News from July 2013
New Orleans Redevelopment Authority challenging 2004 tax sale
Charles L. Stern Jr.NEW ORLEANS – A 2004 tax sale is being challenged by a local governmental body for a property being claimed by two separate owners.The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) filed suit against Mooring Tax Asset Group LLC and A.M.E. Services Inc. in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on May 20. The property, located at 3111 North Miro St., is now being claimed by NORA
Man injured by a piece of shattered glass files suit
NEW ORLEANS - A cabinet installation company is being sued by a Michigan man who claims a shard of glass injured his eye after a window was thrown off a two-story building.
Employee loses ERISA appeal at Fifth Circuit
NEW ORLEANS - An employee of a Dallas-based marketing company lost an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concerning an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claim he filed over the company’s alleged mismanagement of an employee savings plan.
Florida town located 80 miles inland files claim against BP
Neil E. "Ned" McWilliams
Woman claims disabling whiplash injury after escalator jerked to a stop in Boomtown Casino
GRETNA – A New Orleans woman is suing a local casino for a disabling whiplash injury she claims to have received in an escalator accident.
Boat parts shop sues bank for retracting payments from stolen credit card
GRETNA – A Harvey-based boat repair shop is suing a San Antonio-based national bank for allegedly retracting payments made to the shop on a card it claims was stolen months after the purchases were made.
Security company loses appeal over statute of limitations in prison rape case
NEW ORLEANS - A security company lost an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on a statute of limitations question.
Homeowners who ordered pizza delivery get lawsuit instead
Thomas E. Campbell
Commercial landlord sues tenant for allegedly breaking lease contract
3501 North Causeway
Foreign corporation loses appeal in case against the IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Ralph Brennan’s Red Fish Grill being sued after customer slips and falls
NEW ORLEANS – A customer of a popular French Quarter restaurant is suing the establishment and their insurance company for injuries he allegedly received on the premises.
BP plaintiffs lawyers once represented Scruggs
Issacharoff
