The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activities in the suit brought by Helen Jones against American Sentinel Insurance Company, Crusader Insurance Company, JY Trucking, LLC, Kop Dungelyan, RRS Trucking, Inc. , YJ Transportation, Inc. and YJ Trucking, LLC on March 12.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activities in the suit brought by Arnie Townley against Bank of America, National Association, Berryland Motors, L. L. C. and Forest River, Inc. on March 9.
The general counsel for the Pelican Institute for Public Policy believes the issue of state court vs. federal court should take a back seat to the holistic damage coastal litigation cases are inflicting on the state’s fragile business climate.
Tyler Gray, president and general counsel of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, believes the forum shopping by plaintiffs within the legal system is a flawed strategy that will only end in more damages to the state’s business climate and residents.
NEW ORLEANS – A district court has reversed a lower court ruling that found DuPont liable in a class-action lawsuit over chloroprene contamination at the Pontchartrain Works Facility.
As the state of Louisiana faces a number of lawsuits involving local parishes and the energy industry, a potentially pivotal decision has sent one of the cases back to state court.
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has granted a motion from Cenac Marine Services to dismiss claims it faced from a relief captain who alleged he suffered injuries while working on vessels owned by the company.
A United States District Judge has decided to send a local parish's lawsuit against multiple oil and gas companies back to state court from federal court in a case that may have far-reaching implications in Louisiana's ongoing coastal-erosion litigation against the state's energy industry.
NEW ORLEANS – In a key development in a lawsuit in which three plaintiffs sued the Canal Insurance Co. for negligence regarding a purported motor vehicle accident between a semi-truck and the plaintiffs’ passenger vehicle, a U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana judge has denied the plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss the insurance company’s counterclaim.
NEW ORLEANS – A federal court has granted pipe fitting manufacturer Reliance Worldwide Corp.'s motion to dismiss an insurance company's amended complaint and some cross-claims against it in a case over water intrusion at the ACE Hotel in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS – International music duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis prevailed in a summary judgment motion after a New Orleans musician accused Lewis of stealing his music.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied a plaintiff’s request to remand her environmental tort complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently denied a request for summary judgment from an insurer in a dispute alleging defective workmanship and breach of contract in the construction of a New Orleans home.
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.
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans driver Eric Brown obtained a partial summary judgment against another motorist through a motion that showed he did not effectively contribute to a car accident on Interstate 10.
NEW ORLEANS - The vice-chancellor of the Consulate General of Spain in Houston has filed an age discrimination lawsuit that claims he was forced into retirement.
NEW ORLEANS - After falling in an open engine room hatch, an oil clean-up worker has filed a lawsuit against her employer for failing to warn that she could have an accident.
Williams A white pharmacy clerk has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart claiming the company violated her civil rights by terminating her employment after she made complaints regarding race-based hostility.
