A Louisiana appeals court has cleared the way for the transfer of private land for a hurricane levee project designed to protect tens of thousands of people in St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James parishes from storm surges.
An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to regulate polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, as a toxic material – a position that is being challenged by plastics manufacturers in Louisiana and elsewhere.
The Army Corps of Engineers ordered a comprehensive environmental impact review of the proposed Formosa Plastics project in St. James Parish this month, a development that the petrochemical project’s opponents called a legal victory.
A St. James Parish man sued UP Equip, Inc., and man-lift manufacturer EasyLift SRL after he was injured using a lift, according to documents filed on March 5 in the Eastern Louisiana District Court.
The following cases categorized as "insurance" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on July 18. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activity in the suit brought by Berkley Insurance Company against Ashley Poche, Blaise Gravois, St. James Parish Government and Timothy P. Roussel on July 18.
The defense attorney for the director of operations for St. James Parish says he cannot yet see grand jury transcripts that could exonerate his client.
CONVENT, La. – St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel has asked for the recusal of all judges in the 23rd Judicial District and District Attorney Ricky Babin after being accused of using public money and workers for a private job.
A New Orleans-based construction company is suing a another company over payment allegedly owed in the construction of a concrete component of a waste water drainage system in St. James Parish.
