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• Jefferson County Bar Association to host Lumberton legal clinic for veterans

  By Staff reports | Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014 @ 1:52pm

  The Jefferson County Bar Association will host a free legal advice clinic for area veterans.

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  BP claimant ordered by court to return $357K in fraudulent claims

  By Kyle Barnett | Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @ 12:12pm

  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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• Seaman forced to work in 'wet and stinky' conditions, suit says

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008 @ 7:58am

  Mark Lanier Plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier's ship came in when the SS Westward Venture docked in Beaumont last year. Lanier landed at least two clients who suffered injuries aboard the ship and filed two separate Jones Act suits last week.

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