U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
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Former TD Solutions employee claims he was fired for whistleblowing
A Grant Parish man is suing a trucking company after he was terminated for notifying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of a potential illegal immigrant without a drivers license transporting goods for the company. -
Kwik Stop stores selling fake pipes, lawsuit says
Kwik Stop convenience store chain faces a federal trademark lawsuit for allegedly selling counterfeit glass water pipes. -
Oak Grove church says insurance company failed to church's building destroyed by fire
MONROE – Life Church of Oak Grove recently filed a federal suit against its insurer alleging the insurance company failed to cover losses after the church's building was destroyed in a fire. -
Alexandria medical practice sues Health and Human Services, Medicare over billing dispute
ALEXANDRIA – Mchael Dole, MD, A Professional Medical Corporation (APMC) based in Alexandria, recently filed a federal a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding a dispute over Medicare receivables claims. -
Alexandria police accused of harassing bystanders who recorded arrest with their cell phones
ALEXANDRIA – Local police in Louisiana are accused of violating the civil rights of two bystanders who claim they were harassed by officers after using their cell phones to record a police incident. -
CenturyLink shareholder brings lawsuit against board members
A CenturyLink shareholder accuses the company's former and current board members of inflating stock prices in a recent lawsuit. -
Marksville police officer and Avoyelles Parish deputies face wrongful death lawsuit
Two Texas residents accuse a Marksville police officer and two Avoyelles Parish sheriff deputies of choking and tasering their brother to death. -
Former employee files whistleblower suit against VA Canteen Services
In a complaint filed July 11, counsel for plaintiff Terri Hunter brings a whistleblower claim against the Department of Veterans Affairs Canteen Services in the Western District of Louisiana – alleging that the plaintiff was retaliated against for reporting poor handling of food and drug products. -
ConocoPhillips petitions to move pollution damage case to federal court
MONROE – An oil company recently asked a federal court to assume jurisdiction in a case centering on claims that land was contaminated by the activities the company and several other companies named as defendants. -
CenturyLink stockholders claim company misled customers, demand reform
LAFAYETTE - A lawsuit was filed June 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by Neil Flanders and CenturyLink stockholders against 17 senior officers and company directors, including former U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, citing alleged breach of fiduciary duty. -
Lack of in-person interpreter for nonverbal deaf man leads to discrimination claim against health care provider
A man who is deaf, visually impaired and nonverbal is suing a medical care center, claiming the center deprived him of his rights by denying him an in-person interpreter to explain his treatment and instead forced him to use a VRI (video-remote interpreting) device. -
Pipefitter injured in platform incident files claim against employers
Fieldwood Energy LLC and Facilities Consulting Group LLC are being sued after an employee alleges he was injured in a work incident due to the negligence of the defendants. -
More lawsuits to follow after New Iberian family awarded $75,000 following deputy's shooting of dog
LAFAYETTE - Two other lawsuits involving law enforcement officers shooting dogs allegedly without cause have been filed by the attorney for owners awarded $75,000 after an Iberia Parish Sheriff's deputy killed their dog. -
Teen's excessive-force claim against Opelousas, officer sent back to district court
NEW ORLEANS — A teenager's excessive-force claim against the city of Opelousas and one of its police officers is headed back to district court after an appeals court vacated parts of a summary judgment in the case over the teen's arrest in 2015. -
Family reaches settlement in fatal shooting of handcuffed Louisiana man
A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana sheriff over the shooting death of a man who was handcuffed. -
Shreveport man freed from death row files suit in hopes 'injustice never happens again'
SHREVEPORT — The lawsuit filed by former death row inmate Rodricus Crawford is about more than justice for Crawford; it's about getting Caddo Parish officials to change their death-penalty-dealing ways, one of the now-freed man's attorneys said during a recent interview. -
Divorced New Iberia law couple suspended following guilty pleas for failing to file taxes
A New Iberia ex-wife-and-husband team, attorneys Lucretia Patrice Pecantte and Lynden James Burton, have been suspended following separate Sept. 22 Louisiana Supreme Court orders after their guilty pleas earlier this year that they willfully failed to file federal tax returns. -
Equifax Inc., Navy Federal Credit Union alleged to have reported inaccurate information on credit report
LAFAYETTE – A Leesville consumer alleges that she has been damaged by inaccurate information on her credit report. -
Deaf man accuses Caddo Parish sheriff of discrimination
LAFAYETTE – A deaf and illiterate individual who uses American Sign Language to communicate alleges he was unable to participate in court proceedings because he was handcuffed. -
Man alleges Leesville officer subjected him to illegal arrest during traffic stop
LAFAYETTE – A Vernon Parish man alleges that he was illegally arrested by a Leesville police officer last year.