Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Lawyers to Appeal Verdict in Flooding Lawsuit Against Louisiana Parish
Feb 11 2014 // Attorneys who brought a class-action lawsuit against Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish say they will appeal a 9-3 jury verdict that found the parish was negligent in its emergency response planning but that the negligence...
Louisiana Hospital Adds Screens as Protection Against Hurricane Winds
Feb 10 2014 // West Jefferson Medical Center in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish is working on what hospital officials describe as a hurricane-hardening project to secure its windows. New Orleans CityBusiness reports the work is part...
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Found Negligent in Hurricane Katrina Flood Case
Feb 10 2014 // A jury has found Jefferson Parish government negligent in the way it drafted and enacted a plan that evacuated drainage pump operators on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana but ruled the parish was...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Appealing Order to Return Application Fees
Feb 10 2014 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is appealing an order to return $16 million to homeowner customers who, for years were charged a $65 application fee without their knowledge. Louisiana Citizens is the property...
Still No Insurance for Police in Sorrento, Louisiana
Feb 6 2014 // The Sorrento Town Council in Louisiana tabled two insurance quote offers that would insure the police department. The police department was dissolved after it lost coverage in November. The chief and assistant are still...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Appealing Order to Return Application Fees
Jan 28 2014 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is appealing an order to return $16 million to homeowner customers who, for years, were charged a $65 application fee without their knowledge. Louisiana Citizens is the property...
Louisiana Clinic Worker Arrested for Prescription Drug Fraud
Jan 28 2014 // Baton Rouge, La., police have arrested one man accused of being part of a prescription drug ring in which more than 200 fraudulent prescriptions for the powerful pain-killing drugs oxycodone and hydrocodone from a Baton...
OSHA Findings Contested in Williams Olefins Explosion in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // Officials say Williams Olefins is contesting six workplace safety violations and $99,000 in civil penalties federal regulators proposed for a fatal explosion June 13 at the company’s Ascension Parish, La., plant. The...
Homeowners Rate Hike Proposed at Louisiana Citizens
Jan 27 2014 // East Baton Rouge Parish homeowners who buy coverage from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would see rates increase an average of 9.9 percent while wind-only policies would jump by 17.1 percent under a proposed...
People – South Central
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. added John Brooks as a senior field representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brooks has been part of the insurance industry...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced that the increases will average 3.4 percent, starting Feb. 17....
Louisiana Town Gets Insurance Quote to Cover Police Liability
Jan 24 2014 // The Sorrento Police Department in Louisiana is still without liability insurance but the town council has one insurance proposal to consider and a second proposal expected within the week. The Advocate reported that on...
Harvey Named Deputy Commissioner of Health Insurance in Louisiana
Jan 23 2014 // Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced to Korey Harvey has been appointed deputy commissioner of health insurance at the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Harvey is a Louisiana native and received his...
Improved Fire Rating Means Lower Insurance Rates Likely in Louisiana Town
Jan 22 2014 // Village East Fire District has attained an improved rating, meaning residents of the Houma, La., community can expect a decrease in their fire insurance rates. The Property Insurance Association of Louisiana rates fire...
Louisiana Citizens to File Homeowners Insurance Rate Hike
Jan 21 2014 // East Baton Rouge Parish homeowners who buy coverage from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would see rates increase an average of 9.9 percent while wind-only policies would jump by 17.1 percent under a proposed...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 21 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced on Jan. 17 that the increases will average 3.4 percent,...
Senate Re-Election Politics Boosts Flood Insurance Delay Proposals
Jan 16 2014 // Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will do just about anything to help Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu. He arranged the chamber’s floor agenda this week so Landrieu could lead debate on a flood insurance rate reprieve...
Chief of Uninsured Louisiana Police Department Asked to Step Down
Jan 15 2014 // Citing liability issues, the mayor of Sorrento, La., and four of five Town Council members are calling for Police Chief Earl Theriot Jr. to resign on the same day that Theriot and Assistant Chief Ricky Smith started...
Secret Benefactor Aiding Louisiana Parish in Gustav Claims Fight
Jan 14 2014 // A financial institution is paying lawyers $700 per hour to help Louisiana’s Livingston Parish fight the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denials of $60 million in claims for Hurricane Gustav-related...
Sans Insurance, Police Chief Going Back on Patrol in Louisiana Town
Jan 14 2014 // Sorrento, La., Police Chief Earl Theriot Jr. and his assistant chief are going back on patrol, but without the special type of insurance coverages required for police patrols. The town’s police department has been...
