Plaintiff Doug Hall, an electric cooperative employee, was electrocuted while working on a bypass switch constructed by USCO Power Equipment Corp. The working area around the bypass switch did not include a 2-foot clearance as required by the National Electric Safety Code. As a result...
At 6:45 p.m. on February 9, 1998, a female Casino Rouge employee was walking to her car in the employee parking lot following her shift. As she got in her car, an armed assailant approached the woman and raped her at knifepoint. The employee parking...
In 2009, on St. Charles Street along a Mardi Gras parade route, gunfire erupted. As a result, seven people lay on the ground with gunshot wounds. Police believed the gunfire resulted from two rival groups squaring off. One of the groups wore black jackets while...
In August of 2002, the State of Louisiana brought a 21-count indictment against Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom. The indictment included counts of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and felony theft. At a preliminary hearing, the trial court...
In August of 1999, Andre Gatlin was murdered inside his Glen Oaks home. In the time leading up to the murder, Mr. Gatlin’s life was in turmoil. Despite allegedly selling drugs, he had no money. He had bounced checks and tried to apply for bank...
Port Allen, La. – A West Baton Rouge Parish jury awarded damages of $5.3 million to a man who was severely injured nine years ago in a car accident on U.S. 190, the man’s attorneys said Wednesday. On January 12, 1995, a West Baton Rouge Parish...
In August 1999, Vernon Pitcher attended a football jamboree at Livingston High. Mr. Pitcher was there to watch his old school, McKinley High. As he walked through the bleachers to visit friends, his foot became lodged in a gap between planks in the walkway. Mr....
St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury indicted Judge Patricia Hedges on a variety of charges. The Grand Jury accused Judge Hedges of committing bribery, malfeasance of office and extortion. However, four months later, an ad-hoc district attorney was convinced Judge Hedges committed no crime and declined...
In April 2002, an explosion rocked the home of a mother and four children and killed the caretaker of the home. Prior to the explosion and while no one was home, Herring Gas of Louisiana filled an external propane tank. However, a prior tenant of...
A federal judge has thrown out all but one of the charges against former Livingston Parish President Dewey Ratcliff. In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge James Brady dismissed 14 mail-fraud counts — leaving Ratcliff facing just one bank-fraud charge that carries a maximum...