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Louisiana Woman 30th Guilty Plea in Staged Auto Crash Cases
Jan 13 2022 // A Louisiana woman has pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud arising out of a staged automobile accident with a tractor-trailer occurring in New Orleans, making her the 30th guilty plea in “Operation...
Officials Blame Discarded Fireworks for Louisiana Church Blaze
Jan 12 2022 // Carelessly discarded New Year’s fireworks may have started a blaze that destroyed much of a church, the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office says. Investigators haven’t determined a definite cause of the...
7,500 Louisiana Ida Victims Move From Tent Camps to Trailers
Jan 12 2022 // More than four months after Hurricane Ida destroyed or did major damage to their houses, some Louisiana residents are just now moving from tent camps to government-supplied mobile homes and RV trailers. Shantell Campbell...
Tornadoes Reported in Houston, Northwest Louisiana
Jan 11 2022 // At least two tornadoes touched down in the Houston area over the weekend as storms brought high winds and heavy rains, damaging homes and businesses and causing flooding. Most of the damage from the storms that came...
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Employer COVID Vaccine Mandate
Jan 10 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on Jan. 7 unanimously upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the state’s largest healthcare system. The ruling was handed down the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about...
Louisiana Car Dealer to Pay $100K Disability Discrimination Settlement
Jan 10 2022 // Hollingsworth Richards, LLC, a Louisiana car dealer doing business as Honda of Covington, has agreed to pay a former sales representative $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...
Jonesboro, Louisiana Fire Chief, Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Jan 5 2022 // A Jonesboro, Louisiana fire chief and a Jackson Parish sheriff’s deputy have been arrested for insurance fraud over an alleged fraudulent vehicle crash that involved two Jonesboro Fire Department vehicles. In August...
Louisiana Women Sue Over Fatal Salt Mine Collapse
Jan 3 2022 // Two women have sued the operator of a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse killed their husbands a year ago. Genee Romero and Alexandra Patin said in nearly identical lawsuits that Cargill Inc. officials and...
New Louisiana Law Expands Medical Marijuana Program
Jan 3 2022 // Louisiana’s medical marijuana program will offer raw, smokable cannabis to its patients, and the state will tweak its calculations for state income taxes as more than two dozen new laws take effect Saturday with the...
SafePoint to Assume 30K Louisiana Policies From Insolvent Insurers
Dec 30 2021 // SafePoint Insurance Co. will assume 30,000 Louisiana homeowners policies from two insolvent insurers, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced Dec. 29. The 19th Judicial District Court approved terms of the takeover,...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease 10.5% in 2022
Dec 29 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a 10.5% reduction in workers’ compensation rates for 2022. The decrease is set to take effect May 1, 2022. Louisiana has seen workers’ compensation...
Family Sues Oil Company After Fatal Louisiana Tank Explosion
Dec 28 2021 // Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who died when an oil storage tank exploded in February have sued the company that operated the tank. The suit against Urban Oil & Gas Group and its insurer was filed in federal court in...
Fire Truck Tire Explosion Kills Louisiana Firefighter
Dec 21 2021 // A northwest Louisiana firefighter died Saturday after a tire he was maintaining on a fire truck exploded. The South Bossier Parish Fire District No. 2 said 28-year-old Jessie Henry died at one the district’s stations...
Louisiana Braces for Higher Flood Insurance Costs
Dec 20 2021 // In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water gushing down streets and a deep freeze that burst pipes. Yet Tommy Eastman may eventually drop...
Louisiana Insurers Face $100 Million Fee after Ida-Related Insolvencies
Dec 20 2021 // Louisiana property and casualty insurers will be assessed $100 million to cover the cost of two regional insurance companies facing insolvency due to losses from Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association...
Louisiana Residents Who Lost Homes in Ida Still Billed for Power
Dec 17 2021 // Louisiana residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Ida or have not had power since the late-August storm tell a newspaper the power company is still billing them for hundreds of dollars a month. Those bills could be for...
EPA Orders Louisiana Fuel Plant to Clean Up Emissions
Dec 16 2021 // Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency says a...
Louisiana Private Insurer to Acquire Policies from Insolvent Insurance Companies
Dec 15 2021 // An unnamed Louisiana private insurer will assume to acquire all policies from two insolvent homeowners insurance companies that were placed into receivership in November by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Louisiana...
Louisiana Governor Sticks with Vaccine Plan Despite Opposition
Dec 14 2021 // An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of litigation aren’t changing Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mind about requiring some Louisiana students to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the next school...
Louisiana Insurance Agent Ordered to Stop Business over Alleged Failure to Remit Premiums
Dec 9 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has ordered a New Orleans insurance agent and her company to stop their insurance business after the agent allegedly failed to remit premiums she collected from clients. Vilia Ann...