A local foundation is disappointed with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Marlin Gusman for failing to respond to a request for data on acutely mentally ill prisoners.
A resident and airboat motor vessel owner in the Parish of Orleans is asking the court to clear him of any claims surrounding the death of a man after a fishing trip on his boat, claiming that his boat was safe and sturdy at the time of the accident.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans woman is suing a local redevelopment agency claiming they improperly deemed her home blighted and abandoned and expropriated it from her.
NEW ORLEANS – An office supply warehouse is being sued by a man who claims he was injured after tripping and falling over a cart left in their hallway.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans native is suing a New Orleans-based non-profit corporation alleging it wrongfully terminated her last year. Shameka Brown has sued The Blood Center, a non-profit mobile blood collection center, in Orleans Parish Civil District Court as a result of her alleged termination in 2014.
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed suit after slipping on water while shopping at a New Orleans grocery store. Scott Ponoroff filed suit against Breaux Mart Supermarkets, Inc. in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
GRETNA – A personal injury law firm is being sued for legal malpractice for allegedly venue shopping by filing identical litigation on behalf of its client in more than one court.
NEW ORLEANS – A property owner is being sued by a visitor who claims she tripped on a hole in the yard and injured herself. Cynthia Dent filed suit against Genevieve Dent and State Farm Insurance Company in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
NEW ORLEANS – A local grocery store is being sued by a woman who claims she suffered injuries and had to be taken to the hospital after tripping and falling on its premises.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans-baed law firm is being sued by a former client who claims one their attorneys representing him in a wrongful termination lawsuit engaged in fraud and unehtical acts.
NEW ORLEANS – A member of an ethnic and cultural heritage organization is suing an administrator alleging he circulated a defamatory newsletter to the general membership.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans-based law firm is being sued by a former attorney who claims she was exposed to mold that made her ill and then was fired after reporting the problem.
NEW ORLEANS – A lawsuit has been filed against a man who distributed flyers with allegedly defamatory statements about plaintiff's attorney and former interim Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Val Exnicios and the English Turn neighborhood Board of Directors.