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Monday, May 8th, 2023
 
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‘Agents of chaos:’ How a Texas law firm undermined Louisiana’s hurricane recovery

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor​ ​ ​

Good Monday morning, Acadiana business news readers. Let's skip the small talk and get started on your week of business headlines.

For Jacob Semmes and his family, the fallout from Hurricane Laura went much deeper than the roughly $36,000 they’ve spent so far to make their home livable again. While helping clean up the city in the days after the storm, Semmes fell and shattered his elbow, leaving him unable to work.

When he caught his bearings after numerous surgeries, Semmes realized the deadline to sue his insurer to recover what they had spent was fast approaching.

“That’s when I turned to MMA,” the 37-year-old father of two said, referring to the Texas law firm McClenny, Moseley and Associates.

Semmes was among thousands of clients MMA signed up in Louisiana after hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta and Ida. Its unorthodox methods for recruiting clients and handling their cases have produced an epic legal entanglement, drawn the attention of the FBI and gotten in the way of families rebuilding from storms.

You can read the full story here. 

Have a great day and thanks for reading.

 
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Curious Louisiana: Water towers serve function other than advertisement

It's not unusual in Louisiana to see water towers in both rural and urban communities. Often the municipality paints the city's name on the water tower tank.  Read more

Stories of the communities that shaped Lafayette Parish to be told at Tuesday event

Members of the communities that shaped Lafayette Parish over the last 200 years will speak during an event at the Acadiana Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Read more

Manning gets LED honor, new member joins Committee of 100

Don Zornman and Christopher LeBato were appointed to the board of directors for M C Bank & Trust Co. and MC Bancshares. Read more

 
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