BATON ROUGE – Two alums from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge are to be honored on the Nation’s Best Advocates list at the National Bar Association (NBA) annual conference in July.
Motiva refinery in Norco, La. BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has drafted a $500,000 settlement for Motiva Enterprises, LLC on Oct. 3 related to alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company's Norco and Convent facilities.
Thornhill NEW ORLEANS - The family of a deceased elderly woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the national organization of Jehovah's Witnesses claiming it was negligent in seating her in the upstairs seating portion at a district convention.
Kovalcin NEW ORLEANS - A Las Vegas Roman Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit against a New Orleans hotel claiming he was not properly warned of the dangers associated with the hotel's shower and, as a result, he slipped and fell.
GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish woman is suing the owners and operators of a Kenner convention center for injuries she claims to have received on the property.
NEW ORLEANS – A Jefferson Parish man is suing a janitorial company for injuries he sustained at work when he slipped on a floor that had just been mopped.
After watching his father fall more than 40 feet to his death, Tangipahoa Parish resident Jerremy Blanchard has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the scaffolding company for failing to properly construct the jobsite's scaffolding and for failing to provide his father safety lines.
Culotta NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of Hurricane Katrina suits against insurers hang in suspense as the Supreme Court of Louisiana decides how to apply a statute of limitations.
Food service employees for the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans have filed a collective lawsuit alleging they were not paid proper wages or overtime compensation.