NEW ORLEANS – University of New Orleans Athletics will launch its EmpowHer Privateers initiative this year to support its women student-athletes with a focus on leadership development through scholarships, mentorship, and educational experiences. Attendees will be treated to a “Fireside Chat” wit...
The Cheek Law Firm, LLC is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has selected both our founding attorney, Lindsey A. Cheek and our associate, Jeanne Arceneaux as Rising Stars for 2022. Super Lawyers uses a multiphase selection process to select attorneys for their annual list. Each candidate i...
This year The Cheek Law Firm partnered with St. Augustine High School for a Holiday Art Contest. Our firm is always looking for creative ways to give back to students within our New Orleans community. This year we set out to deliver a $500 Scholarship Award to the student we felt took our busin...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for everyone. We've seen almost 750,000 cases in Louisiana and more than 14,000 deaths over the last 18 months. For those living with a chronic disease like mesothelioma, COVID-19 can be particularly dangerous. So, it's important to understand the risks and ...
We've all heard that asbestos exposure is “bad,” but do you know why? Asbestos is the main cause of pleural mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the lungs or abdominal cavity lining. The main risk factor for mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos, which is usually work-related. Asbestos exposure...
In 2010, the U.S. Congress first declared September 26th as National Mesothelioma Awareness Day. Mesothelioma is a devastating disease, a type of cancer of the tissue that lines the lungs, abdomen, and other organs. The main cause of this hard-hitting cancer is asbestos exposure, making awareness...
Gayle Benson will be keynote speaker for Inaugural Event NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Athletics has postponed the EmpowHer Privateers Brunch to the Spring of 2022. EmpowHer Privateers is an initiative supporting female student-athletes with a focus on leadership development through scholarships, mentorship, and educational experiences. New Orleans Saints and Pelicans Owner/Chairman Gayle Benson will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural brunch. In accordance with the City of New Orleans' COVID-19 guidelines, the event's new date will be released at a later time. "We will announce a date for the rescheduled event as soon as those details have been finalized," said Tim Duncan, Vice President of Athletics & Recreation. The EmpowHer Privateers Brunch is sponsored by The Cheek Law Firm, one of the largest female-owned law firms in the state.
While you may have heard about the dangers of asbestos, many people in Louisiana don't know what it is, how people are exposed, or what harm asbestos can cause. Asbestos is a mineral found in rocks and soil composed of soft, flexible, lightweight fibers. Because it is heat resistant, manufacturer...
The Cheek Law Firm attorneys alongside Simmons Hanly Conroy attorneys represented 74-year-old Texas man diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer decades after unloading asbestos from ships at NOLA docks New Orleans – Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation's leading mesothelioma law firms, has secur...
If a loved one is facing a new mesothelioma diagnosis, you undoubtedly have many questions. You may be frightened and wonder where you can turn for answers. But most importantly, you're probably wondering how you can best support the one you love through this disease. Through support, communicati...
What is Elmiron? Elmiron is the only FDA-approved oral treatment for a bladder condition known as Interstitial cystitis (IC). This chronic illness causes pain in the bladder and pelvis and affects around 1 million people in the United States, most of which are women. There currently is no cure...
For Immediate Release NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Athletics will launch its EmpowHer Privateers initiative this Fall to support female student-athletes with a focus on leadership development through scholarships, mentorship, and educational experiences. New Orleans Saints and Pelicans Owne...
More than 3,000 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer of the pleural lining of the lungs or abdomen caused by exposure to asbestos. Unfortunately, it can take twenty years or more to diagnose as asbestos slowly damages the lungs. In this post, we'll discuss asbestos ...
We hear about the dangers of smoking all the time. You may even have grown up with anti-smoking campaigns like “Be smart, don't start!” These campaigns have worked too. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 13.8% of Americans smoked in 2018, down from 20.9% in 2005. ...
To all our clients, friends, family, and colleagues: In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the global impact it has had on society, we hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. First and foremost, our hearts go out to those that have been affected by this unprecedented ...
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey federal judge overseeing the national multidistrict litigation docket for talcum powder claims has remanded six cases to Louisiana state court, ruling that the plaintiffs have asserted colorable negligence and product liability claims against a non-diverse defendant...
From: HarrisMartin's Asbestos Publication Date: January 11, 2019 www.harrismartin.com NEW ORLEANS –– A Louisiana state court has rejected efforts to have an asbestos cosmetic talcum powder case moved to a neighboring parish, overruling all defense venue exceptions and denying motions to strike th...
NEW ORLEANS –– A judge overseeing an asbestos talcum powder case has granted the plaintiffs' motion for an expedited trial date over defense oppositions, placing the case on the November trial docket, sources told HarrisMartin. The case has been set for trial on Nov. 5 in the Louisiana Civil Dist...
NEW ORLEANS — Technical deficiencies in a complaint are not evidence of improper joinder, and a woman will need discovery to flesh out her claims against a retailer she claims sold asbestos-tainted talc, a federal judge in Louisiana held in finding joinder proper and remanding the case on May 17 ...
NEW ORLEANS — Asbestos plaintiffs have not shown any connection between Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC and Louisiana sufficient for jurisdiction purposes, but may yet if they can show that the company is responsible for asbestos at Weeks Island Morton Salt facility, a federal judge in the state held M...
From: HarrisMartin's Talcum Powder Litigation Report Publication NEWARK, N.J. –– Talcum powder defendants have opposed a consolidated motion to remand filed in six Louisiana cases pending in the multidistrict litigation proceedings, maintaining that the plaintiffs' claims against an in-state defe...
In an article in the June 2016 issue of Louisiana Advocates, I discussed the history and status of talcum powder litigation. Then, two large verdicts had already been returned against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for claims by women who alleged that they developed ovarian cancer due to perineal applic...
By: Jeannie O'Sullivan Law360, New York (October 13, 2017, 6:49 PM EDT) -- A New Jersey federal judge ruled Thursday that a Louisiana woman's lawsuit alleging Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products caused her ovarian cancer belongs in the southern state because there was no proof she fraudulent...
$72 Million Dollars. $55 Million Dollars. These are verdicts most of us have seen in recent headlines – and we paid attention, too. Why? As Trial lawyers, our ears naturally perk up when we hear about verdicts like these, especially when accompanied by words like ‘punitive damages,' ‘negligence,'...
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