News from August 2018
LNV Corp. claims it is owed more than $54,000
GRETNA – A financial company is seeking damages for more than $54,000.
Chase Bank files lawsuit seeking over $76,000
GRETNA – A bank is seeking more than $76,000.
Woman says her car was struck by a Waste Connections Bayou truck
GRETNA – A woman alleges that her car was struck by a garbage truck.
DUE GUIDRY PIEDRAHITA ANDRES LC: Kirk A. Guidry recognized as 2019 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Baton Rouge area.
Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews L.C. attorney Kirk A. Guidry was recently recognized by his peers in Best Lawyers as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs in the Baton Rouge area.
Subcontractor denied delay damages for Mayfield Elementary School construction
Polk Construction Corporation and its surety will not have to pay damages to Industrial Mechanical Contractors Inc. (IMC) for delays in the building of Henry Mayfield Elementary School, an appeals court ruled.
Apartment floor collapse prompts litigation
A Gretna apartment complex faces a lawsuit after a man alleges a floor collapsed and injured him.
Class action lawsuit over Waggaman landfill moved to federal court
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.
Missouri company did not deliver sugar as promised, lawsuit claims
A sugar distributor accuses a sugar buyer of fraud in a Malaysian sugar deal gone bad.
Bank goes to court for alleged credit card debt
A Jefferson Parish woman faces a lawsuit over an alleged $2,000 credit card debt.
Jefferson Parish man files lawsuit against car repair shop
A car repair shop has taken more than a year to repair a man's car, a lawsuit claims.
City of Grand Isle named as defendant in slip and fall lawsuit
GRETNA – A woman claims that she slipped and fell due to negligence.
State seeks repayment of $68,000 in grant money
Louisiana officials want a Jefferson Parish resident to repay more than $68,000 in grants.
Nationstar Mortgage files court action seeking over $194,000
GRETNA – A mortgage company is seeking more than $190,000 in sums due.
Crescent Bank and Trust is seeking more than $23,000
GRETNA – A bank is seeking more than $23,000 in sums due.
Barclay's Bank alleges it is owed more than $4,900
GRETNA – A bank is seeking more than $4,900 in sums due.
KEOGH COX: Creating Obstacles to Frivolous Claims
The costs of litigation can be substantial, but a seldom used statute arms defendants with a tool to minimize these costs.
Appeals court reverses summary judgment denial, backs mental patient's doctors at state facility
BATON ROUGE — A federal appeals court reversed a denial of summary judgment Aug. 16 in a case involving a patient at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) and rendered judgment in favor of the patient’s doctors.
LADB committee recommends dismissal of charges against New York attorney
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — A Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee has recommended that charges against New York attorney Larry English, who represented a client in an unrelated Louisiana death penalty case reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year, be dismissed.
Insurance group wants courts to toss out $18 million policies claim
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A nationally recognized insurance group has asked a Louisiana court to deny a $18 million insurance claim from an Arkansas oil company.
Sports broadcaster seeks $340,000 for illegal showing of boxing match
NEW ORLEANS -- A company that provides broadcasts of sporting events to businesses is demanding $340,000 from a sports bar and an individual over the alleged illegal showing of a boxing match.