U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
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Lawyer sees bodycam footage, quits wrongful death case against cops
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - Bodycam footage has led the attorney of a woman suing Port Allen, La., over a fatal police shooting to withdraw from the case, though his client is proceeding as her own counsel. -
Lawsuit: 'Vast scheme' by hurricane lawyers filing illegitimate insurance claims
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Houston law firm accustomed to taking on insurance companies must now defend itself from a class action lawsuit that says it made illegitimate claims after hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Lawyer's three-page brief deemed too weak in case of raped prison guard
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety & Corrections brought by a prison guard who says she was raped because the doors at her facility didn’t work. -
Wrongful death lawsuit over man hit by train while saving dog comes to hurdle
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Union Pacific says it is not to blame for the death of a man who was struck by a train in Louisiana while trying to get his dog off the tracks. -
Baton Rouge dealt loss as it tries to hold civil rights lawyer in contempt
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer and University of Virginia law professor claimed a recent victory in a court battle with Baton Rouge, La., over his actions in defense of a man who was strip-searched. -
Owner defends charging entry fees to famous New Orleans cemeteries
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The battleground is cemeteries in New Orleans, and the defendant says they are its home turf. -
LSU's fired football coach fights lawsuit over response to sexual misconduct allegations
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Fired Louisiana State University football coach Ed Orgeron has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the school of coddling athletes who are accused of sexual misconduct. -
Raped guard should go through Workers' Comp, Louisiana DOC argues against her lawsuit
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s Department of Corrections is fighting a lawsuit filed by a female officer who was allegedly raped by a male inmate because prison doors at Elayn Hunt didn’t work properly. -
Baton Rouge asks federal judge to stay out of fight with lawyer over released body cam footage
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Baton Rouge officials are defending themselves in a lawsuit brought by the attorney for a man who was strip-searched and had his home entered without a warrant. -
Louisiana law protecting pipelines from protestors challenged, as oil group defends its passage
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A change to Louisiana's anti-protest law, now being challenged in federal court, didn't trouble the vast majority of lawmakers when it passed last year, the head of the group that proposed and drafted the amendment said during a recent interview.