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EEOC sues medical center for alleged discrimination against employee
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal complaint on September 27 in New Orleans against Willis-Knighton Medical Center (WKMC) for violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to correct unlawful employment practices on the basis of disability and to provide appropriate relief to Chanel Bradford.
Woman sues Forever 21 for allegedly slipping and falling
NEW ORLEANS - Karen Brown filed a complaint on Aug. 26 in Jefferson Parish District Court against Forever 21 Retail, Inc. d/b/a Forever 21 and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA for premises liability.
Legal settlement relaxes solitary confinement policy for Louisiana's death row inmates
Conditions for isolated death row inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary will improve as a result of a recent settlement of a 2017 class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions there were cruel and unusual.
Man sues after forklift accident at work
LAFAYETTE - Nara Uch filed a federal complaint on September 10 in the Western District of Louisiana against Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. and CH Steel Solutions, Inc. for personal injury.
Distributor of lighters can't be called a manufacturer after one explodes, burns man
GRETNA, La. (Legal Newsline) – A company that didn’t actually make a lighter that exploded and lit a man on fire can’t be sued as an apparent manufacturer.
Mom's lawsuit says mask-less son was put in isolation at elementary school
LAFAYETTE - Kelly Beasley, as parent and guardian for a minor child, filed a federal complaint on September 13 in the Western District of Louisiana against many school entities like the Iberia Parish School District Board of Education over its reaction to a child not wearing a mask.
Verdict against funeral home won't be changed too much after corpse rotted in Louisiana heat
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – The surviving family who sued over the treatment of a father’s corpse is only entitled to an extra $10,000, a Louisiana appeals court recently ruled while rejecting calls that a jury’s verdict was too low.
Woman says she was arrested for complaining about social distancing outside courthouse
NEW ORLEANS - Hope Davis filed a federal lawsuit on September 8 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Arthur Fernandez, Milton Crosby and Russell Blanchard for false arrest, retaliatory arrest, unlawful seizure and false imprisonment.
Lawsuit alleges Lafayette police caused ruckus outside bowling alley
LAFAYETTE - Lafayette police face a lawsuit alleging false arrest and excessive force at a bowling alley.
Man brings suit against generator company for alleged defects
NEW ORLEANS - Brian Zimmer filed a federal class action complaint on Sept. 2 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Generac Power Systems.
City of Shreveport sued for violation of Title VII
SHREVEPORT - Sandra Lee filed a federal complaint on September 3 in the Western District of Louisiana against the City of Shreveport and Joe Mero, in his capacity as Assistant Director of Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation, for violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Restaurant in hot water for allegedly rejecting pregnant woman
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal complaint on September 8 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Bourne's House Restaurant for allegedly refusing to retain and rehire a woman due to her being pregnant.
Lawsuit alleges police brutality after leaf-burning dispute
LAKE CHARLES - DeQuincy police and their chief are being sued by a family that says their child was slammed to a concrete floor.
Woman sues Lafayette police for arrest during protest BBQ at mayor's house
LAFAYETTE - A recently filed lawsuit says a woman was falsely arrested while barbequing at a protest in Lafayette.
Company sues church for unpaid balance for restoration after hurricane clean-up
LAKE CHARLES - Alex Howard d/b/a ServiceMaster by Howard filed a federal complaint on August 31 in the Western District of Louisiana against First United Pentecostal Church of DeRidder and Church Mutual Insurance Company for breach of contract, negligence, detrimental reliance and unjust enrichment.
Member of clean-up crew sues BP, says health problems were brought on by Deepwater Horizon spill
NEW ORLEANS - Maria Cecilia Serrano filed a federal complaint on August 25 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against BP Exploration & Production for damages suffered while being a part of a clean-up crew of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010.
Two men sue Jefferson Parish Sheriff Office for false arrest after a medical emergency
NEW ORLEANS - Jefferson Parish's sheriff has been named in a lawsuit alleging inappropriate response to one plaintiff entering a CVS without a mask.
Jellystone Park accused of exposing customer to E. coli
BATON ROUGE - Ruth and Brandon Braud, on behalf of their minor child A.B., filed a federal complaint on August 17 in the Middle District of Louisiana against Great Escapes Pelahatchie, LP d/b/a Jellystone Park Yogi on the Lake Pelahatchie for negligence.
Woman sues when ship jolts as she made her way to the bar
NEW ORLEANS - Margaret Chastain filed a complaint on July 12 in St. Bernard Parish District Court against New Orleans Paddlewheels for personal injury.
Wife sues excavator company, Home Depot for husband's death
Sharon Lavigne Perrilloux, and on behalf of her minor child A.P., filed a federal complaint on August 13 in the 21st Judicial District Court against Kubota Corporation, Kubota Tractor Corporation, Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation, Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation and Home Depot for According to the complaint, Michael L.