Murphy Property owners alleging Lafayette Insurance improperly denied Hurricane Katrina claims can't pursue a class action, the Supreme Court of Louisiana decided on Nov. 30.
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will hear motions today filed by plaintiffs and BP at the end of a status conference for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Multi-District Litigation, according to a tentative agenda released by the court.
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended attorneys Daniel Stanford and John Stockstill over their representation of a sex crime suspect.
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.
The New Orleans City Council voted 6-1 on Nov. 4 to move oversight of the city's red light and traffic cameras to the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) from the Public Works Department (PWD).
An Iberia Parish resident has filed a lawsuit against his former employer after a high pressure hose separated from a valve and struck him in the head, allegedly causing brain damage.
D'Amico New Orleans lawyer Frank D'Amico is listed as a plaintiff and counsel in a lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish Civil District Court aiming to shut down a bar near D'Amico's residence in the Vieux Carre neighborhood.
Barbier The second major hearing in the BP oil spill multi-district litigation (MDL) is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has appointed 17 attorneys to serve in leadership roles in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against BP and other companies associated with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Murphy NEW ORLEANS – Fewer than three hundred suits against Lafayette Insurance over Hurricane Katrina payments will turn into a class action with thousands of potential claims if the Louisiana Supreme Court approves.
Bourque A captain of the M/V BJ 102 has filed a lawsuit after his vessel was intentionally rammed by another vessel while his was spudded down along the banks of Louisiana in Lafourche Parish.
A Lafayette resident has filed a lawsuit for personal injuries he received after he was allegedly dumped out of a personnel basket during a transfer from an oil platform to a vessel.
Claiming he was hit in the head with a piece of pipe and thrown across a vessel, an offshore worker has filed a lawsuit against the operators of an oil and gas platform.
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, responsible for all oil spill suits filed in federal court, met privately with hundreds of plaintiff lawyers on Friday, Aug. 13.
NEW ORLEANS-A wireline operator is suing his employer for improperly positioning a vessel's gangplank causing him to slip and fall into the Gulf of Mexico.
Thompson An 11-year-old class action suit against the New Orleans energy company Entergy has entered settlement negotiations in Orleans Parish Civil District Court according to court records.