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Louisiana Courts Still Tidying Up After Storm of McClenny Moseley Lawsuits

Nov 3 2023 // In December 2022, before much was known about how McClenny Moseley & Associates in Houston was able to set up shop in New Orleans and sign-up thousands of Louisiana clients in less than a year, US District Court Judge...

Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Georgia Hyundai Plant Site

Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...

Louisiana Was Open to Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped its Investigation

Nov 2 2023 // For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found...

Death Toll Lowered to 7 in Louisiana Super Fog Highway Crashes Involving 160 Vehicles

Nov 1 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The death toll from last week’s series of highway crashes blamed on a “super fog” of smoke from marsh fires mixed with dense fog has been lowered from eight to seven people, according...

Lighthouse Insurance Misled Hedge Funds Before it Collapsed in 2022, Lawsuit Claims

Oct 31 2023 // A Florida lawsuit brought by private equity fund Fortinbras Enterprises and three others charges that Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. executives concealed the extent of underwriting losses after Hurricane Ida, even as...

United Wanted Young, Blue-Eyed, Blonde Women to Staff LA Dodgers Flights, Lawsuit Says

Oct 31 2023 // United Airlines UAL.O has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they were excluded from highly coveted assignments to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team because of their racial...

Saltwater Intrusion Threatens Drinking Water in Louisiana

Oct 30 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance`s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the...

Toll Rises to 8 Dead, 63 Hurt in Louisiana Interstate Pileup Blamed on Fog, Fire Smoke

Oct 27 2023 // The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured, a day after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the fiery pileup,...

8 Dead, 63 Hurt From Louisiana Interstate Pileup Blamed on Dense Fog, Smoke

Oct 26 2023 // The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured Tuesday evening, a day after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the...

‘Superfog’ Blamed For Louisiana Highway Crashes That Killed 7

Oct 25 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – At least seven people were killed Monday after a “superfog” of smoke from marsh fires and dense morning fog caused a series of wrecks on Interstate 55 near New Orleans that left a long...

Higginbotham Adds Louisiana’s Bourg Insurance as Partner Agency

Oct 19 2023 // Higginbotham has joined forces with Bourg Insurance, a long-term family business with deep ties to the South Louisiana community. Founded in 1958 by Claude ‘Toby’ Bourg, Jr. and his wife Edith, Bourg Insurance...

Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Opens Second Round of Grants

Oct 18 2023 // The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opened its second round of grants this week.Homeowners must have a policy with Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to apply for one of 1,000 grants available in the...

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner-Elect Tim Temple Forms Insurance Advisory Council

Oct 17 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner-Elect Tim Temple has announced the formation of an Insurance Advisory Council that will identify legislative recommendations for upcoming legislative sessions, including a special session...

5th Circuit Seeks Clarification from Louisiana Supreme Court on Application of Anti-Indemnity Act to Salt Mine

Oct 16 2023 // A federal appellate court is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court whether a law that was passed to protect oilfield contractors from demands by big oil companies that they be indemnified for their own mistakes also applies...

Homeowners Face Rising Insurance Rates as Climate Change Makes Wildfires, Storms More Common

Oct 16 2023 // A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report...

Judge Denies Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damages Lawsuit Fees

Oct 16 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...

People Moves: Cowan Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Louisiana

Oct 6 2023 // Robert Cowan has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Cowan is based in Lafayette, La., and will serve clients in the southeast and southwest U.S. Cowan joins Alliant...

Louisiana Citrus Farmers Seeing a Mass Influx of Salt Water

Oct 3 2023 // Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive.The latest...

Saltwater Intrusion Threatens Louisiana’s Citrus Industry, Farmers Seek Solutions

Oct 2 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their...

Declarations

Oct 2 2023 // “Settlements of this size and nature have often attracted the attention of third-party litigation funding entities intending to prey on litigants, including settlement participants seeking litigation funding pending...