A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that BP has until Aug. 26, 2015, to pay local municipalities that accepted settlement offers stemming from the company's Deepwater Horizon oil spill.Judge Carl Barbier issued the order that BP must pay out the settlements within...
The team at Simien & Simien is proud to announce the addition of a new lawyer as well as a new office location in Louisiana.The law firm's new location is located 424 West Main Street in New Iberia, Louisiana. New attorney Ashley E. Philen will be assisting...
One victim is dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle while on the shoulder of I-12 on Monday afternoon.According to the Louisiana State Police, a 57-year-old Independence woman was trying to help load a car onto a trailer near...
General Motors has finally completed processing the 4,342 claims it received for the company's faulty ignition switch; 124 deaths and 266 injury claims were accepted.According to Kenneth Feinberg, who was heading up the claims process, approximately 80 percent of the...
BP has announced that the company has reached an agreement to settle federal, state and local claims that arose from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.The agreement includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Payments will be made...
The United States is currently undergoing an energy industry explosion. New technologies have developed that allow more efficient methods for extracting gas and oil from the ground. These technologies also allow drilling in places unable to be reached before.While...
Fireworks are mainly associated with Independence Day celebrations. Apart from thrilling the audience, fireworks can also cause pain and suffering.Fireworks-related injuries are reported at an alarming rate any given year, especially around the Fourth of July...
