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| | 1. | Volunteer firefighters not immune from tort suits against each other.
Rodney Champagne v. American Alternative Insurance Corp., 2012-CC-1697 (La. 03/19/13) [15 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 Plaintiff, a volunteer firefighter with the Duson Volunteer Fire Department, was injured in 2010
while testing a water hose on a pumpe... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 2. | Joint operating agreement did not cover new leases.
Clovelly Oil Co., LLC v. Midstates Petroleum Co., LLC, 2012-C-2055 (La. 03/19/13) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 In 1972, three individuals entered into a joint operating agreement (JOA), a contract for the operation
of a tract or leasehold for oi... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 3. | Sentencing hearing and reconsideration required for juvenile mandatory life sentence case.
State v. Darrius Williams, 2012-K-1723 (La. 03/08/13) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 Defendant committed second degree murder in 2008 when he was seventeen years old. He is serving
a mandatory life sentence of imprisonm... view full summary | | 4. | Defendant not entitled to have expert present during crime lab testing.
State v. David Hardy, 2013-KK-0301 (La. 03/15/13) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 Through an FBI Combined DNA Index System, defendant's genetic profile was linked to evidence
in a May 1993 aggravated kidnapping ... view full summary | | 5. | Court reverses ruling that sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional as applied to those found not guilty by reason of insanity.
State v. Isaiah Overstreet, Jr., 2012-KA-1854 (La. 03/19/13) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 In 1993, respondent, then thirty-two years old, attempted to force his way into a Southeastern
University dormitory room... view full summary | | 6. | Vehicular homicide is a "crime of violence" under R.S. Section 14:2(B).
State v. Craig Oliphant, 2012-K-1176 (La. 03/19/13) [18 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 While driving in a highly intoxicated state, defendant struck and killed a pedestrian. Defendant pled
guilty to vehicular homicide. Th... view full summary | | 7. | Second degree murder convictions set aside where district court erred in prohibiting defendant from back striking objectionable juror.
State v. Billy R. Lewis, 2012-K-1021 (La. 03/19/13) [19 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 Defendant and a co-defendant were charged with two counts of first degree murder, stemming from
the shooting deaths of Travis Webb and... view full summary | | 8. | District court's refusal to allow back strike of potential juror was not harmless error; reversal of second degree murder conviction affirmed.
State v. Jeremy Patterson, 2012-K-2042 (La. 03/19/13) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 This case was consolidated for oral argument with State v. Lewis, above. Defendant was charged with
second degree murder and pleaded n... view full summary | | 9. | Court outlines criteria for evaluating prior convictions from foreign jurisdictions in habitual offender adjudications.
State v. Mazen Hamdan, 2012-KK-1986 (La. 03/19/13) [17 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 In 2010, defendant was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The bill of
information stated def... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| | 10. | Statute withholding portion of dilatory judge's salary deemed unconstitutional.
Dionysia Prejean v. Robert T. Barousse, 2012-C-1177 (La. 01/29/13) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 2 Plaintiff is a party in a child custody proceeding pending in the 15th JDC. When the district court
failed to render judgment in the m... view full summary | | 11. | 7th JDC Judge suspended for one year.
In Re: Judge Leo Boothe, 2012-O-1821 (La. 01/29/13) [46 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 2 Judge Leo Boothe has served as district judge in the 7th JDC, Parishes of Catahoula and Concordia,
since January 1, 1991. His most rec... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 12. | R.S. Section 30:29 did not preclude recovery of excess remediation damages; summary judgment inappropriate as to successor status of defendant.
State v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, 2012-C-0884 (La. 01/30/13) [44 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 2 Plaintiffs, the State and the Vermillion Parish School Board, filed suit against several defendants
seeking damages and remediation... view full summary |
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