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NEW ORLEANS – Norman Varner’s record of conviction won’t be amended to reflect his new name – Kathrine Nicole Jett, as the Fifth Circuit recently shot down the transgender woman’s appeal – a case that one group says illustrates the absurdity of gender identity politics.
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NEW ORLEANS – A state political action committee that supports conservative candidates is suing the Louisiana Board of Ethics for allegedly violating right to free speech associated with political contributions above limits set in place by state law.
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NEW ORLEANS – A Slidell-based shrimper has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud concerning false tax documents he filed in order to secure a Deepwater Horizon oil spill worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man has been ordered to return hundreds of thousands of dollars he received in an alleged scheme to defraud the claims program in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill program.
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NEW ORLEANS – An attorney at one of the largest plaintiff’s firms in Louisiana was sent to the hospital recently after being attacked by the husband of a co-worker who alleged the two were having an affair.
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NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s decision prohibiting attorneys from demanding “quick” access to criminal citations.
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NEW ORLEANS – A woman is suing a bone cement manufacturer claiming the product was defective and has caused her to need additional surgery.
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Johnny Football is going pro, and he’s taking his T-shirts with him.
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NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has ordered a Louisiana commercial shrimper to return a $357,000 claim involving the 2010 Deepwater Horizon.
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NEW ORLEANS – A local hospital is being sued over a patient’s death during Hurricane Katrina.
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NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of allowing a disgraced former judge to resume practicing law after having bar license suspended for three years due to an investigation that revealed she gave a political supporter preferable treatment in civil lawsuit.
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TEXARKANA - A visually impaired government employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming he was terminated because of his birth defect.
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NEW ORLEANS - On Nov. 6, Texan Jeffrey Neely, who sought to appeal an adverse jury verdict, received no help from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, as justices ruled that jurors were allowed to conclude that he was not a qualified individual with a disability.
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded district court’s decision involving maritime law and the question of unseaworthiness.
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TEXARKANA - A Hooks resident has filed a lawsuit against a debt collector claiming that he received so many collection calls that he was forced to change his cell phone number.
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TEXARKANA - An Arkansas woman has filed a lawsuit against a Texarkana podiatrist claiming the doctor failed to disclose the risks associated with numerous surgical procedures on her foot.
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TEXARKANA, TEXAS - A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit claiming her knee replacement device was defective due to loosening.
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TEXARKANA- After slipping and falling while shopping, a Bowie County woman has filed a lawsuit against Kmart claiming they failed to warn shoppers about the dangerous conditions on the premises.
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TEXARKANA - A Texarkana woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of her knee replacement device claiming she suffered personal injuries that resulted in revision surgery.
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TEXARKANA - After receiving so many debt collection telephone calls that he no longer answers his telephone out of fear, an Avery resident has filed a lawsuit against a debt collection agency for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
