Louisiana Settlements

• $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
• $7.8 Billion Settlement Approved In BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Class Action Lawsuit (Dec-24-12)
• Hurricane Katrina Victims Reach $14M Settlement Over Toxic Trailers (Apr-17-12)
• Jury Awards $7.55M in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit (Sep-29-11)
• Preliminary Approval Given for $25M Settlement against Tenet Healthcare (Jul-26-11)
• Settlement Reached with Local Supplier of Chinese Drywall (Apr-26-11)
• Settlement Proposed in Travelers Insurance Class Action (Jul-8-10)
• Call Center Settles Wages and Overtime Class Action for $13M (Jul-1-10)
• $173M Settlement Reached in Chip Antitrust Suit (Jun-29-10)
• ExxonMobil Over $112 million settlement in radioactive contamination suit. (May-28-08)
• Land Appraisal Denham Springs agrees to $2 million settlement in development lawsuit. (May-16-08)
• Back Pay Due Lafayette agrees to $7.5 million settlement in employment lawsuit. (May-15-08)
• Innocent Man Serves 16 Years Baton Rouge to pay $1 million settlement in wrongful conviction lawsuit. (May-6-08)
• Franchise Fees Entergy to pay $1.2 million settlement in contract lawsuit. (May-1-08)
• Termination Agreement Omni Energy agrees to $1.13 settlement in employment lawsuit. (Apr-30-08)
• Inmate Medical Neglect City to pay over $300,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Apr-24-08)
• Retirement Plans Teacher group to pay $375,000 settlement in investments lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
• Hazardous Materials Honeywell to pay $12 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Mar-18-08)
• Domestic Police Brutality Baton Rouge agrees to $30,000 settlement after tear gassing and beating a man. (Feb-13-08)
• Police Brutality City of Sorrento agrees to $275,000 excessive force settlement. (Jan-30-08)
• Health Plan Fraud Lafayette General Medical Center agrees to $1.9 million settlement after allowing doctors to perform unnecessary procedures. (Jan-16-08)
• City Employees New Orleans and Louisiana pay $3.4 million racial discrimination settlement. (Nov-22-07)
• Compliance Laws iMergent, Inc. pays state of Louisiana fine for violating certain voluntary compliance laws. (Oct-30-07)
• Football Coach Former University of Louisiana head football coach awarded $2 million settlement for racial discrimination. (Oct-22-07)
• Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC $749,076 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Aug-29-07)
• Noah's Wish $4 million settlement in unethical spending practices lawsuit. (Aug-10-07)
• Lafayette, LA $32,500 payout in wrongful death lawsuit. (Jul-25-07)
• Volunteers of America Wage and hour employment suit reaches an $80,000 settlement. (Jun-6-07)
• Tidewater Inc. $26.5 million settlement in SEC impairment charge. (May-28-07)
• Shintech Louisiana LLC $426,530 penalty for EPA violations at polyvinyl chloride manufacturing plants. (May-1-07)
• Allstate Corp. $2.8 million settlement in Katrina damage insurance lawsuit. (Apr-19-07)
• Valero St. Charles Refinery Close to $6 million paid for EPA fine particle pollution. (Apr-13-07)
• Mansfield, LA $65,000 settlement awarded to a police officer for wrongful termination. (Mar-28-07)
• Shell Chemical Co. $6.5 million settlement awarded to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for environmental violations. (Mar-16-07)
• Scenic Chevron and Evanston Insurance Co. Signs at gas station cause death of woman, surviving daughter gets $1.6 million as compensation. (Feb-22-07)
• Gateway to a Cure $3.6 million settlement for fraudulent raffle sales. (Feb-6-07)
• East Baton Rouge, LA Proposed $75,000 settlement for age discrimination and wrongful termination. (Sep-22-06)
• City of Hammond, IN $9 million settlement awarded to a man who spent 19 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. (Sep-11-06)