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| TORTS
| | 1. | Police not liable for failure to provide escort for overloaded 18- wheeler.
Clifford Davis, Jr. v. Charles Witt, 2002-C-3102 (La. 7/2/2003) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Plaintiffs' decedents were killed when they struck creosote poles projecting from the rear of an 18-wheeler driven by defendant Witt. They s... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 2. | Act of sale in full ownership transferred only a servitude, where corporate resolution only authorized a servitude.
Abshire v. Vermillion Parish Sch. Bd., 02-C-2881 (La. 6/27/03) [ pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Plaintiff property owners filed this suit against the Vermillion Parish School Board ("Board") for a declaratory judgment that they are the ... view full summary | | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
| | 3. | Neither interrogatories nor exceptions are available to force a Med Mal claimant to amplify his allegations.
Harold Ross Perritt v. Grant Dona, 2002-CC-2601 c/w 2002-CC-2603 (La. 2/7/03) [21 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 The Court granted certiorari in three consolidated medical malpractice revie... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 4. | Jury trial available on the issue of worker's comp. immunity, overruling controlling precedent.
Brewton v. Underwriters Ins. Co., 2002-CC-2852 (La. 6/27/03) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Plaintiff and her husband, who are both employed by the same company, were driving back from a business dinner when the husband fell asleep ... view full summary | | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
| | 5. | Statutes providing for special Orleans grand jury proceedings an unconstitutional "local law."
State v. Dilosa, 2002-KA-2222 (La. 6/27/03) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Defendants were indicted in 1999 in Orleans Parish of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. In 2001, they filed motions to quash t... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 6. | Right to resist unlawful arrest does not permit resistance to unlawful stop-and-frisk.
State v. Jeremy Sims, 2000-K-2208 (La. 6/27/03) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Defendant, an 18-year-old, was wrongly stopped on suspicion of violating evening curfew for minors, was convicted of possession of cocaine f... view full summary | | 7. | Unauthorized entry conviction affirmed.
State v. Davis, 02-K-1043 (La. 6/27/03) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Defendant was convicted of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, La.R.S. S 14:62.3(A). The victim , a self-confessed cocaine addict, ... view full summary | | ADMINISTRATIVE
| | 8. | Teacher fired by a school board after a removal hearing must pay the costs of transcribing the record for appeal.
L.D. Spears, Jr. v. Beauregard Parish Sch. Bd., 2002-CC-2870 (La.6/27/03) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Charged with four acts of dishonesty, and after a hearing by the school board in accordance with La.R.S. Section 17:443, plaintiff Spears wa... view full summary |
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