Recent News About Venice
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A district court has granted a motion for summary judgment filed by BP Exploration after a former employee claims he was injured during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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NEW ORLEANS — A lawsuit against a fishing boat captain alleging negligence after a man suffered an ankle fracture after disembarking a boat has been dismissed for lack of evidence.
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NEW ORLEANS – A Texas man alleges he needed surgery to treat a broken ankle that was caused by the slippery conditions of a dock.
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NEW ORLEANS — A group that owns the remains of a Quarantine Bay oil and gas well taken out by a flotilla of a tug and barge in September seeks millions in losses from the towing company that owned the tug.
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An Illinois-based dredge and dock company is suing a Ville Platte resident claiming that he did not suffer any back and spine injuries while employed as a deckhand for the company.
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GRETNA – A corporate retailer is being sued by a woman who claims she was injured when a chair collapsed beneath her when she visited a local store seeking a job.
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GRETNA – A number of energy production supply companies are being sued by a local worker who claims he was injured when a pipe fell off a forklift and landed on his foot.
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NEW ORLEANS - An offshore mechanic has sued a transport company arguing that the company failed to maintain a transport vessel's position, which caused the mechanic to fall from an oil platform's swing rope into the Gulf of Mexico.
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NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana shipping company has filed a lawsuit against another shipping company following the collision of two vessels.
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Braud A boater is suing Chevron for more than $1 million after striking an unmarked structure in Highline Pond in Venice.
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U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on Wednesday denied an injunction sought by plaintiffs suing a rival company for allegedly stealing Gulf oil-spill cleanup technology.
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A yacht owner has is suing a repair shop he says is to blame for damage to his yacht.
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Caldwell A bipartisan group of attorneys general from the five Gulf Coast states asked President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to help ensure a unified state-federal response to the oil spill spreading off their coastlines.
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Wright Troy Wetzel, Extreme Fishing and a class of similarly situated individuals and entities filed a class action lawsuit against Transocean, BP and its insurers over the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
