Vernon Parish
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1900 N 1st St, Leesville, LA 71446
Recent News About Vernon Parish
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A new civil rights lawsuit has been filed by Walter Lee Dailey against Heather Patterson and Sheriff John S. Craft for failing to provide necessary medical care while incarcerated at Vernon Parish Jail. The complaint details how delays in treatment led to Dailey's HIV progressing into full-blown AIDS.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to the following Louisiana boards and commissions.
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30th Judicial District Court as of October 1, 2021.
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BATON ROUGE — The inverse condemnation claims of Louisiana property owners along the Sabine River downstream of the Toledo Bend Dam has been revived and will remain in state court following recent appeals.
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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal recently reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a claim filed by a group of residents who said the Toledo Bend Dam increased the likelihood of flooding on their properties.
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A construction subcontractor was only partially victorious in its breach of contract lawsuit against a related business in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on October 25.
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Leesville attorney and Vernon Parish assistant district attorney Ronald Kenneth Seastrunk has been cleared of all charges over his alleged failure to hand over evidence to the defense in a 2012 murder trial, according to an Oct. 18 Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary proceeding.
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LAFAYETTE – A Vernon Parish man alleges that he was illegally arrested by a Leesville police officer last year.
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NEW ORLEANS – A Vernon Parish woman is seeking damages after she claims that she was physically removed from a building.
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LAFAYETTE – A Vernon Parish mother has filed a suit over a dog attack that occurred in Fort Polk which she alleges injured her children.
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LAKE CHARLES – A Shreveport subcontractor alleges it was not paid in full for work on a federal project in Vernon Parish.
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NEW ORLEANS – In a June 10 recommendation to the Louisiana Supreme Court,
the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) accepted the formal charges
filed by the Office of Disciplinary Council (ODC) against attorney Mitchell M.
Evans, II to be suspended for three years for alleged professional misconduct
in three separate cases.
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