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LOUISIANA RECORD

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

News from April 2017


Louisiana lawmaker: Legacy oil lawsuits slow job growth

By John Myers |
MORGAN CITY — A Louisiana state representative attributes the state's slow job recovery to its backlog of legacy lawsuits against the oil industry.

Louisiana courts use mix of civil, common law

By Erianne Leatherman |
Legal experts say Louisiana takes a unique approach to its courts, with judges blending two systems to make rulings.

No answer yet from defendants in Alton Sterling shooting protest lawsuit

By Karen Kidd |
The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge have yet to file an answer to a civil rights lawsuit filed in March by seven local residents who claim they were brutalized and unlawfully arrested last summer during peaceful protests of over the fatal shooting of a black man by police.

Exhibit on Jewish attorneys in Nazi Germany opens at Louisiana Supreme Court Museum

By Dee Thompson |
The exhibit "Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich" opens on April 28 at the Louisiana Supreme Court Museum on Royal Street.

'Seems like lawyers who made stupid mistakes,' professor says of fake subpoena practice

By Melissa Busch |
NEW ORLEANS – The practice of district attorney offices in Jefferson and Orleans parishes sending out fake subpoenas to reluctant witnesses to get them to talk to prosecutors has probably been done that way for a long time, according to one law professor.

Pedestrians claim they were struck by Regional Transit Authority bus

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – Two individuals are seeking damages after being hit by a bus while walking.

Orleans Parish mail carrier seeking damages for being attacked by dogs

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – A woman is seeking damages, claiming that she was attacked by a dog while delivering mail.

First NBC Bank claims Billes Partners owes more than $275,000

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – A bank seeks payment for an unpaid promissory note.

University of New Orleans claims Jefferson Parish woman failed to pay promissory note

By Carrie Bradon |
GRETNA – A university is seeking thousands in a promissory note.

Capital One seeking over $50,000 for unpaid line of credit

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – Capital One National Association is seeking damages for an unpaid line of credit.

Nurse alleges she was fired without warning from Wynhoven Health Care Center

By Carrie Bradon |
GRETNA – A woman is seeking damages for wrongful termination.

University of New Orleans claims man owes over $4,000 on promissory note

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – A university is seeking damages for sums due.

Crescent City Surgical Centre alleges patient failed to pay for medical services

By Carrie Bradon |
GRETNA – A surgical company is seeking damages for an open account.

Orleans Parish resident allegedly never paid off promissory note

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – A university is seeking payment of a promissory note.

Delgado Community College alleges woman has balance of over $2,000

By Carrie Bradon |
NEW ORLEANS – A community college is seeking damages for sums due.

Lujac Construction LLC alleged to owe more than $60,000 to Briggs Equipment

By Lhalie Castillo |
NEW ORLEANS – A Mandeville corporation is accused of failing to pay for goods and services provided by a Dallas company.

Suit filed against Capital Consultants Inc. of Louisiana, insurance company over workers' compensation claim

By Lhalie Castillo |
NEW ORLEANS – Joint employers have filed a suit regarding a general liability insurance policy.

Central Dispatch Inc. alleges it is owed more than $50,000 for services to vessels

By Lhalie Castillo |
NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana corporation alleges it provided services to two vessels and was not paid for its work.

Man files suit against Vessels of Opportunity program operators alleging conspiracy

By Lhalie Castillo |
NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man alleges he was not paid for cleanup work he performed in relation to the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Terrebonne Parish man alleges his disability benefits were wrongfully terminated

By Lhalie Castillo |
NEW ORLEANS – A disabled tankerman alleges he is unable to work because of his medical condition and that his disability benefits were wrongfully terminated.