Attorney Ben Crump is calling on the state Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s abortion ban law. Crump represents Nancy Davis who was denied an abortion in Louisiana despite being told her baby had a lethal condition in which the skull does not fully form. Crump says this is the type of medical exemption in which an abortion should be allowed in Louisiana
Doctors were afraid of being criminally charged
A preliminary settlement has been reached in the class-action lawsuit against Bob Dean over the evacuation of more than 800 nursing home patients to a warehouse last year during Hurricane Ida. Blair Constant, one of the attorneys representing patients, says a trial date of October 3rd has been set.
Which equates to approximately $17- thousand for each patient.
Saturday marks the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Laura, as the Category 4 storm made landfall in southwest Louisiana. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says his outlook has improved immensely since this time last year now that the city has received an allocation of federal supplemental disaster aid.
Cut 10 (11) “…around the corner.”
The state’s Gaming Control Board reports sports betting – in person and via phone app – is off to a vigorous start in Louisiana. Chairman Ronnie Johns says numbers collected for the first half of the calendar year shows just over $85-million has been bet on sporting events through June 30th…:
Cut 7 (08) “…revenue for the state.”
And Johns expects sports betting to pick up with a new football season starting.