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Baton Rouge Council rejects $125,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit
The Baton Rouge Metro Council last week rejected a proposed $125,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of Kevin Bajoie, who died seven years ago after police arrested him using stun guns.
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Environmentalists challenge proposed liquefied natural gas plant near Lake Charles
New Orleans-based Healthy Gulf and the Sierra Club have petitioned a federal appeals court to review a dredge-and-fill permit issued in 2019 for the construction of a $25 billion liquefied natural gas facility in southwest Louisiana.
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Lawsuit challenges East Baton Rouge school officials' redistricting maps
Four plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, alleging that the board’s recently approved redistricting maps split precincts in violation of Louisiana law.
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Judge green-lights lawsuit challenging grain elevator project in St. John Parish
A state judge last week rejected an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a community group that seeks to block a $400 million grain elevator project in St. John the Baptist Parish whose zoning was the product of “illegality and corruption.”
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New Orleans judge affirms $75.3 million award for owners of homes built on toxic landfill
A New Orleans court last week affirmed a $75.3 million settlement judgment for residents of homes built on a former toxic landfill who filed a class-action lawsuit against the city, Housing Authority of New Orleans and Orleans Parish School Board.
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Voting rights groups sue to overturn Louisiana redistricting maps
As promised, civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the congressional redistricting map approved by the state Legislature but vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
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Class action lawsuit alleges design, construction defects in D.R. Horton homes
A Youngville couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against homebuilder D.R. Horton, alleging their home has been beset by design and construction defects that led to water intrusion and rampant toxic mold.
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Judges in 19th Judicial Circuit settle class-action lawsuit over bail
A class-action lawsuit that claimed judges in Louisiana's 19th judicial circuit left “innocent people confided in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison simply because they are too poor to pay for their freedom,” has been settled, WAFB reported.
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Baton Rouge groundwater regulators sued over plan to meter industrial water users
A private Baton Rouge water company is suing to stop groundwater regulators from putting a metering system in place to monitor Baton Rouge-area industrial water users.
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Legal settlement leads to release of longtime Louisiana prisoner Bobby Sneed
Bobby Sneed is finally a free man after spending roughly 50 years in prison and then proceeding to fight for his release after initially being granted parole.
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Boat tour service sued after collision allegedly causes injuries to passenger
NEW ORLEANS - Donna Grady filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 27 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Airboat Adventures, LLC for negligence.
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Home Depot, table saw manufacturers sued over man's partial amputation of three fingers
NEW ORLEANS - Ronald Evans filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 28 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against One World Technologies, Techtronic Industries North America, Ridgid, Inc., The Ridge Tool Company and Home Depot USA, over a table saw.
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Former officer sues City of Sulphur over COVID test dispute
LAKE CHARLES - Sean C. Smith filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 27 in the Western District of Louisiana against the City of Sulphur for prohibited medical inquiry, discrimination in employment and retaliation.
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Companies in legal battle over Cuzz's Cooter Juice
ALEXANDRIA - Old Indian Tricks, LLC filed a lawsuit on Dec. 29 in Grant Parish District Court against Nelson Creek Outdoors and three individuals for trademark infringement and violation of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
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Doctor sued for allegedly selling woman's explicit photos
NEW ORLEANS - A Jane Doe filed a federal lawsuit on Dec. 29 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Dr. Phillip T. Sobash, who allegedly published private photographs of the woman.
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Former LSU employee sues for racial discrimination in the workplace
BATON ROUGE - Chandre’ Chaney filed a lawsuit on Jan. 10 in the Middle District of Louisiana against the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Louisiana State University Health Science Center for race discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation.
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Worker sues Louisiana Department of Transportation for discrimination
MONROE - Paul D. Crockett filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 6 in the Western District of Louisiana against the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, for alleged age discrimination.
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Man walks into traffic, files suit over fax machine
NEW ORLEANS - Da’Shawn Coats filed a federal lawsuit on Dec. 30 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District #4 for negligence.
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Shreveport police faces wrongful death lawsuit over shooting of Desmond Lewis
SHREVEPORT - Ingrid Lewis, individually as the biological mother of Desmond Lewis, deceased, filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Jan. 21 in the Western District of Louisiana against Shreveport police officer Demetrius Horton American Alternative Insurance Corporation and the City of Shreveport.
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Lawsuit against Union Pacific alleges Chicot Aquifer contamination poses risk to public
An amended lawsuit has been filed against Union Pacific involving contamination of the Chicot Aquifer, where Lafayette area business owners and their attorney allege their properties are at risk.