The Louisiana Department of Insurance fines a Texas law firm $2 million for its role in an insurance fraud scheme. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Crawfish producers say consumers buying mudbugs only on the weekend is making it difficult for them to make a profit. Teiko Foxx has more
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Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon fines a Texas law firm $2 million for its role in an insurance fraud scheme. He says McClenny, Mosely, and Associates, also known as MMA, admitted to misrepresenting 856 claims of Louisiana policyholders.
Donelon says law firms are usually regulated by the bar association and the Supreme Court when it comes to misrepresentation…
The scheme involved a roofing company going door to door in areas of suspected damage, filing claims, and collecting money from insurers on a homeowner’s policy without the policyholder’s authority.
If you believe you might have been misrepresented fraudulently by MMA, call the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
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It’s been a decent crawfish harvest but one crawfish famer says low sales are affecting producers statewide. Chairman of Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board, David Savoy says a mixed bag of inflation and limited consumption has made this one of the worst seasons.
Louisiana crawfish producers are only getting $1.25 to $1.35 a pound for their crops. Savoy says restaurants are earning $2.14 more per pound for boiled crawfish than producers are for live crawfish.
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Savoy says if the remainder of the season remains at this level, producers of the red crustaceans will not see favorable profits.
Savoy encourages consumers to support and buy from local farmers and that will increase the state’s crawfish industry.
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The joyride of four children that began in Smith County, Texas ended around 8:30 this morning in Port Allen, after logging some 300 miles. West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Sgt. Landon Groger says they received a call from the car owner, who was tracking the vehicle with their GPS. Deputies then found it on Highway 415.
(The driver is 15 years old)
The three passengers are 12, 13, and 14. Groger says no one was injured.
And while he admits a 300-mile trip is quite a trek considering the driver and passengers are all juveniles, Groger says he’s not necessarily taken aback.
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The teens will face charges in Smith County, Texas where the vehicle was stolen.
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Alabama Baseball Coach Brad Bohannon was fired today following reports of suspicious betting activity before last Friday’s game against LSU that suspended sports betting on Alabama baseball in Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. A statement from the Bama AD says Bohannon violated University standards, duties, and responsibilities. Tiger Rag Editor Todd Horne says the promise of further investigation makes him believe there’s a connection to the suspicious gambling…
Bohannon named a new starting pitcher for Friday’s game less than an hour before first pitch. US integrity notified Ohio betting officials of two suspicious bets including one worth over six figures for Alabama to lose which caused the closures, but Horne says LSU was a heavy favorite anyway…
This isn’t the first time in recent months Bohannon has found himself under fire. Horne says he and two other coaches faced a lawsuit last month over the mishandling of Johnny Blake Bennet’s 2019 rib injury…
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The University will investigate the incident and Jason Jackson has been named interim Head Coach. LSU is not suspected of being involved in the betting probe.