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Nursing home owners go on trial over Katrina drowning deaths
Prosecutors presented opening statements in the trial of nursing home owners Salvador and Mabel Mangano Thursday, saying that the operators of St. Rita's Nursing Home were criminally negligent for their failure to comply with the mandatory evacu (More) |
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Federal appeals court hears arguments in Katrina-related insurance case
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments Monday in an appeal by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company against a lower court ruling last August which declared unenforceable a provision in Nationwide's policy limiting a Hurri (More) |
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Federal appeals court backs insurance companies in Katrina flood damages case
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Thursday that insurance policies held by many victims of Hurricane Katrina did not cover flood damage caused by the storm. Writing for a three-judge panel, Judge Carolyn King said that flood dama (More) |
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Katrina flood damage ruling [5th Circuit]
Richard Vanderbrook, et al. v. Unitrin Preferred Insurance Company, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 2, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Grand jury refuses to indict doctor in Hurricane Katrina hospital deaths
An Orleans Parish grand jury Tuesday refused to indict Dr. Anna Pou on charges of killing four patients at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . Pou and two nurses were arrested last year, with prosecutors a (More) |
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Federal judge seeks criminal contempt charges against Katrina plaintiff lawyer
US District Judge William M. Acker Jr. of the Northern District of Alabama Friday asked federal prosecutors to charge prominent Mississippi plaintiff's attorney Richard Scruggs with criminal contempt, saying that Scruggs "willfully violated (More) |
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Mississippi AG sues State Farm for breach impacting Katrina settlement
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit against State Farm Monday, alleging that the insurance company committed a bad faith breach of contract related to a settlement reached on January 23 regarding Hurricane Katrina policies. St (More) |
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Fifth Circuit to fast-track Katrina levee failures flood insurance ruling
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will fast-track its decision in a case concerning insurance companies' coverage of levee failure damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , a judge said following oral arguments Wednesday. Judge (More) |
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New Orleans judge suspends trial of 98 indigents as DA fights release of 20
A New Orleans court suspended the criminal trials of 98 indigent defendants Monday, 20 of whom were released from prison. Judge Arthur Hunter of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court told the defendants that while the charges are not being dr (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses Katrina wrongful death claims
US District Judge Jay Zainey has dismissed part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by families whose relatives died during Hurricane Katrina . The son of Ethel Mayo Freeman sued the federal government, including former FEMA director Michael Brown an (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
