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Iberia Parish Sheriff Seeks FBI Investigation of Inmate Death at Jail NEW IBERIA — Criminal charges were never filed in the 2009 inmate death of Iberia Parish inmate Michael Jones. Sheriff Louis Ackal is now asking the FBI to investigate the case after a judge ruled excessive force led to Jones’ death. In the civil… Read More »Inmate Death at Jail

Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal Charged in Inmate Assault Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Savoy were charged today with civil rights violations. Charges stem from the April 29, 2011 beatings of five pre-trail detainees at the Iberia Parish Jail. Ackal and Savoy are the most recent and highest-ranking members of the… Read More »Ackal Charged in Inmate Assault

Fresenius Reaches $250 Million GranuFlo Settlement On February 22, 2016, it was announced that Fresenius Medical Care reached an agreement to set aside $250 million to settle claims stemming from their GranuFlo and Naturalyte dialysis concentrates. GranuFlo and NaturaLyte are medications used on dialysis patients undergoing treatment for kidney disease and renal failure during dialysis… Read More »$250 Million GranuFlo Settlement

Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Felony Sex Offense of Juvenile Student Paula Latiolais Pleads No Contest to Sex Offense Felony Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile NEW IBERIA, LA – According to documents maintained in the public record Paula Latiolais pleads no contest to the sex offense, Felony Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile. The former Catholic… Read More »Teacher Pleads Guilty

Former New Iberia Teacher Arrested on Molestation Charge LAFAYETTE — A 25-year-old man said Monday that he is the victim of the former Catholic High-New Iberia teacher. Paula Latiolais was arrested last week and accused of the molestation of a male students 10 years ago. Phillip LeBourgeois said he was a minor attending Catholic High-New Iberia… Read More »Teacher Molestation Charge

Former Iberia Parish jail warden files ‘whistleblower’ suit The suit alleges firing due to complaints The former warden of the Iberia Parish Jail alleges he was fired last year for complaining about inmate beatings and reporting other wrongdoing by deputies that included theft and forgery. Wesley Hayes, who served as warden from December 2009 to… Read More »Warden Files Whistleblower Lawsuit

Sheriff’s Office Accused of Falsification of Records and Unwanted Contact LAFAYETTE, LA – November 16, 2015: Lawsuit Filed Against Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Alleging Falsification of Records and Unwanted Contact The Petition for Damages has been filed against Lafayette Parish Sheriff Michael W. Neustrom and a Lieutenant of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. The Law Office… Read More »Sheriff’s Office Accused

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office (LPSO) has settled a wrongful death suit for $225,000 with the family of a man who died after spending 17 days in solitary confinement on a pair of misdemeanors his family claims he never was formally booked for. Filed by Burgess Injury & Car Accident Lawyers, the wrongful death suit… Read More »LPCC Settles Death Suit for $225K

Jail Conditions Lawsuit Against Lafayette Sheriff & Consolidated Government LAFAYETTE, LA, September 28, 2015 – A Complaint for Damages has been filed regarding jail conditions. Lafayette Parish Sheriff , Consolidated Government President and others are named. The jail conditions suit was filed in Western District of Louisiana by Burgess Injury & Car Accident Lawyers on… Read More »Jail Conditions Lawsuit