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Environmentalists allege constitutional violation in permitting gas storage salt dome construction in Lake Peigneur
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
Dillard University faces lawsuit from former tenured professor
Dillard University
Prosthetics company sued by patient whose hip replacement was allegedly defective
NEW ORLEANS - A man who underwent a hip replacement surgery is suing the company that manufactured his prosthetic after the device allegedly failed due to defects.
Daiquiri shop sued after slip and fall
Charles ThomasNEW ORLEANS – An Orleans Parish resident is suing a daiquiri shop and its insurance company for injuries she allegedly received after she slipped and fell.Terrysine Sims filed suit against Club Daiquiris Inc. and their insurer in the Orleans District Court on May 21.Sims claims she slipped and fell in a large puddle in one of the establishment’s passageways. She claims she injured her
New Orleans homeowner suing home elevation company for breach of contract
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans woman is suing a home elevation company and its insurer for alleged breach of contract claiming they took five months to complete the elevation of her home and that the result was unacceptable.
Man wins appeal against the IRS for attorney’s fees for FOIA request of audit
Internal Revenue Service
Dillard University being sued over tenure dispute
NEW ORLEANS – A former sociology professor is suing Dillard University after being fired from an allegedly tenured position.Winona Somervill filed suit in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on May 21, claiming the university breached their contract with her by firing her.Somervill alleges that in May 2012, after 15 years of tenured service, she received a message from a university official stating
New Orleans Redevelopment Authority challenging 2004 tax sale
Charles L. Stern Jr.NEW ORLEANS – A 2004 tax sale is being challenged by a local governmental body for a property being claimed by two separate owners.The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) filed suit against Mooring Tax Asset Group LLC and A.M.E. Services Inc. in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on May 20. The property, located at 3111 North Miro St., is now being claimed by NORA
Man injured by a piece of shattered glass files suit
NEW ORLEANS - A cabinet installation company is being sued by a Michigan man who claims a shard of glass injured his eye after a window was thrown off a two-story building.
Employee loses ERISA appeal at Fifth Circuit
NEW ORLEANS - An employee of a Dallas-based marketing company lost an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concerning an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claim he filed over the company’s alleged mismanagement of an employee savings plan.
Security company loses appeal over statute of limitations in prison rape case
NEW ORLEANS - A security company lost an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on a statute of limitations question.
Ralph Brennan’s Red Fish Grill being sued after customer slips and falls
NEW ORLEANS – A customer of a popular French Quarter restaurant is suing the establishment and their insurance company for injuries he allegedly received on the premises.
Casino customer seeks damages after slip and fall due in part to "low lighting"
Mark J. GraffagniniNEW ORLEANS - A California woman is suing a New Orleans casino after allegedly being injured in a slip and fall on its premises.Dana Terrian, filed suit against Jazz Casino Company LLC and Harrah’s New Orleans Casino. Terrian claims she was on her way to the Masquerade Bar located inside Harrah’s Casino located at 228 Poydras St. on May 11, 2012, when she slipped and fell on a platfor
Appeals court agrees with mineral servitude judgment
NEW ORLEANS – A Sabine Parish property owner lost an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit related to a dispute over mineral rights.
Electrical worker granted petition for review over anti-union charges
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted a petition for review brought by the Independent Electrical Contractors of Houston (IEC-Houston) against orders by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Entergy sued by hotel occupants after substation fire
Edwin M. Shorty