News from August 2018
Delgado Community College claims former student owes over $1,000
NEW ORLEANS – A community college is seeking sums due.
Hearing committee recommends conditional reinstatement for Hammond attorney
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Suspended Hammond attorney Leonard E. Yokum Jr., admitted to the bar in Louisiana more than 50 years ago, faces possible conditional reinstatement following a recommendation issued July 31 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee.
Louisiana files civil suit in drug possession case
GRETNA – The state of Louisiana claims that a man was in possession of an illegal substance.
Delgado Community College seeks over $1,000
NEW ORLEANS – A community is seeking more than $1,000 in sums due.
Woman claims she tripped over a cart at Dillard's
GRETNA – A woman is seeking damages for an incident that took place when she claims she was caused to trip over a cart.
Delgado Community College seeks more than $1,400 from former student
NEW ORLEANS – A community college is seeking more than $1,400.
Louisiana seeks damages for alleged drug possession
GRETNA – The State of Louisiana is seeking damages for the possession of illegal substances.
State files civil suit against alleged heroin distributor
GRETNA – The state of Louisiana is seeking damages for the possession of and distribution of heroin.
Marksville police officer and Avoyelles Parish deputies face wrongful death lawsuit
Two Texas residents accuse a Marksville police officer and two Avoyelles Parish sheriff deputies of choking and tasering their brother to death.
East Baton Rouge Parish resident's suit claims Johnson & Johnson hernia system is defective
BATON ROUGE – An East Baton Rouge Parish resident recently filed a federal lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon Inc. for selling and distributing a faulty hernia system.
Appeals court affirms reinstatement of Scotlandville Magnet High School principal
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana appeals court recently affirmed a district court decision reversing the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board’s termination in 2015 of Dr. Calvin Nicholas, principal of Scotlandville Magnet High School, for an alleged violation of the district’s corporal punishment policy.
Former employee accuses Diamond Offshore of race discrimination
A former employee for Diamond Offshore says the oil drilling company showed racial favoritism during tough economic times.
Stine Seed Company fights back against black farmers' bogus soybean allegations
The president of Stine Seed Company said allegations made against his company by the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association (BFAA) are categorically untrue.
Legal battle between black farmers and Stine Seed Co. begins tomorrow
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ahead of federal court hearing this month over alleged bogus soybean sales, the president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association (BFAA) asked the public to think about the nation's food safety.