In 1997, Syvella Totson was seriously injured when a drunk driver pulled into her path on Louisiana Highway 2. James Pardon, the driver of the other vehicle, was drunk at the time of the crash. However, Mr. Pardon turned onto Louisiana 2 from Lane’s Ferry...
An 11-person jury ordered ExxonMobil to pay $5 million to the widow of a former contract worker at the company’s Baton Rouge plant who died of a disease caused by exposure to asbestos in the 1960s. The jury found that ExxonMobil was solely responsible for James...
New Orleans, La. – Two pesticide companies agreed Tuesday to pay $50 million to about 3,500 people who lived near a pesticide plant that contaminated their New Orleans neighborhood. T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition and Harcros Chemicals Corp., both of Kansas City, agreed to the state...
In October of 2001, four people were killed in a truck accident when an eighteen-wheeler crossed the median and slammed into a family’s minivan. Alton Williams was driving a Salvation Army truck when his hat flew out the window. In an attempt to recover the...
On August 1, 2004, a house erupted in flames in the early morning hours. As a result of the fire, a nine month old child received severe burns to 80% of his body. The child’s family contended that a gas regulator failed and allowed gas to...
Former state Sen. Heulette “Clo” Fontenot, R-Livingston, had charges tossed by a federal judge, that said he hid a $100,000 debt from two federally insured lenders. Fontenot’s May indictment alleged he solicited and received a $100,000 cash campaign loan from two unnamed businessmen in 1999. Fontenot,...
On Christmas Eve 2008, the plaintiff and his wife were injured in an automobile accident involving a sugar cane truck. The sugar cane truck, driven by an immigrant worker, failed to stop at a stop sign and slammed into the side of the plaintiffs’ Toyota....
New Roads, La. – An 18th Judicial District jury awarded a 9-year-old boy $2.41 million for the loss of his mother in a car crash last year. Trina Williams, 29, died following the Jan. 7, 2001, crash in front of the Oak Tree Inn in Livonia,...
After almost five hours of deliberations Friday night, a jury ruled the state of Louisiana is more responsible for the death of Mya George than the man who admitted he killed her. Mya George’s step-grandfather, Jesse White, beat the 3-year-old to death in September of...
In August of 2007, 27-year old Wilford Holmes was gunned down in front of his family’s home. Upon hearing the sound of gunshots, the victim’s mother, Lamarscha Homles, allegedly investigated the sounds coming from outside of her door. When she looked out of her door,...