Recent News About Waggaman
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NEW ORLEANS – One week after having its permit for the expansion of a cyanide plant in Waggaman denied by the Jefferson Parish Council, Cornerstone Chemical is suing the parish.
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WAGGAMAN – One week after having a proposal for expanding a cyanide plant rescinded, Cornerstone Chemical is suing Jefferson Parish.
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NEW ORLEANS – After having the permit for its proposal for an expansion of a cyanide plant in Waggaman denied by the Jefferson Parish council, Cornerstone Chemical is suing the parish.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – The Louisiana Supreme Court recently upheld a decision to dismiss ethics charges against former Jefferson Parish prosecutor Ken John Dohre in the wrongful conviction of an Avondale man who then spent more than 15 years in prison before he was exonerated in the 1996 stabbing death of Waggaman woman.
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NEW ORLEANS – A waste management company named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit over odors coming from a Jefferson Parish landfill recently filed notice to move the case to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — The Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) has dismissed charges against Covington attorney and Jefferson Parish prosecutor Ken John Dohre in the wrongful conviction of an Avondale man who spent 15 in prison before he was exonerated.
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GRETNA – A debt collector is seeking sums due of more than $1,000.
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GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish couple is suing a shower company, alleging a defective shower caused injuries to the wife.
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HARAHAN — A federal lawsuit filed by a Louisiana political consultant is set for trial in early February after members of the Jefferson Parish Council rejected a settlement proposal.
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NEW ORLEANS — A Waggaman seaman is suing a Jefferson Parish maritime company, alleging the defendants failed to provide a safe place to work
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GRETNA – A local motorist is suing Jefferson Parish claiming they negligently left an open water meter in a roadway which he caused him to be injured after he ran it over.
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GRETNA – The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is being sued by a motorist who claims she was struck by a deputy who was driving recklessly.
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GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish woman is suing the owner of a home and its tenant for injuries she claims her daughter received in an incident on a trampoline.
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Waggaman property owners have filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific seeking repair to its storm water drainage facilities underneath the railroad's track.
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A recently filed class action blames faulty equipment and negligent operation for a July 2009 ammonia leak at a Cytec plant.
