SHREVEPORT – A Louisiana firm that sells Kirby vacuum cleaners is suing the city of Shreveport, its mayor and chief administrative officer, claiming the city refuses to grant the company a permit for door-to-door sales.
BATON ROUGE – A national labor union for roofers and its pension fund is suing Gonzales-based Ascension Sheet Metal, alleging its owners formed another company to avoid being bound by a collective bargaining agreement.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans Parish woman says her auto insurance company is dragging its feet in paying her claim for damages caused by an underinsured motorist.
NEW ORLEANS – A St. Tammany Parish man says the maker of diabetes drug Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, is at fault for failing to warn consumers about the drug’s allegedly dangerous side effects.
NEW ORLEANS – Two Houston, Texas firms are suing CLK Exploration Co. of Metairie, alleging CLK has neglected payments it allegedly owes under several oil well lease agreements.
NEW ORLEANS – A long-time worker in the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says she was demoted in retaliation for filing an EEOC complaint against the department.
An Arizona-based employment agency is suing a Metairie solar construction company, alleging it is owed $286,455 for employing workers connected to the company’s solar projects.
A Metairie labor union is suing a plumbing business and its owners, alleging funds were not deposited in benefit accounts, per the collective bargaining agreement.
