The Coronavirus & $600 Per Week Louisiana Unemployment Claims The CARES Act signed into law by President Trump gives Louisiana eligible employees as well as independent contractors and other workers, who are ordinarily ineligible for unemployment, $600 per week in additional unemployment benefits. To Apply in Louisiana, make your claim with the Louisiana Department of
The “Fifth of May”, more commonly known as “Cinco de Mayo” in Spanish, is celebrated each year as the day when Mexico celebrated a triumphant victory over the French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is often mistaken as Mexico’s Independence Day, which actually Local Cinco de Mayo Celebrations May 5th is
A non-owned exclusion in a motor vehicle policy did not violate Louisiana law when applied to the named insured in No. 2021-C-00621, Landry v. Progressive Sec. Ins. Co., 2021-00621 (La. 1/28/22), reh’g denied sub nom. CALVIN LANDRY & MARY LANDRY V. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL., 2021-00621 (La. 3/25/22). The named insured was driving
A clarification of the requirements for a causation expert were outlined by the court in Pollard v. 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co., 21-65 (La. App. 5 Cir. 12/23/21). The occupant of the front vehicle in a rear end collision brought suit to recover damages. At trial the parties stipulated that the claimant had been rear-ended
A recent dispute between a law firm and its workers’ compensation carrier, the Louisiana Supreme court addressed both the jurisdiction of the OWC under La. R.S. 23:1310.3(F), and the obligations to defend in Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC V. Louisiana Workers’ Comp. Corp., 2021-00566 (La. 3/25/22). There, a law firm’s employee pursued a