The first time Louisiana shrimp boat captain Louis Buteaux filed a claim with BP Plc to recoup oil spill losses, he was told he didn’t have enough paperwork to prove he actually was the skipper. So he only got $2,500 …
In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss Ratings. Weiss identified Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, …
BP Plc faces at least 243 U.S. lawsuits so far arising from its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in what is considered by some the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. The vast majority of the lawsuits …
As time ran out on the Louisiana legislative session, lawmakers were unable to complete a deal on a Senate Bill 731, which would have allowed the attorney general to hire outside attorneys on a contingency fee basis, according to the …
After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood insurance would be required. Craig Fugate, administrator …
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has designated another $5 million – for a total of $10 million – of the $25 million block grant provided by BP to Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office to support expenses incurred as a result of …
Workers struggling in the heat to clean up oil from the the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico risk short-term lung, liver, and kidney damage from fumes, experts said Tuesday. Studies of the health effects after seven supertanker …
A Florida couple who fled their dream home because of foul-smelling, ruinous Chinese drywall was awarded $2.4 million in damages last Friday in America’s first jury trial over the defective wallboard that could have legal ramifications for thousands of similar …
A judge on June 21 ordered the state of Louisiana to reconsider its award of a contract to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to administer the HMO health plan for state workers, retirees and their dependents. Humana previously …
A couple of cases related to damages caused by defective Chinese-manufactured drywall have reached settlement in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. According to a court document signed by Judge Eldon E. Fallon, defendant Knauf Plasterboard Co. (Tianjin) …
