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Mass tort lawyers settle with consulting firm after judge refuses to postpone trial
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Mass tort lawyers have settled their lawsuit against a consulting firm over a contested $2.5 million invoice.
Bar not liable for death of woman who ran into truck
LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana bar wasn’t responsible for the death of a young woman who ran headlong into a truck exiting the parking lot after getting into a fight with her girlfriend, an appeals court ruled, upholding a jury verdict for the defense.
Father can sue over death of daughter he hadn't seen in four decades
LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana man is the rightful plaintiff in a lawsuit over the death of his mentally disabled daughter even though he didn’t visit her for more than 40 years, a Louisiana appeals court ruled in a decision hinging upon the meaning of “abandonment” under the state’s civil code.
Infant formula maker sued in wake of death of Louisiana preterm infant
A Pointe Coupee Parish resident whose preterm infant died in the hospital after being fed cow’s-milk-based infant formula is suing the maker of Enfamil, arguing that the formula caused the baby to suffer from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
Judge: Union Pacific not responsible for death of man hit by train trying to save dog
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has refused to hold Union Pacific liable for the death of a man who was struck by a train in Louisiana while trying to get his dog off railroad tracks.
Shut out of cemetery tours, litigation not working for New Orleans group
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A New Orleans federal judge has again ruled against companies trying to get back into the city’s cemetery tourism industry.
Court: Pediatrician not to blame for death of infant from rare blood disorder
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a pediatrician who faced a lawsuit over the death of a five-month-old infant.
AG Landry talks CTCL election lawsuit at CPAC Dallas
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential elections, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was creating a ballot harvesting operation in Louisiana under which the government was being turned into an arm of the Democrat Party, according to that state's top law enforcement official.
Insurer out of lawsuit over kidnap, drowning of woman in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – An insurance company will not have to pay to fight a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who was kidnapped from a Louisiana hotel and later found drowned.
COVID wrongful death cases against nursing home transferred
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – Wrongful death lawsuits over a COVID-19 breakout in a Louisiana nursing home will be heard in state court.
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Challenge to Louisiana sales tax system heads to Fifth Circuit after loss
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The Arizona-based jewelry company that challenged how Louisiana collects sales tax from online purchases is appealing its loss.
Lawsuit alleging shooting, cover-up by Louisiana cops gets to move forward
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana federal judge is allowing a lawsuit filed against Port Allen and two of its police officers over a shooting death to proceed.
Challenge to Louisiana sales tax fails in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the way Louisiana collects sales tax on online purchases.
Sun Belt to face racial discrimination lawsuit in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The former chief compliance officer of the Sun Belt Conference really wants his racial discrimination lawsuit heard in a state court but a federal judge won’t allow it.
Louisiana city and its hired guns get chance to sue Netflix, Hulu in state court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers with government contracts to sue Netflix scored a small victory at the end of March when a federal court judge sent their case back to a Louisiana state court.
Pelican Institute: Bills calling for constitutional convention continue ‘conversation around bold constitutional reform’
Pelican Institute's external affairs manager Ryan Roberts is praising a bill that seeks a constitutional convention to address issues impairing economic growth in Louisiana.
Shreveport PD's past becomes an issue in lawsuit over shooting death by officer
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – The Shreveport Police Department is defending its past as it fights the wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting of Desmond Lewis.
No luck in lawsuit for student isolated after refusing to wear face mask
LAFAYETTE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against a Louisiana school district that placed a student who wouldn’t wear a face mask in isolation while his mother came to get him.
ABC News to face lawsuit after video of football team chanting N-word gets Black coach fired
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - ABC News must defend itself against a defamation suit by a high school football coach who was fired from his job after a video emerged of his team chanting the N-word at a pregame locker room rally.
After vaccinating son without mom's permission, school and hospital argue for protection from lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana school district and a hospital are fighting a lawsuit brought by a mother upset her son was allowed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 without her permission.