News from June 2018
Attorney suspended following no contest plea to domestic abuse
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — A suspended attorney Marcus Paul LaCombe, of Iowa, Louisiana, has received another suspension following a June 15 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding after his no contest plea in November to domestic abuse.
Louisiana Supreme Court hands down rulings in 3 New Orleans attorney cases
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Three New Orleans attorneys were the subject of separate and unrelated rulings recently handed down by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Louisiana State University claims former student owes more than $2,500
NEW ORLEANS – Southeastern Louisiana University filed a lawsuit June 11, alleging that a former student owes more than $2,500 to the school.
Capital One lawsuit alleges customer owes more than $33,000 on credit card
NEW ORLEANS – Capital One Bank is seeking more than $33,000 allegedly owed on a consumer credit card.
Delgado Community College says former student owes $1,059
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College is seeking payment of more than $1,000 allegedly owed by a former student.
Capital One claims business owner owes $20,040 on line of credit
GRETNA – Capital One NA filed a lawsuit June 18 in the 24th Judicial District Court that seeks payment of more than $20,000 allegedly due on a business line of credit.
Bank of America seeks more than $5,000 allegedly owed on credit account
GRETNA – Bank of America is seeking more than $5,000 due on a credit account.
Johnson & Johnson files motion to move class-action opioid lawsuit to higher court
NEW ORLEANS – Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed a motion June 4 to move a class-action lawsuit against them and 21 additional pharmaceutical companies to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from the Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans.
MLB Pitcher Trevor Bauer files suit to prevent unauthorized use of his name and products
NEW ORLEANS – Major League Baseball Player Trevor Bauer filed a complaint June 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in an attempt to prevent a Louisiana company from allegedly continuing to infringe on his intellectual properties and related services.
New Orleans housing agency rapped by judge over delays in development
A federal judge has laid most of the blame for a long-delayed development of affordable units on New Orleans' housing agency in a June 8 ruling filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Livingston Parish sues Ascension Parish over levee plan
The Livingston Parish Government has filed a lawsuit to end construction of the Laurel Ridge Levee Extension along the Amite River in Ascension Parish.
St. Bernard Parish accused of wrongfully firing disabled man
Disabled man and former government worker Ryan Fink has filed a lawsuit against St. Berbard Parish, claiming it violated the American Disabilities Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. – and also accused the parish of interfering with his substantive and procedural due process property rights. The complaint was filed earlier this spring in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Oil wetland damage case returns to federal court
Forty two lawsuits filed against oil, gas and pipeline companies have returned to federal courts after those same courts said the dispute should be resolved at the state level.
Man who spent 14 years on death row claims prosecutor, detective elicited false testimony
A man who was accused of murder in 1998 has filed a lawsuit, alleging that a prosecutor and investigator coerced a teen to give false testimony.
Texas judge rejects call to dismiss DACA lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen entered a one-sentence order rejecting a motion to dismiss a multistate effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, filed Tuesday by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund .
Filipino teachers claim Caddo Parish violated their civil rights
A group of teachers formerly from the Philippines has filed a lawsuit against the Caddo Parish School Board alleging discrimination in that they were paid less than other (non-Filipino) teachers.
DeRidder councilman-elect questions lawsuit seeking to disqualify him from serving
Michael Harris, who was recently elected to serve on the DeRidder City Council, is facing a city lawsuit that claims the veteran is not eligible to hold the office because the location of his residence is outside city limits.
Congressman Scalise gave LSU commencement address
Louisiana State University alumnus Rep. Steve Scalise, U.S. House majority whip, gave the keynote address at LSU’s 295th commencement and the main address at the LSU Law Center’s commencement on June 1. Scalise graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a minor in political science.
Packaging Corp. of America, Boise Packaging ask court to move explosion lawsuit
BATON ROUGE – Packaging Corp. of America, Boise Packaging & Newsprint LLC and Rick Butterfield, defendants in a personal injury lawsuit, filed a notice of removal to change the venue of their pending legal action to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana from the 19h Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge.
Hancock Whitney Bank seeks payment on $89,395 note
NEW ORLEANS – Hancock Whitney Bank is seeking more than $80,000 allegedly owed on a promissory note.