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Friends and family - not the general public - have the right to freely visit New Orleans cemeteries
NEW ORLEANS - The battle for New Orleans' famous cemeteries appears dead, with the last of three lawsuits filed by tourism companies rejected by a state appeals court.
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Meraux house-fire lawsuit over A/C appears to be extinguished
NEW ORLEANS - A jury verdict for LG Electronics should stand, a Louisiana appeals court says, as the company has defeated claims its window-unit air condition did not contain a defect that started a house fire.
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Big verdict for garbage truck driver hit by train struck; New trial ordered
BATON ROUGE - A split Louisiana appeals court has struck an $8 million verdict for a garbage truck driver who got stuck crossing train tracks in Baldwin and was hit by a BNSF train.
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LSU pays man $120K - not a penny more - after rubber snake sends him stumbling
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State University won't have to pay extra after forking over six figures to a man injured when a prank backfired.
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Third Circuit appeals court reinstates motor vehicle accident case's loss of consortium award of $475K
LAKE CHARLES – A Louisiana appeals court has fully affirmed a Calcasieu Parish court’s jury verdict in a motor vehicle accident lawsuit, and restored a $475,000 award for loss of consortium to one of the plaintiffs.
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Second District appeals court affirms earlier dismissal of Louisiana man's defamation suit versus ABC News
SHREVEPORT – A state appeals court has affirmed a trial court dismissal of a Louisiana man’s defamation lawsuit against ABC News and remanded it to a Caddo Parish court, on the subject of determining attorney’s fees and costs.
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State Supreme Court: Damages in motor vehicle accident award dropped from $18.9M to $5.6M
NEW ORLEANS – The Supreme Court of Louisiana has reversed a lower appellate court ruling, in reducing an $18.9 million damages award to a man critically injured in a 2018 motor vehicle accident and his family, to $5.6 million.
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In 4-3 ruling, Supreme Court of Louisiana says Amazon could be held liable in wrongful death suit
NEW ORLEANS – A majority complement of the Supreme Court of Louisiana has ruled that Amazon is a “seller” under state law and could be held liable for the death of a man who suffered fatal burns from an exploding lithium-ion battery charger, which he purchased on Amazon from a third-party manufacturer.
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Fifth Circuit says sales tax battle between Baton Rouge and casino-hotel owners must be fought in state court
NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court has decreed that owners of two casinos with attached hotels in Louisiana have to square off with the City of Baton Rouge over sales taxes on complimentary hotel rooms in their establishments in state court, as opposed to federal court.
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Fifth Circuit finds attorney-client privilege extended to LSU sexual misconduct investigation records
NEW ORLEANS – A trio of federal appellate judges has ruled that Louisiana State University did not break the law when it kept records related to a sexual misconduct investigation against its former football coach, Les Miles, off-campus, finding that the documents were covered by attorney-client privilege.
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Appeals court upholds $5.5M wrongful death awards to daughters of man who died from mesothelioma
NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana state appeals court has upheld a total amount of $5.5 million in wrongful death damages, awarded to the daughters of a man who worked for Shell Oil Company and later died of mesothelioma.