Michael Kunzelman

December 10, 2013 | Daily Report Online

For the second time in three years, a federal jury must decide whether fear or malice drove a former New Orleans police officer to fatally shoot a man outside a strip mall less than a week after Hurricane Katrina's landfall.

By Michael Kunzelman

1 minute read

December 03, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A federal appeals court has handed BP another victory in its bid to block what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement payments to Gulf Coast businesses following the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Michael Kunzelman

4 minute read

April 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW ORLEANS AP - The family of a teenage girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met on MySpace.com asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive their lawsuit against the social networking Web site.A federal judge in Austin, Texas, dismissed the $30 million suit in February 2007, rejecting the family's claim that MySpace has a legal duty to protect its young users from sexual predators.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

3 minute read

December 05, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEW ORLEANS AP - A Mississippi attorney pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he conspired with high-profile tort lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs and three others to bribe a state judge.Timothy Balducci was arraigned nearly a week after Scruggs, his son and law partner, Zach, and two others were indicted by a grand jury and made their first appearance in federal court in the case.

By Michael Kunzelman

2 minute read

September 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW ORLEANS AP - An Associated Press photographer has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing the death of a man whose burned body was found in a car near a police station several weeks after Hurricane Katrina.Federal prosecutors also are seeking photos that Alex Brandon took at an elementary school while he was working for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and covering the aftermath of the Aug.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

3 minute read

May 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW ORLEANS AP - An insurance company does not have to pay for the full value of a Louisiana home demolished by a combination of Hurricane Rita's wind and flood water, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday.The Louisiana Supreme Court sided with Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in a case brought by policyholders Mark and Barbara Landry, whose Vermilion Parish home was destroyed during the September 2005 hurricane.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

2 minute read

January 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

AP - A high-profile lawyer whose firm was paid more than $1 billion for helping negotiate a settlement with tobacco companies in the mid-1990s will earn a far more modest paycheck for his work on Mississippi's accord with State Farm Fire Casualty Co. over Hurricane Katrina damage.Richard "Dickie" Scruggs and other members of his legal team can collect up to $46 million in fees from Tuesday's accord with State Farm.

By Michael Kunzelman

3 minute read

February 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge has approved Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay $400 million in criminal penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

By Kevin McGill and Michael Kunzelman

3 minute read

December 29, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

2 minute read

January 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Michael Kunzelman

1 minute read