Giordano NEW ORLEANS - A Jefferson Parish man has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of a pain pump that allegedly caused injuries after it was implanted in his shoulders.
Delise NEW ORLEANS - A Mississippi worker has filed a lawsuit against his employer after the airboat he was aboard hit a stump and he was thrown overboard.
NEW ORLEANS - Two restaurant employees have filed a lawsuit against their employer claiming they were not paid at the federally mandated minimum wage rate or paid any overtime compensation.
NEW ORLEANS - A former Brown and Root employee has filed a personal injury lawsuit that claims his repeated exposure to benzene and other chemicals has caused him to develop cancer.
Gordon NEW ORLEANS - A Mississippi deckhand has filed a lawsuit against his employer after he injured his back when a crewmember failed to pull a wire line at the appropriate time.
Arsenault NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans man has filed a class action against Ford that claims his new Ford Edge contains defective voice recognition software, which is needed to use the vehicle's sound system, navigation, hand-free phone and other integrated technology.
NEW ORLEANS - A St. Tammany Parish woman has filed a lawsuit against Glaxo Smith Kline claiming an osteoporosis drug caused her to suffer esophageal problems.
Walters NEW ORLEANS - The manufacturers of recalled blood glucose meters are being sued by a Jefferson Parish couple after inaccurate readings allegedly caused the man to take too much insulin and suffer a diabetic coma.
A conservation group has filed a lawsuit over a "black liquor" spill from a Bogalusa paper mill into the Pearl River in August, claiming the spill damaged 86 acres of wildlife sanctuary.
Klick The family of a deceased maintenance technician has filed a lawsuit against the companies responsible for maintaining the crane that unexpectedly pinned the technician against the wall, causing his fatal injuries.
Voorhies An employee of a waste services company has filed a lawsuit against his employer for not telling him that he needed protective gear in order to move hazardous chemical products.
The owner of a shrimping boat has filed a lawsuit against the owner of a larger vessel after the vessel caused a substantial wake and sank his shrimping boat.
After her finger was partially amputated in a car window, a Lafayette grandmother has filed a lawsuit against Nissan for allegedly placing the car's aesthetics over safety.
After slipping and falling outside of his living quarters, a worker has filed a lawsuit against the owner of an offshore platform for failing to place non-skid or other slip prevention measurements on the deck of the platform.
Two Louisiana oil companies are being sued for allegedly allowing its employees to use an acetylene torch on an oil well, which caused an explosion and resulted in severe injuries to at least one employee.