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Jury Awards $90 Million in Fatal Trucking Collision
A Civil District Court jury for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana awarded a grand total of $90,751,808.01 in damages for the wrongful death and injuries... More
Rule 11 Amendments Pass House of Representatives, Move On To Senate Judiciary Committee
The United States House of Representatives recently passed legislation to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The current form of... More
Annual Loyola Longshore Conference
This year’s longshore conference, occurring March 9-10, was very successful for Loyola University College of Law. There were over 500 attendees, guest speakers including... More
Houston Company to Pay $9.5 Million In Penalties
The U.S. Justice Department in Washington and U.S. attorneys in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, announced that Houston-based Wood Group PSN will pay $9.5... More
Newly Implemented Training Requirements for CDL Applicants
Effective February 7, 2017, with a compliance date of February 7, 2020, all first time Class A and B Commercial Drivers’ License (“CDL”) applicants,... More
MBLB Member Elected to the Board of the DOL-Joint Bar Association
MBLB Member, Patrick J. Babin, has been elected to the Board of the Department of Labor-Joint Bar Association. The DOL – Joint Bar Association, Inc.... More
Court Addresses Requirements for a Preliminary Determination Hearing and Requirement for Louisiana Licensed Adjusters
Claimant, Darline Broussard, filed a workers’ compensation claim against her Employer, Dillard Department Stores, Inc., where she had been working. On April 8, 2014,... More
Fifth Circuit Affirms OSHA Citations Against Mobile Services Rig Operator
In September 2013, a five-man crew was operating a mobile well-servicing rig in Hawkins, Texas. An inspector for the Occupational Safety & Health Administration... More
Successful Appeals for Employee in Both Workers Compensation and Wrongful Termination Cases
On February 17, 2017, different panels of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal decided two separate appeals involving the same injured concrete pump... More
United States Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Supremacy of Carmack Amendment
The Carmack Amendment, codified at 49 USC §14706, et seq., imposes a federal liability regime for claims concerning goods damaged or lost during transportation... More