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No. Arkansas has not adopted alternative or market share liability, but has retained the traditional requirement of proximate cause in all tort cases. See Woodward v. Blythe, 249 Ark....
A recent case before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1 determined that a "Project Completion Incentive" applying to employees on a construction project (the "Plan") was not governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). 2 Former laborer Employees of the construction manager Employer filed a lawsuit in Louisiana State Court asserting that the Employer was required to pay them the "Project Completion Incentive" under the Plan for the time spent on the project-despite conceding that they quit the project before completion and were therefore not eligible for the inc...
This obituary is part of “We Will Remember,” a series about those we’ve lost to the coronavirus. Darcellus Hill came from a large family and loved family gatherings that included his cousins, who were more like siblings because they were close to him in age and grew up with him. Hill’s family and friends meant the world to him, and he often said, “Family got to stick together,” according to his wife, Traci Bowie-Hill. Known to many as Cel, Hill, 52, died at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac as a result of complications from COVID-19 April 17. He was educated at public schools...
Frank Swarr NEW ORLEANS - Defendants facing an asbestos lawsuit filed in August in the Orleans Parish District Court have removed the case to federal court. The lawsuit is from a California man who says he was exposed to asbestos working in Louisiana in 1966. Defendants removed the case to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Feb. 18. A federal multidistrict litigation in Philadelphia handles federal asbestos cases. Plaintiff Joseph Hilburn was working for Avondale, Inc. at the Avondale Shipyard in Bridge City when he handled, used or was ne...