La. Mother Adds Wrongful Death Claim to Secondhand Smoke Suit Against Casino

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana plaintiff has submitted an amended complaint alleging a wrongful death cause of action after a federal judge dismissed her original complaint in which she blamed her son's death on his secondhand smoke exposure while employed at a New Orleans casino. Bevrotte v. Caesars Entertainment Corp., No. 11-543 (E.D. La.).

Plaintiff Denise Bevrotte submitted the amended pleading to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana March 7, two weeks after Judge Sarah S. Vance ruled that Bevrotte failed to allege sufficient facts to meet the pleading standards of Rule 8 of the Federal …