News from 2018
Discover Bank demands payment of more than $17,000
GRETNA – Discover Bank claims it is owed more than $17,000 on an open account.
Discover Bank claims customer owes more than $7,000 on account
GRETNA – Discover Bank claims it is owed more than $7,000 from a customer with an open account.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System seeks $1,096 from student
GRETNA – Louisiana Community and Technical College System, through Delgado Community College, filed a lawsuit against a student, seeking payment of more than $1,000 owed on an open account.
Delgado Community College claims student owes $1,004.26
GRETNA – Delgado Community College filed a lawsuit claiming that a student owes more than $1,000.
Delgado Community College seeks more than $2,700 in past-due payments
GRETNA – A community college is seeking more than $2,700 in sums due.
Customer accused of missing more than $30,000 in installment payments
GRETNA – An individual is seeking more than $30,000 allegedly owed by a customer.
Customer alleges fall caused by puddle at Elizabeth Rose Nails
GRETNA – A woman is seeking damages for a slip and fall in a nail salon.
Winn-Dixie, Abita Beer accused of negligence in slip-and-fall case
GRETNA – A woman claims that she slipped and fell at a beer sampling stand in a Winn Dixie Stores Inc. supermarket as a result of negligence.
Judge rejects reconsideration of decision regarding physical evaluation in case of injured oil worker
NEW ORLEANS – A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied a motion to reconsider a magistrate judge's decision denying a request to compel an injured oil worker to submit to a functional capacity evaluation (FCE), the ability to perform work activities.
Louisiana court denies request to transfer suit against coffee products firm CEO to Hawaii
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently turned back a request for a change of venue regarding a lawsuit alleging that the CEO of a coffee products firm abused his position to profit a new company he had started.
First Emanuel Homes of New Orleans denied partial summary judgment in renter's suit
NEW ORLEANS – The owner of a low-income housing development recently a setback in a legal dispute with a renter when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently denied the owner's motion for a partial summary judgment.
Judge grants part of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock's motion to dismiss expert witnesses in maritime injury case
NEW ORLEANS – In a court order filed May 31 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk ruled on a defendant's motion to exclude two of the plaintiff's witnesses from testimony in a maritime work injury lawsuit.
Owner of ship that struck well denied summary judgment in insurance bonus case
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently denied a defendant's motion for summary judgment in a legal challenge regarding an insured well that was damaged by a moving ship.
Electronic security system antitrust case transferred to federal court in Texas
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently ordered a dispute claiming antitrust violations and violations of state commerce laws in the states of Louisiana, Texas and California transferred to the federal court in Texas.
Bayer, General Electric among defendants named medical negligence lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS - A woman who allegedly suffered an allergic reaction is blaming Bayer, General Electric, and other pharmaceutical companies in a petition filed May 30 with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
CenturyLink stockholders claim company misled customers, demand reform
LAFAYETTE - A lawsuit was filed June 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by Neil Flanders and CenturyLink stockholders against 17 senior officers and company directors, including former U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, citing alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
LADB committee recommends reinstatement for suspended New Orleans attorney, former public defender
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — A Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee has recommended that suspended New Orleans attorney and former public defender Trisha Ann Ward be conditionally readmitted to practice law in the state.
LADB panel recommends dismissal of allegations against New Orleans attorney
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — For the second time in about four years, a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee has recommended that a disciplinary charge against New Orleans attorney Deidre Katrina Peterson be dismissed.
Federal court says it lacks jurisdiction in computer information theft case filed in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging the theft of computer information by a Texas-based direct mail marketing firm saying it had no jurisdiction over the case.
Alliance Energy Services ordered to pay attorneys' fees in overtime pay case
NEW ORLEANS – Alliance Energy Services was recently ordered to pay attorneys' fees and costs related to a settlement agreement over uncompensated work time.