Plaintiffs who filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the former president of the Lafayette library board violated free-speech rights at public meetings are moving to expand the number of defendants in the litigation.
Jim Harris, a Louisiana business advocate for more than three decades who was known for his gentlemanly demeanor and three-piece suits, died of an extended illness this week in Baton Rouge at the age of 77.
St. Martin Parish has won an initial skirmish in its legal battle against Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) over the legality of LCG’s removal of an earthen levee on the St. Martin side of the Vermilion Bayou in a bid to improve storm water flow.
The disclosure during the Jan. 6 Committee hearings this month that state Attorney General Jeff Landry was considered for a “special counsel” post to investigate election fraud in the 2020 election likely won’t hurt his future political aspirations.
A comedian who was sued by the Lafayette mayor-president over a made-up, satirical antifa event at a local mall is now on the hook for the consolidated government’s attorney fees after courts rejected motions to dismiss the lawsuit.
Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) sued St. Martin Parish last week in anticipation that the parish was about to hit LCG with a lawsuit objecting to Lafayette’s removal of dirt levee material along the Vermilion Bayou.
A Youngville couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against homebuilder D.R. Horton, alleging their home has been beset by design and construction defects that led to water intrusion and rampant toxic mold.
Gov. John Bel Edwards tossed a political hot potato back to the state Legislature last week when he vetoed the lawmakers’ proposed congressional district boundaries for the decade ahead.
An amended lawsuit has been filed against Union Pacific involving contamination of the Chicot Aquifer, where Lafayette area business owners and their attorney allege their properties are at risk.
The state Supreme Court has temporarily disqualified a Lafayette City Court judge after a video indicated that Judge Michelle Odinet made racial slurs in the wake of a burglary attempt at her home.
LAFAYETTE - Dennis Lazard filed a federal lawsuit on Nov. 24 in the Western District of Louisiana against the Lafayette Police Department through the City of Lafayette, Officer Pablo Estrada and Chief of Police Thomas Glover St. for violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
