NEW ORLEANS – An independent contractor is suing a homeowner after he fell several feet into a ravine and incurred severe injuries after a swing he had just built broke during testing.
NEW ORLEANS –A flooring company that was creating pool tiled for a new Central City YMCA is suing a local construction consulting firm for non-payment.
NEW ORLEANS – A woman is suing a local grocery store after she was injured after slipping and falling on a blackened banana peel while trying to avoid a young girl dancing in the aisle.
NEW ORLEANS – A man is suing a local elementary school for failing to prevent the door of a bathroom stall from falling off its hinges and injuring him.
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed suit against a number of defendants after the death of his father who allegedly contracted malignant mesothelioma from repeated environmental and occupational asbestos exposure.
NEW ORLEANS – A former teacher at the Lycee Francais filed suit after she was fired without notice, and did not receive her remaining payments due under the annual salary and term of employment.Darleen Mipro filed suit against the Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans Inc. in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.The suit states that in August 2012, the plaintiff entered into a one-year employment
NEW ORLEANS— A man is suing the owner of the vessel upon which he allegedly sustained injuries while under orders from a custom's officer.Jack McElveen filed suit against Waterman Steamship Corporation and its insurance company in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.The plaintiff’s petition for damages cites violations of the Jones Act for general maritime law. McElveen claims that he slipped and
NEW ORLEANS— A New Orleans university medical center is named in a suit for a patient’s alleged improper treatment that led to her incarceration and eventual death.
NEW ORLEANS – A mother who was attending parent-teacher conferences at her child’s school filed suit after she twisted her ankle on an uneven staircase.
Brennan M. KuceraNEW ORLEANS – Two homeowners are suing their insurance company for refusing to pay for wind and water damage.Ferdinand Diaz and Noella Diaz filed suit against Louisiana Citizen Property Insurance Corporation in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Oct. 7.The plaintiff’s petition for damages asserts that the defendant failed to cover the wind and water damage the Diaz’s home suffered
