NEW ORLEANS - An Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against a New Orleans hotel claiming that she contracted Legionnaire’s disease due to a lack of chlorine in the hotel’s swimming pool and hot tub.
Sprague NEW ORLEANS - The family of a deceased worker sues claiming the death was caused by exposure to dangerous levels of radiation at Pipeline Services yard in Harvey.
Tonry NEW ORLEANS - A St. Bernard Parish man claims a construction company failed to properly take down a fence causing him to trip and fall over wire.
NEW ORLEANS - A Winn-Dixie shopper has filed a lawsuit against the store that claims she suffered serious injuries when she slipped on the wet floor and fell.
Boudreaux NEW ORLEANS - A seaman has filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming that while working on a defective hydraulic pump he was injured when he was thrown six feet after being hit by high pressure hydraulic fluid.
Simien Jr. NEW ORLEANS - Suffering from paralysis from the waist down, Curtis Hamilton has filed a lawsuit against Ochsner Health Systems Inc. d/b/a Ochsner Medical Center and Ochsner Clinic Foundation that claims his spine was fractured when nurses attempted to pick him up from a recliner.
Jolivette-Brown NEW ORLEANS - A truck driver has filed a personal injury lawsuit that claims he suffered serious injuries when a customer prematurely released his truck's load.
Arruebarrena NEW ORLEANS - An African-American day laborer has filed a lawsuit against his former employer that claims he was subjected to a racially hostile environment when his supervisor made a noose and left it on the ground for the workers to see.
NEW ORLEANS - A frequent customer to a Gretna Home Depot has filed a lawsuit against the store that claims he was physically assaulted and accused of stealing by store employees.
Lococo NEW ORLEANS - A St. Tammany Parish woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Kaboom Foamtastic Bathroom Cleaner with Oxi after allegedly suffering respiratory distress from using the cleaner.
NEW ORLEANS - An industrial company is being sued for disability discrimination by an employee who is missing a left hand and requires prescription medication.
Steele NEW ORLEANS - After his leg was crushed between a lifeboat and an offshore drilling rig, a Plaquemines Parish seaman has filed a lawsuit that claims that he was not warned about dangers aboard the rig.
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans woman is suing a Carrollton auto care company after one of its technicians failed to put lug nuts back onto a wheel of her vehicle and the tire abruptly came off causing her to suffer injuries.
NEW ORLEANS - After slipping in hydraulic fluid and water and injuring his back, a St. Mary Parish seaman has filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming the company is refusing to provide him with adequate cure benefits for medical treatment.
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans man has filed a lawsuit that claims he will never recover from a spinal surgery due to the use of a surgically implanted medical device that is used to stimulate bone growth.
NEW ORLEANS - The parents of a Jefferson Parish cheerleader have filed a lawsuit against Petco claiming their minor child suffered a foot injury when an advertisement stand was improperly placed on sliding glass door tracks.
NEW ORLEANS - Three former Bellsouth employees have filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the company after they were not rehired, and younger, less qualified people were instead hired.
NEW ORLEANS - A Jefferson Parish woman has filed a lawsuit against a local hardware store claiming the store sold her a defective ladder which resulted in her falling.
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana physician is being sued in federal court for allegedly breaching the applicable standard of care in prescribing fentanyl patches to a woman, who was later found unresponsive.