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Coon causes stir in BP hearing by introducing 7 million docs from Texas City class action
Coon NEW ORLEANS - Brent Coon caused a bit of a stir during Friday's status conference for the multi-district litigation (MDL) regarding the BP oil spill when he introduced around seven million documents from a previous class action against BP.
Lawyers discuss 'tremendous revenue' potential in pursuing RICOs in MDLs
Chesley NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Cincinnati attorney Stanley Chesley told lawyers gathered at a Louisiana State Bar Association mass tort symposium that taking RICO cases to MDLS can lead to "tremendous revenue."
Barbier hears motions in BP MDL status conference
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier heard motions Monday filed by plaintiffs and BP at the end of a status conference for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Multi-District Litigation, according to a tentative agenda released by the court.
BP's adherence to $75M payout cap in question
Haycraft NEW ORLEANS-In a move that goes against repeated statements to the press and in court, BP lawyers were unable to make a definitive stance on whether the company would try to limit their liability payout to the $75 million cap mandated by the Oil Pollution Act (OPA).
PRINT ONLY-Barbier approves pleading BP claims into 'bundles'
In an unprecedented move designed to help expedite the lawsuits involving the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, U.S. Disrict Judge Carl Barbier has approved a plan proposed by both defense and plaintiff lawyers to group claims into "pleading bundles."
Judge agrees to 'bundle' BP spill suits
Barbier U.S. Disrict Judge Carl Barbier has approved a plan to help expedite the lawsuits involving the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Judge denies injunction in suit over Gulf oil-skimming technology
U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on Wednesday denied an injunction sought by plaintiffs suing a rival company for allegedly stealing Gulf oil-spill cleanup technology.
'Who Dat' ownership battle set for conference Oct. 7
A scheduling conference has been set for Oct. 7 in a suit between parties fighting over who has ownership of the term "Who Dat."
Insurer settles Katrina, Rita class action for $23 million
Smith Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (LCPIC) has settled a class action suit related to hurricanes Katrina and Rita claims for $23 million in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
BP judge to speak at trial lawyer conference
Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana is scheduled to speak at a conference sponsored by the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), formerly the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA), on Friday at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans.
Coon sees parallels in BP oil spill and 2005 refinery explosion
Coon NEW ORLEANS - Beaumont plaintiff's lawyer Brent Coon said that a "lack of safety culture" at BP and all of its subsidiaries caused the April 20
explosion on the company's Deepwater Horizon rig which has led
to the largest oil spill in American history.
Katrina wrongful death case settles
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - On the second day of defense testimony, a suit that involved the death of a woman in a New Orleans East hospital during 2005's Hurricane Katrina settled today in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
Defense begins in case against hospital over Katrina-related death
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Defense testimony got off to a rocky start Monday in a liability suit involving a patient who died in a New Orleans East hospital that had lost power during Hurricane Katrina.
Plaintiffs rest in Katrina wrongful death lawsuit
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS, La. (Legal Newsline) - The plaintiffs rested their case against Methodist Hospital in Orleans Parish Civil District Court Friday in a suit over a patient who died after the hospital lost power during 2005's Hurricane Katrina.