Officials in Bossier City, La., are taking Cox Communications to court in an effort to get the local Nexstar station, KTAL-TV, an NBC affiliate, back on the system.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Bossier Parish District Court, according to the Shreveport Times. City officials said Cox was violating its franchise agreements which require the cable operator to air the local broadcast stations. KTAL was removed from Cox on Feb. 2 after it refused to pay the 30 cents per customer per month Nexstar was asking for retransmission rights.
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International Flavors and Fragrances, owners of the Jasper Popcorn plant, are requesting that seven more lawsuits filed against the company be moved from Jasper County Circuit Court to U. S. District Court.
In documents filed today, the company is asking to have cases filed by Jane Fast Adams, Carthage; David and Tracy Vance, Jasper; Justin and Stacy Bishop, Joplin; Reina Haywood, Lamar; Jennieve Bricker, Jasper; Crystal Elwood, Drexel; and John Winningham, Lockwood, moved out of Jasper County.
Petitions to move five other cases were filed last week, as mentioned in The Turner Report.
Twenty-eight lawsuits were filed against the company from people who claimed a butter flavoring used by company officials caused them to have severe respiratory problems.