BATON ROUGE – A Reserve attorney who filed a class action lawsuit against a who’s who list of discount wine producers and sellers says he is now planning a similar suit in Puerto Rico and looking forward to combining all similar lawsuits filed elsewhere into a nationwide action.Daniel Becnel, lead partner of Reserve-based Becnel Law Firm, filed suit against 100 discount wine makers and sellers for
Overhead view of the Bayou Corne sinkhole.NEW ORLEANS – Attorneys representing residents of Bayou Corne in class action litigation over environmental damage caused by a massive sinkhole in Ascenion Parish are under fire from a local legal watchdog group that alleges they racked up unrealistic and excessive legal fees.Last week attorneys handling the case on behalf of the plaintiffs were given a big
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed a wrongful death suit against the City of New Orleans and numerous companies after his father contracted and died from mesothelioma.
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed a wrongful death suit against the City of New Orleans and numerous companies after his father contracted and died from mesothelioma.
NEW ORLEANS – An arcane change to the formula that determines awards for settlement of BP oil spill claims may diminish the size of future damage awards, leading some in the trial bar to say that senior plaintiffs’ attorneys who brokered the settlement with BP are more interested in preserving their $660 million payday than in protecting the rights of victims still awaiting payment.
NEW ORLEANS – A Montana-based LLC licensed to do business in Louisiana is suing a competitor for allegedly sabotaging their business relationships with multiple government agencies.
GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish woman is suing a Wal-Mart for injuries she claims to have received after being struck by a group of carts at a store entrance.
Outside view of Funky 544. NEW ORLEANS – A Wisconsin man is suing a Bourbon Street bar for injuries he claims to have received while being restrained by a bar employee.
McGuire's Pub on Magazine St. in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana-based fight promotion company is suing a local venue for alleged breach of contract.
Moreland NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana woman has filed a class action that claims a shop vacuum manufacturer fraudulently mislabels vacuums in order to sell more products.
Becnel NEW ORLEANS - Residents located near the Bayou Corne area have filed a lawsuit that claims they need medical monitoring due to exposure of toxins that were released from a diesel-containing sinkhole in 2011.
Moreland NEW ORLEANS - A federal class action alleges that Coca-Cola is falsely advertising its Simply Orange orange juice as all pure and natural, when the juice is actually heavily processed and flavored.
