Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Legislature: No Malpractice Coverage for Elective Abortions
Jun 22 2010 // Doctors shouldn’t be covered under medical malpractice laws when they are providing elective abortions, the Louisiana Legislature has decided. The Senate gave final passage with a 31-2 vote to the bill by Rep. Robert...
Louisiana AG Files Petition Against BP
Jun 21 2010 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a Petition for Discovery and Investigation against British Petroleum in state court in Plaquemines Parish as a result of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Louisiana’s Melancon Urges BP to Pay Jobless Rig Workers’ Full Salaries
Jun 18 2010 // U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) says lost wages of oil rig workers who are out of a job due to the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could reach as high as $330 million a month. Melancon...
Health Complaints in Louisiana from Oil Spill Pollutants Now at 109
Jun 17 2010 // There have been 109 reports of health complaints believed to be related to exposure to pollutants from the BP oil spill, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. That number is up from 71 complaints...
Bill to Ban Chinese Drywall Cancellations Approved in Louisiana
Jun 17 2010 // A ban on insurance companies dropping coverage of homeowners who have found corrosive Chinese drywall in their homes is headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal after getting final legislative passage. The bill by Rep. Julie Quinn,...
Judge: Louisiana Attorney General Can Investigate BP
Jun 15 2010 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has been told he can go ahead with his investigation of BP, the rig explosion that’s dumping oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and the company’s process for compensating...
Obama Seeks BP Escrow Account to Cover Oil Claims
Jun 14 2010 // President Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. The move comes as Obama, who will...
Louisiana Health Officials Record 71 Spill-Related Medical Complaints
Jun 10 2010 // Twenty-nine workers hired for oil spill recovery tasks have complained along with 42 others of diverse ailments including nausea, vomiting and flu-like symptoms since May 2, state health officials reported. Several of...
Float-Builder Liability Exemption Rejected in Louisiana Senate
Jun 10 2010 // A proposal to shield Mardi Gras float-builders from some liability claims for accidents on the parade route was scuttled by a Louisiana Senate committee after opponents argued the state shouldn’t give such...
Louisiana Tells Illinois Pair to Cease Unlicensed Insurance Business
Jun 9 2010 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a Cease and Desist Order against Shel St. Clair and Richard Rinalo, doing business as Integrity Claims Consulting and/or Red River Insurance Construction. The department...
Louisiana to American Trade Association: Stop Selling Insurance
Jun 9 2010 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators served American Trade Association, its 13 companion companies and 14 personnel with cease and desist orders on June 7, 2010, for selling unauthorized insurance...
Louisiana AG Files Discovery and Investigation Petition Against BP
Jun 8 2010 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a Petition for Discovery and Investigation against British Petroleum in state court in Plaquemines Parish. The petition alleges that BP has failed to cooperate and share...
Louisiana to OSHA: Investigate Oil Spill Cleanup Safety
Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana health and environmental officials are asking federal safety officials to make sure workers cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are being protected. Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and...
Florida Senator: Obama Not Doing Enough for State
Jun 7 2010 // U.S. Sen. George LeMieux criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Saturday, saying he hasn’t done enough to help Florida and the other affected states or their residents. Obama visited...
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Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...
BP Lowers Containment Cap onto Wellhead But Uncertainty Remains
Jun 4 2010 // BP Plc managed Thursday to lower a containment cap onto its ruptured deep-sea wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico in a high-stakes bid to siphon off some of the oil billowing from its gusher. U.S. President Barack Obama...
Gulf Spill Workers Complaining of Flulike Symptoms
Jun 4 2010 // For days now, Dr. Damon Dietrich has seen patients come through his emergency room at West Jefferson Medical Center with similar symptoms: respiratory problems, headaches and nausea. In the past week, 11 workers who have...
Gulf Oil Spill Threatens Mississippi, Alabama Islands
Jun 1 2010 // Oil from BP’s out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said Monday, as public anger surged over the country’s worst environmental...
Private Company to Manage State’s Insurance Claims in Louisiana
Jun 1 2010 // Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to a $68 million, five-year contract to hire a Mandeville company to run much of the claims processing and management currently handled by the state’s Office of Risk Management. The...
Bill Targeting Chinese Drywall Advances in Louisiana House
May 27 2010 // The insurance industry continues to lose its battle against a proposed ban on property insurers dropping or changing coverage because of corrosive Chinese-made drywall. The proposal will be debated by the full House after...
