may add property manager to negligent security lawsuit, judge rules
A federal court granted in part and denied in part a motion for leave to file a supplemental and amended complaint in a lawsuit involving a February 2017 shooting that killed Kala Bienemy, a New Orleans mother of five.
Subcontractor denied delay damages for Mayfield Elementary School construction
Polk Construction Corporation and its surety will not have to pay damages to Industrial Mechanical Contractors Inc. (IMC) for delays in the building of Henry Mayfield Elementary School, an appeals court ruled.
Class action lawsuit over Waggaman landfill moved to federal court
NEW ORLEANS – A waste management company named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit over odors coming from a Jefferson Parish landfill recently filed notice to move the case to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Missouri company did not deliver sugar as promised, lawsuit claims
A sugar distributor accuses a sugar buyer of fraud in a Malaysian sugar deal gone bad.
Appeals court reverses summary judgment denial, backs mental patient's doctors at state facility
BATON ROUGE — A federal appeals court reversed a denial of summary judgment Aug. 16 in a case involving a patient at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) and rendered judgment in favor of the patient’s doctors.
Public service drives New Orleans attorney as she prepares to lead the American Bar Association
NEW ORLEANS — For Judy Perry Martinez, president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA), the fact that her term will fall within the centennial celebration of the adoption of 19th Amendment to the Constitution holds special meaning.