JIM MUSTIAN| JMUSTIAN@THEADVOCATE.COM April 7, 2015 A former Orleans Parish Prison inmate has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Sheriff Marlin Gusman, claiming she was assaulted behind bars by a female deputy who was later fired. Shantya Trahan, 26, says the March 2014 assault left her with “scarring and discomfort in her right ear,” according to a lawsuit [...]
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on February 24, 2015 at 9:12 PM, updated February 25, 2015 at 6:38 AM The Gentilly Landfill, reopened by the City of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to accept construction and demolition debris, should not have its permit renewed, leaders of several environmental organizations and local residents told a [...]
By: Rachael Zimlich February 24, 2015 Landfill operators and the city of New Orleans will pay $8 million to hundreds of property owners whose land became one of the region’s busiest landfill sites after Hurricane Katrina. The class action suit was filed in 2007 by landowners who purchased lots for a future development decades earlier. The development—situated on a former [...]
By PR Rocket on January 27, 2015 After years of litigation and negotiations, attorneys with Waltzer Wiygul & Garside today announced an $8,000,000 settlement of a class action lawsuit over ownership of property under the Gentilly Landfill in New Orleans East. Gretna, LA (PRWEB) January 27, 2015 After years of litigation and negotiations, attorneys with Waltzer Wiygul & Garside [...]
GORDON RUSSELL| GRUSSELL@THEADVOCATE.COM The city of New Orleans and the operators of a New Orleans East landfill that opened after Hurricane Katrina and quickly became the region’s busiest dump have agreed to pay $8 million to settle a long-running lawsuit with a group of people who actually own the property on which the landfill sits. The settlement agreement — [...]
