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Michael Kunzelman

Michael Kunzelman

September 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

N.O. tour guides ask judge to block license rules

Four New Orleans tour guides asked a federal judge Thursday to bar the city from enforcing requirements that they pass a history exam, drug test and criminal background check to be licensed.

By Michael Kunzelman

3 minute read

October 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

BP spill trial delayed for Mardi Gras, Super Bowl

To avoid disruptions from the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, a federal judge in New Orleans has postponed a trial for claims spawned by BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Michael Kunzelman

3 minute read

January 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer: Phone scheme meant to embarrass senator

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

4 minute read

April 24, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case

By Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman

1 minute read

May 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

State Farm reaches out-of-court settlement in Katrina cases

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

3 minute read

April 02, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Lousiana Judge exonerates barge company in Katrina lawsuit

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

3 minute read

February 26, 2008 | Daily Report Online

2 key Katrina insurance cases to go before Louisiana's highest court Tuesday

NEW ORLEANS AP - Joseph Sher blamed much of the damage to his New Orleans apartment complex on water that inundated the city when levees failed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.He sued Lafayette Insurance Co. after the insurer denied most of his claims by saying they were caused by "flood" and therefore not covered by his hazard policy.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

3 minute read

September 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Katrina floodwall case heads to New Orleans trial

The Army Corps of Engineers is back on trial, seven years after Hurricane Katrina's epic storm surge shredded the flood protection system it had built for New Orleans.

By Michael Kunzelman

4 minute read

November 29, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Miss. grand jury indicts high-profile lawyer in suspected scheme to bribe state judge

By Michael Kunzelman

4 minute read

March 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Judge declines to rule out punitive damages in Katrina insurance case

GULFPORT, Miss. AP - A federal judge refused to rule out punitive damages on Thursday against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. in a lawsuit a Biloxi homeowner filed after Hurricane Katrina demolished his home.U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter said he will let the jury decide whether State Farm owes Biloxi City Council member Edward Gemmill money for his claim and whether the case warrants punitive damages.

By Michael Kunzelman

3 minute read


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