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Otis Elevator sued over worker’s fall three stories down shaft
Maury A. Herman NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans man is suing an elevator manufacturer and the company responsible for maintaining an elevator installed at his place of employment after he fell three...
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Winn-Dixie sued by woman who claims she slipped and fell on puddle of oil
GRETNA – A Jefferson Parish woman is suing a Belle Chasse grocery store for injuries she claims to have received in a fall. Karen Hansberry filed suit against the Hanover Insurance Company, Winn-Dixie...
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Man sues Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar on Bourbon Street over alleged assault
Michael P. Higgins NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans man claims to be injured following an altercation with employees or patrons of the bar. Paul Cook filed suit against Blacksmith Management Inc. and three...
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Former electrician sues numerous companies alleging lung cancer is result of...
NEW ORLEANS – A former electrician is suing numerous companies over his contraction of lung cancer he claims is related to his workplace exposure to asbestos. Charles Carrone filed suit against...
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Apple anti-virus software creators face off in defamation lawsuit
David W. Nance NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans-based anti-virus software company is suing a competitor who they claim defamed their product on online chat boards and caused them to lose business. Kromtech...
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Seaman sues after falling 30 feet from ladder
Kyle Findley NEW ORLEANS – A worker who was hospitalized after falling 30 feet from a ladder has filed suit for injuries he allegedly received in the incident. Delmon Marzett filed suit against...
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Lengthy list of companies named in asbestos suit filed by retired shipyard...
NEW ORLEANS— A man alleges that his former employers neglected to take proper safety precautions to eliminate or reduce the risks to his health from exposure to asbestos, claiming he contracted...
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Chiquita, Coca-Cola and others named in asbestos suit
NEW ORLEANS— A man recently diagnosed with terminal, incurable lung cancer attributes his contraction of the illness to his nearly 30 years of work at various companies where he was exposed to...
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Asbestos suit filed by cancer patient over work-related expsosure
NEW ORLEANS— Several companies have been named in an asbestos lawsuit filed by a man who contracted lung cancer, which he attributes to his exposure to asbestos from the early 1970s. Lones James...
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Man sued for allegedly breaking ex-wife’s arm
GRETNA – A Metairie woman is suing her ex-husband who she claims broke her arm during an argument when he tried to remove property from her garage. Dawn Rauch Norwood filed suit against John J. Norwood...
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Jefferson Parish sued by employee who had stroke at work
Patrick H. Patrick GRETNA – A parish government worker who suffered a stroke while on the job is suing his employer for not immediately calling for medical assistance. Richard Hall, and wife Enester,...
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Former shipyard worker sues multiple companies claiming occupational asbestos...
Frank J. Swarr NEW ORLEANS – A former shipyard worker and pipe-filler claims he has been diagnosed with lung cancer resulting from his occupational exposure to asbestos. Templeton Evans filed suit...
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Retired shipyard worker sues multiple companies in asbestos suit
Susannah Chester-Schindler NEW ORLEANS – A retired shipyard worker who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure has filed suit against an array of asbestos miners,...
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Father’s former employer, tobacco company named by woman in asbestos suit
Scott R. Bickford NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans woman who contracted cancer as a result secondary and direct asbestos exposure has filed suit against multiple companies. Rosemary Rodosta filed suit...
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Seaman sues for spinal injury after steel plate allegedly dropped on him
Franklin G. Shaw GRETNA – A seaman is suing a marine business after he was allegedly injured in an incident in which a crane dropped a plate of steel on him. Vaughn Moore filed suit against Ashland...
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Body shop sued after tire allegedly rolls out of van onto customer
William R. Mustain III GRETNA – An auto body shop is being sued by a woman who claims she was injured when a tire fell on her as she opened the door of her van after picking it up from being repaired....
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Shell Oil, ExxonMobil among 31 defendants named in asbestos suit
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed suit against a host of companies for his alleged exposure to asbestos, which he attributes to living in close proximity to asbestos manufacturing plants and from exposure...
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Son sues over father’s asbestos exposure, mesothelioma
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed suit against a number of defendants after the death of his father who allegedly contracted malignant mesothelioma from repeated environmental and occupational asbestos...
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Commercial property owner sued by man who tripped over parking bumper
Anthony J. Milazzo III GRETNA – A commercial property owner is being sued by a man who claims he was severely injured after he tripped and fell over a parking bumper while waking through a parking lot...
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Contractor who allegedly fell into ravine after testing swing he built sues...
NEW ORLEANS – An independent contractor is suing a homeowner after he fell several feet into a ravine and incurred severe injuries after a swing he had just built broke during testing. Dalton Rawls...
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Couple sue owner of Bobcat excavator that allegedly caused car accident
GRETNA – A construction company and one of its employees are being sued by a couple who claim they were injured when they collided with a piece of construction equipment that pulled out in the path of...
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Worker contracts lung cancer, sues for asbestos exposure
Frank J. Swarr NEW ORLEANS – A worker with lung cancer is suing numerous corporations for negligence, claiming he was exposed to large amounts of asbestos that caused him to contract cancer. Dennis W....
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Patient accuses nurse of physically and verbally abusing him when he was...
East Jefferson General Hospital GRETNA – A man who claims he was abused by a nurse while in the intensive care unit of a local hospital is suing. Victor Edmund Register filed suit against Jefferson...
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