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| CRIMINAL
| | 1. | Court vacated maximum sentence rendered by district court to bypass Orleans Parish Prison.
State of Louisiana v. Richard Mills, 2013-KO-1901 (La. 03/21/14) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 3 Based on the presence of residue in a glass pipe, defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine.
He was adjudicated a second felony... view full summary | | 2. | Grand jury testimony of recalcitrant eyewitness to murder was admissible at trial.
State of Louisiana v. Eric Ross, 2013-K-0175 (La. 03/25/14) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 3 On December 6, 2008, Albert McClebb, Jr. was shot to death in the Algiers neighborhood of New
Orleans. No eyewitnesses initially c... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 3. | City ordinance authorizing private collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes and imposing collection fee violated Louisiana Constitution.
Jimmie J. Jackson v. The City of New Orleans, 2012-CA-2742 c/w 2012-CA-2743 (La. 01/28/14) [31 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Plaintiffs are Orleans Parish property owners who untimely paid ad valorem taxes to the City of New
Orleans and contested a penalty an... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 4. | Employer entitled to summary judgment where plaintiffs could not meet high burden of proving intentional tort.
Rhonda Danos v. Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC, 2013-CC-2605 (La. 02/07/14) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 While working in the course of his employment with defendant, Ronald Martin was directed to use
a cutting saw to cut a pipe that was l... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 5. | Court reinstated district court judgment finding contributory negligence and denying future medical damages in school bus accident case.
Shenan Smith Purvis v. Grant Parish School Board, 2013-C-1424 (La. 02/14/14) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Plaintiff was driving her automobile in rural Grant Parish southbound along a narrow, unpaved road
with no striped centerline of demar... view full summary | | JUVENILE
| | 6. | Statutes restricting juvenile's right to bear arms and to conceal firearm on his person survived strict scrutiny analysis.
State in the Interest of J.M., 2013-CK-1717 c/w 2013-KA-1772 (La. 01/28/14) [19 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Prior to its recent amendment, La. Const. art. I, Section 11 provided, "The right of each citizen to keep and
bear arms shall not be a... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 7. | District court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of tracking by bloodhounds; defendant entitled to new trial.
State v. Corey W. Oliphant, 2013-K-2973 (La. 02/21/14) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 A man armed with a pistol robbed the Tobacco Warehouse in Natchitoches one afternoon in 2005.
A store employee described the robber as... view full summary | | SUCCESSIONS
| | 8. | Notarial testament upheld despite incomplete date in notary's attestation clause.
Succession of James Jason Holbrook, Sr., 2013-C-1181 (La. 01/28/14) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 1 James Jason Holbrook, Sr. allegedly executed his last will and testament on April 8, 2009, naming
his wife as executrix. A complete da... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 9. | Plaintiffs did not meet substantial certainty test in attempting to avoid exclusive remedy of workers' compensation.
Ashton Miller v. Sattler Supply Company, Inc., 2013-CC-2558 (01/27/14) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 1 Plaintiffs' decedent was killed at work when a large engine block he was cleaning fell on him.
Plaintiffs sued the employer and ... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 10. | Summary judgment mandated for casino in slip and fall case.
Ramanda Houston v. PNK (Bossier City), Inc. d/b/a Boomtown Casino and Hotel, 2013-CC-1991 (La. 01/27/14) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 1 Plaintiff slipped and fell as she exited a bus in the parking lot of Boomtown Casino in Bossier City
during rainy weather. Defendant m... view full summary | | 11. | Drug manufacturers did not violate MAPIL with arguably off-label representations about drug to Louisiana health care providers.
"Buddy" Caldwell v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., 2012-C-2447 c/w 2012-C-2466 (La. 01/28/14) [26 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 1 Defendants manufacture the drug Risperdal, an atypical antipsychotic considered to be highly
beneficial in treating schi... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 12. | Attorney general should have been afforded opportunity to participate in suit challenging constitutionality of statute.
Deanne Williams v. Monroe City School Board, 2013-CA-2602 (La. 01/10/14) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 1 Plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of R.S. Sections 17:443(B)(1) and (2), regarding the removal of
tenured teachers. Accordi... view full summary |
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