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New Orleans judge suspends prosecutions of 42 unrepresented criminal defendants
Judge Arthur Hunter of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Wednesday suspended the prosecutions of 42 New Orleans indigent criminal defendants who had not been provided adequate legal counsel and ordered 16 of them released without bail. Hu (More) |
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$2.8M jury award for homeowner in second federal Katrina insurance trial
A US federal jury in Louisiana Monday awarded $2.8 million in damages and penalties to an Allstate Insurance Co. policyholder in the second federal lawsuit to go to trial involving Louisiana homeowners affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster . H (More) |
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Jury seated for second federal Katrina insurance lawsuit to go to trial
Jury selection was completed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the second federal lawsuit to go to trial involving Louisiana homeowners affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster . Homeowners Robert and Merry (More) |
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New Orleans judge issues delayed order to release indigent defendants
Judge Arthur Hunter of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court issued a delayed order for the release and suspension of prosecution for as many as 42 criminal defendants Friday in light of the fact that the city's public defender's offi (More) |
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Katrina State Farm class action ruling [US DC]
Guice v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, March 23, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge denies class action status in Mississippi State Farm Katrina lawsuits
US District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. refused to certify a class in a suit against State Farm Insurance brought by policyholders whose claims were rejected following Hurricane Katrina . The "slab case" plaintiffs, whose homes were reduced t (More) |
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State Farm Katrina settlement payouts expedited after Mississippi intervention
State Farm Insurance will accelerate settlement payouts to Mississippi Gulf Coast residents whose homes were affected by Hurricane Katrina , according to Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale Monday. Dale told Reuters that after the court (More) |
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State Farm seeks to remove judge from Katrina class action lawsuit
State Farm Insurance filed papers on Thursday to have US District Court Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. [district website; JURIST news archive] recused from certifying a class action lawsuit against the company over Hurricane Katrina damages. The insurer qu (More) |
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ABA adopts new judicial conduct policies
The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates adopted new policies Monday reforming the Model Code of Judicial Conduct [text, PDF; ABA backgrounder] to limit certain political activities of judges. The adopted rules include a prohibition on (More) |
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First Louisiana trial for Hurricane Katrina insurers set to start
Jury selection begins Monday in the first trial of thousands of lawsuits brought by Louisiana homeowners affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster against their insurance companies. Homeowners Lawrence and Elizabeth Tomlinson are suing Allstate i (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
