In New Orleans staged accident racket, Lafayette man is sent to prison
A Lafayette man was sentenced this week to 10 months in prison for his role in a broad insurance scam to stage traffic accidents with...
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Jan 15, 2022
Lafayette Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RYAN WHEATEN (“WHEATEN”), age 54, of Lafayette, Louisiana,...
Jan 13, 2022
Harvey Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accident in Order to Defraud Insurance
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DONISESHA LEE (“DONISHA LEE”), age 30, of Harvey,...
Jan 3, 2022
Op-Ed: Coastal credit schemes are a paper tiger for coastal restoration
For years, frivolous lawsuits levied by a few coastal parishes against hundreds of oil and gas companies have created a chilling effect...
Dec 19, 2021
Letters: Louisiana has a long way to go building a better legal system for business, consumers
The American Tort Reform Foundation recently released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, ranking Louisiana’s legal climate the sixth...
Dec 14, 2021
Graves’ legislation would make staged collisions a federal crime
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced legislation that could lower insurance rates for Louisiana drivers by making it a federal crime...
Dec 13, 2021
Report: LA’s Civil Justice System Costs State Billions
The American Tort Reform Association has ranked Louisiana the sixth-worst civil court jurisdiction in the country, making the state a top...
Nov 30, 2021
Louisiana Swamp Watch, publishes series on issues related to Louisiana coastal parish lawsuits
Louisiana Swamp Watch, a watchdog organization launched earlier this year, has been publishing a series of articles on issues related to...
Nov 29, 2021
Critics cite concerns over oil-and-gas ‘credit schemes’ said to help environment
(The Center Square) – Forty-three lawsuits have been waged against more than 200 energy-related companies in Louisiana since 2013, and...
Nov 18, 2021
They staged a crash with a bus for $677K payout, feds say. Now another pleads guilty
The wreck yielded several personal injury lawsuits and a $677,500 settlement for the four people who were riding in the sedan at the time...
Nov 17, 2021
Brazen big-rig crash scheme nets another federal guilty plea in New Orleans
A 30-year-old New Orleans woman is the latest defendant to plead guilty in a brazen, years-long scheme to fill cars with willing...
Sep 13, 2021
7 More Charged in Louisiana Staged Automobile Crash Schemes
Seven more defendants have been indicted in New Orleans for their alleged involvement in schemes to stage accidents with commercial...
Aug 1, 2021
Letters: Given time, insurance rates will go down because of 2020 reforms of state law
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 has been called the most relevant package of legal reforms in Louisiana since the 1990s. People...
Jun 24, 2021
Two More Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES “CURTIS” WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 66 of Gibson,...
Jun 16, 2021
Two more plead guilty in New Orleans scheme to crash cars into big rigs for money
Two more defendants pleaded guilty Wednesday in a sprawling federal investigation into staged vehicle crashes into big rigs across the...
Jun 16, 2021
Defendants from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Auto Accidents
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DONIESHA GIBSON (“GIBSON”), age 29, of New Orleans,...
May 25, 2021
Five More Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance and
Eastern District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age...
May 6, 2021
Garey Forster: Don't let trial lawyers create a Ponzi scheme for coastal lawsuits
Ponzi schemes didn’t die in prison with Bernie Madoff. Private plaintiffs’ attorneys, trial lawyers but not the typical billboard kind,...
Feb 25, 2021
Second trucking firm files RICO lawsuit to recoup losses in staged accident
NEW ORLEANS – A second trucking company that was scammed during a wide-ranging conspiracy to stage traffic accidents has filed a federal...
Feb 9, 2021
In staged accidents case, racketeering lawsuit is filed against New Orleans law firm
A New Orleans law firm and one of its members has been hit with a federal racketeering lawsuit over a series of truck wrecks that...
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