A New Orleans court last week affirmed a $75.3 million settlement judgment for residents of homes built on a former toxic landfill who filed a class-action lawsuit against the city, Housing Authority of New Orleans and Orleans Parish School Board.
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Civil District Court Judge Clare Jupiter has passed away due to complications from a stroke, according to The Times-Picayune.
The Louisiana Fourth District Court of Appeal has reversed a trial court’s decision and ruled in favor of a construction company in a dispute with the Orleans Parish School Board over payment for services.
NEW ORLEANS — Orleans Parish Schools (OPS) Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. doesn't want to be deposed by attorneys for Einstein Charter Schools and he apparently also doesn't want to explain why.
NEW ORLEANS — The family of Judge Clare Jupiter, of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court, confirmed last week that she is ill and in the hospital, although they did not give specifics of her illness.
NEW ORLEANS – The governing board of Lusher Charter School voted Dec. 12 to drop a lawsuit against the Orleans Parish School Board – with one exception.
Brazos County, Texas resident accuses school board of breach of agreementNEW ORLEANS — A woman is suing Orleans Parish School Board, school board, citing alleged breach of agreement.Mary Allen filed a complaint on May 27, in the U.S.
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge last week rejected a request to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Orleans Parish School Board and the school superintendent over the method that is used to determine the amount of funding allocated for local schools.
NEW ORLEANS – Two non-profit charter school corporations are suing the school board of Orleans Parish and its superintendent, over alleged changes in funding allocation.
NEW ORLEANS – A Chicago-based construction contracting company is taking its subcontractors to court, alleging poor quality work on the Audubon School.
“The most important thing to remember is that when governmental agencies fail the community, those agencies are not immune from judicial review,” Guillory told the Record.
NEW ORLEANS – Several attorneys are set to receive big paydays following last week’s $18.7 billion settlement between BP and five Gulf states along with more than 500 municipalities concerning damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
NEW ORLEANS – A mother is suing Ben Franklin Elementary School contending the school nurse only gave her daughter a single dose of Tylenol to stop her headache instead of three as ordered.
