CENTOLA WIN IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY TRIAL AFFIRMED BY APPEALS COURT
Larry Centola’s jury verdict in Moulds v. Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and SMG was recently affirmed by the Appeals Court.
Martzell, Bickford & Centola announces settlement of an inadequate security case
Martzell, Bickford & Centola is happy to announce the settlement of an inadequate security case for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Our client, a military veteran, was working as a cashier at a convenience store late one night and was shot during the course of an arm...
Martzell, Bickford & Centola announces multi-million dollar settlement of mesothelioma case involving longshoreman.
Martzell, Bickford & Centola is happy to announce the multimillion dollar settlement of a mesothelioma case involving a longshoreman who unloaded raw asbestos cargo at the Port of New Orleans from the late 1950's through the 1970's. Our client contracted mesothelioma in 2020 at age 82. Unlike ...
Tropical Storm Nicholas could pose risk to insurance claims from Ida
by: Shannon Heckt Posted: Sep 14, 2021 / 09:00 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 14, 2021 / 09:44 AM CDT Source: https://wgno.com/news/louisiana/tropical-storm-nicholas-could-pose-risk-to-insurance-claims-from-ida/ BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — With Tropical Storm Nicholas on the way, people who are tryin...
Rapides resident files lawsuit against Dresser facility after contamination found
(KKTV) By Steven Maxwell Published: May. 8, 2020 at 1:33 PM CDT Source: https://www.kalb.com/content/news/Rapides-resident-files-lawsuit-against-Dresser-facility-after-contamination-found-570312551.html A Rapides Parish resident is suing Baker Hughes, Inc., the successor-in-interest ...
Opioid Justice Team: Purdue’s Bankruptcy Plan Offers “Easy Pay” Option for OxyContin Users at the Expense of Babies Born Addicted to Opioids
Opioid Justice Team is comprised of attorneys fighting for children born dependent on opioids. Attorneys representing Purdue's adult victims stand to receive many times the total amount of money that over 6,000 babies and children expect to receive from the $7 billion bankruptcy Experts say cash ...
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Ad Hoc Committee Objects To Sackler Funded Plan
In New Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Filing, Lawyers for Children Born Dependent on Opioids Say Plan Unfairly Excludes the Youngest and Most Innocent Victims of the Opioid Crisis Babies born to mothers struggling with opioid addiction due to painkillers resulting in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) ...
Donelon orders insurers to pay evacuation expenses for Hurricane Ida
Staff Report Published 8:31 a.m. CT Sep 13, 2021 Source: https://www.postsouth.com/story/news/2021/09/13/insurance-commissioner-orders-insurers-pay-evacuation-expenses/8315663002/ Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon directed insurers last week to pay policyholde...
Hard hat of missing Seacor Power crew member found along Texas coast: report
BY CATHERINE ZEILMAN | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED MAY 14, 2021 AT 12:47 PM | UPDATED MAY 14, 2021 AT 1:48 PM Source: Hard hat of missing Seacor Power crew member found along Texas coast: report | News | nola.com The hard hat of missing Seacor Power crew member ...
Family of Houma crewman presumed dead sues for $35 million in Seacor Power capsizing
By:Keith Magill, The Courier Source:Family of Houma crewman presumed dead sues for $35 million in Seacor Power capsizing (msn.com) The family of a Houma crewman presumed dead after an oilfield boat capsized in a storm April 13 has joined others suing the Seacor Power's owner and other companies ...
Seacor Power captain’s widow says doomed crew was told to sail into storm, contradicts boat’s owner
BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | STAFF WRITER APR 29, 2021 - 1:38 PM Source: Seacor Power captain's widow says doomed crew was told to sail into storm, contradicts boat's owner | News | nola.com The widow of the Seacor Power's captain is accusing the doomed lift boat's owner...
Wife of missing Acadiana man who was aboard Seacor Power sues company for more than $25M: report
BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 22, 2021 AT 11:35 PM | UPDATED APR 23, 2021 AT 7:12 Source: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_450e0b32-a3ed-11eb-a69b-b78d59a0d3e0.html The wife of an Acadiana man who was aboard a c...
How might the Seacor Power tragedy play out in court? Look to Deepwater Horizon’s legal battle
BY ANTHONY MCAULEY | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 21, 2021 AT 2:15 PM | UPDATED APR 21, 2021 AT 3:07 PM A Seacor Power lift boat is capsized in the Gulf of Mexico about 7 miles from the coast near Port Fourchon, La., Sunday, April 18, 2021. The Seacor Power lift boat capsized in the Gul...
6th SEACOR crewmember found dead as search of capsized boat continues; 7 still missing
The capsized lift boat Seacor Power is seen seven miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, April 18, 2021. The vessel capsized during a storm on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Author: Chris McCrory (WWL) Published: 6:53 AM CDT April 21, 2021 Updated: 8:01 AM CDT Apr...
Search for 9 missing from capsized boat in Gulf on 6th day
Source: Search for 9 missing from capsized boat in Gulf on 6th day (apnews.com) PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — For a sixth day, rescue crews returned Sunday to a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, looking for nine crew members who have not been found, the Coast Guard said. Officia...
Coast Guard suspending Seacor Power search efforts at sunset; ‘a lot of sadness and grief’
BY EMMA DISCHER | STAFF WRITER APR 19, 2021 - 1:22 PM The Coast Guard will stop the search and rescue process for missing crew members of the capsized Seacor Power at the end of the day Monday, officials said. "We've had to make the difficult to decision to suspend sea...
Divers to search capsized Seacor Power Friday; no response after knocking on hull Thursday
Source: https://www.nola.com/news/article_a4bd7560-9eb4-11eb-9333-63f754ed396d.html The hope is that crew members may be in an air pocket in the capsized lift boat. BY CARLIE KOLLATH WELLS | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 16, 2021 AT 8:44 AM | UPDATED APR 16, 2021 AT 9:20 AM Coast Guard divers...
2nd Seacor Power crew member found dead identified as Lafayette-area man
BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 16, 2021 AT 3:16 PM | UPDATED APR 16, 2021 AT 4:37 PM www.nola.com The second crew member of the capsized Seacor Power lift boat who was found dead was 69-year-old Ernest Williams of Arnaudville, Louisiana, accordi...
First recovered victim in Seacor capsize identified
Source: First recovered victim in Seacor capsize identified | wwltv.com Author: Jade Cunningham / WWL Eyewitness News Published: 11:45 AM CDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 12:17 PM CDT April 15, 2021 His death was a result of drowning. His family has been notified. PORT FOURCHON, La. — The body pull...
1 dead, 6 rescued after commercial boat carrying 19 capsizes in Gulf of Mexico, USCG says
Source: https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/large-commercial-boat-capsizes-gulf-mexico-south-louisiana/3PX23CATGZCI3KO4UUMJLTCSFU/ April 14, 2021 at 1:11 pm CDTBy Bob D'Angelo and Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk A 129-foot commercial lift boat carrying 19 people capsized off...
Lift boat capsizes in Gulf of Mexico: What we know as search for crew continues
BY CARLIE KOLLATH WELLS | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 14, 2021 AT 7:25 AM | UPDATED APR 14, 2021 AT 10:34 AM The search continues Wednesday morning for 12 missing crew members after a commercial vessel capsized Tuesday off Louisiana's coast amid bad weather. ...
Coast Guard rescues 6 of 19 people on capsized boat off Louisiana Coast, search continues.
Source: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/large-boat-capsizes-south-of-grand-isle-rescue-operations-underway/289-19b23c33-db8c-494b-8869-c843639fd50d Author: WWL Staff Published: 7:17 PM CDT April 13, 2021 Updated: 7:54 AM CDT April 14, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — Six of the 19 people onboard a ...
A dozen people are missing after a commercial vessel capsized off Louisiana coast
A Coast Guard crew heads toward the capsized boat off the Louisiana Coast Source: Louisiana lift boat capsizes: A dozen people are missing after a commercial vessel capsized off Port Fourchon coast - CNN By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Updated 1:37 AM ET, Wed April 14, 2021 (CNN)Six pe...
Ad Hoc Committee for babies born opioid-dependent now represented in Purdue bankruptcy proceedings
Source : https://finance.yahoo.com/news/opioid-justice-team-ad-hoc-010000742.html Attorneys representing an Ad Hoc Committee for Neo-Natal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) babies and children filed a statement before U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Drain in White Plains, NY notifying the Purdue debt...
3M Earplugs Radio Interview
Recently, a 9.1 million dollar settlement was reached in litigation surrounding a defective earplug (3M Earplugs) that was touted to prevent hearing damage, but instead caused it among members of the armed services on active duty. On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen talks with coh...