Getting terminated from a job is always a stressful situation. You are likely concerned about how you are going to make ends meet. This is even more true if you believe your former employer has not paid you all the wages you are entitled to. Rick Calamia worked for Core Lab for under a year.
Tenants Failure to Abide by Lease Agreement Results in Lost Ability to Sue Landlord
Prisoners, like all individuals, retain their constitutional rights even while incarcerated. However, proving a violation of these rights within the prison system can be challenging, as demonstrated in the following case. This case considers what a prisoner must show to succeed in a lawsuit against a prison supervisor alleging a constitutional violation. Kyle Smith Hauenstein
Court Clarifies Duty of Ambulance Dispatcher in Dropped 911 Call Can a Train be Held Liable for the Delay in Emergency Services?
Ouachita Parish Case Examines the Applicability of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act to Intentional Torts Medical Deaths Aren’t Always Medical Malpractice
If you do a favor for your boss outside of work and are injured, can you still sue for workers’ compensation benefits? This is a complex question dependent on the facts of a case. Workers’ compensation is only available for injuries suffered during employment. If the court finds that the favor was outside the scope
Medical malpractice claims are not always limited to instances during treatment or surgery and may, as one young patient argued, include failures that occur afterward or post-operatively. Justin Thomas, an eighteen-year-old, aspiring armed serviceman, underwent a right shoulder arthroscopy at Lafayette Surgicare to repair his repeated rotator cuff dislocations. The surgery was considered an outpatient
The burden of proof lies heavily on claimants to establish the elements of the claim they bring forward. Failing to do so can result in the dismissal of the charge. In the case of George Preston, a prisoner in a Louisiana jail, his complaint against Lieutenant Hicks and four state correctional officers for excessive use
Strict Construction of Statute Flattens Timber Theft Case Out of DeSoto Parish
Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.