NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, in association with the New Orleans Bar Association's Minorities in the Profession Committee, will sponsor a legal fair on Sunday, Oct. 19 from noon to 3 p.m.
Richard A. Goins NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans church has sued a Jefferson Parish heating and cooling company after its pastor entered into a settlement with the company without the approval of the church's board.
After more than 40 years of asbestos litigation, most of the companies responsible for asbestos exposure in the workplace have gone out of business. Many would say that's a good thing. They might also argue that the massive trust system that's been set up to collect resources from companies that have gone bankrupt is a good thing. The mission of these bankruptcy trusts- to ensure that asbestos victims
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana physician is being sued in federal court for allegedly breaching the applicable standard of care in prescribing fentanyl patches to a woman, who was later found unresponsive.
Brown LAKE CHARLES - A plaintiff represented in part by Provost Umphrey attorney Darren Brown recently reaped a $17.5 million verdict in his benzene suit against several oil giants.
McCall A lawsuit has been filed against a company for failing to have a handrail alongside its wooden stairs after a visitor slipped on wet steps and injured his knee.
Poulliard After tripping over a mat at a New Orleans commissary, Ernest Watson Jr. filed suit against the United States on May 23 in federal court in New Orleans.
Arsenault A Lafourche Parish resident has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the manufacturers of the drug Fosamax regarding over-promotion of the drug for alleged non-approved or "off-label" uses.
Charbonnet A hearing for defense motions to limit the scope of evidence introduced in a product liability lawsuit against Ford has been continued without date in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
Charbonnet Defense counsel for the Ford Motor Co. has filed several motions seeking to limit the scope of evidence introduced at trial in a product liability suit against the auto manufacturer in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.