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Louisiana appeals court vacates contempt ruling in medical residency case
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a rehearing and partially vacated a lower court’s ruling against the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and administrators at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans. -
Appeals court upholds $5.5M wrongful death awards to daughters of man who died from mesothelioma
NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana state appeals court has upheld a total amount of $5.5 million in wrongful death damages, awarded to the daughters of a man who worked for Shell Oil Company and later died of mesothelioma. -
Asbestos plaintiff corrects memory after 17 years, saving lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A onetime dockworker who couldn’t recall asbestos exposure in 2004 but recovered the memory by the time he was deposed again in 2021 salvaged a lawsuit over the death of his wife, who allegedly succumbed to lung cancer caused by asbestos dust the worker brought home on his clothes. -
New Orleans eatery's insurer must pay COVID-19 business losses, court decides
A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a New Orleans restaurant’s arguments that its insurer is required to pay for the eatery’s business losses sustained during shutdowns and restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Official Investiture Ceremony for Clerk of Court Veronica Odinet Koclanes
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Official Investiture Ceremony for Clerk of Court Veronica Odinet Koclanes. -
ABC News to face lawsuit after video of football team chanting N-word gets Black coach fired
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - ABC News must defend itself against a defamation suit by a high school football coach who was fired from his job after a video emerged of his team chanting the N-word at a pregame locker room rally. -
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge James F. Mckay III Announces His Retirement
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge James F. Mckay III Announces His Retirement. -
Court persuaded carbon black facility was hotbed for asbestos, affirms seven-figure ruling
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a multimillion-dollar asbestos verdict against carbon black manufacturer Birla Carbon USA. -
Court rules for Sofia Vergara in case said to be brought by unborn children
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Actress Sofia Vergara has received a favorable ruling in Louisiana in a lawsuit brought by a former boyfriend who says he’s acting on behalf of their unborn children. -
Louisiana case is U.S. Supreme Court's chance to fully eliminate non-unanimous jury verdicts, attorney says
WASHINGTON – Louisiana voters have already done away with non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases but U.S. Supreme Court justices have for months been mulling a case from the state that could decide whether such laws could ever again be revived. -
State appellate panel declines to award damages over 'frivolous appeal'
NEW ORLEANS — A state appeals court has declined to order payment of legal costs for a man whose New Orleans attorney appealed a judgment of more than $500,000 in a legal malpractice judgment over a botched bankruptcy case. -
Appellate court reverses ruling in contract dispute over collapse of Canal Street building's wall
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the owner of a downtown New Orleans property an appeal, reversing and remanding a lower court's decision regarding a contract dispute between it and a construction company after a wall collapsed on the project. -
Court dismisses malpractice suit against LSU Health Sciences physician
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge recently dismissed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Louisiana State University Health Sciences physician who allegedly failed to properly diagnose a patient's complaints of chest pains in 2013. -
New Orleans attorney suspended following conviction in alleged sexual encounter with cabdriver
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Ineligible New Orleans attorney Jennifer Elaine Gaubert was suspended following a Feb. 11 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding her criminal conviction stemming from a 2012 sexual encounter with a cabdriver. -
State appeals court affirms dismissal of Plaquemines Parish lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS — Plaquemines Parish lawsuit against its former public works director on allegations he approved invoices in favor of companies owned by his father and uncle remains dismissed following a recent appeals court ruling. -
Appeals court returns couples property trespass suit back to Plaquemines Parish court
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal recently returned a couples' property trespass lawsuit against a Bellechase property management company and Plaquemines Parish to the 25th Judicial District Court for Plaquemines Parish. -
Alfred Conhagen's lawsuit over cost overrun on NASA project returning to New Orleans court
NEW ORLEANS – A lawsuit filed by Jefferson Parish turbine equipment and parts distributor Alfred Conhagen Inc. of Louisiana against two out-of-state companies is on its way back to a New Orleans court after a state appeals court recently reversed a number of motions in the case. -
Appeals court says New Orleans Civic Commission has the power to order promotion of 15 city firefighters
NEW ORLEANS – It now is up to the New Orleans Civil Service Commission to do what it said last spring it was powerless to do, order 15 city firefighters previously passed over for promotion receive the rank of captain. -
Appeals court says restaurateur has no case against landlord in suit claiming unlawful entry
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that a restaurateur who claimed his landlord entered his premises and took items without his permission has no case against the landlord. -
New Orleans attorney faces suspension related to conviction stemming from sexual encounter with cab driver
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – New Orleans attorney Jennifer Elaine Gaubert faces suspension following a recent Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court regarding her criminal conviction stemming from a 2012 sexual encounter with a cab driver.