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| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 1. | Public project's contractor not liable for sales and use taxes on materials purchased.
F. M iller & Sons, Inc. v. Calcasieu Parish School Board, 2002-C-1680 (La. 2/25/03) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 3 Pursuant to the Public Bid Law and La.R.S. S 34:308, the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District a/k/a the Port of Lake Charles (the "Port")... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 2. | Prescription of medicals claim not interrupted by payment of indemnity,
resolving a split in the circuits.
Bouquet v. Tetra Technologies, Inc., 2002-C-1634 (La. 2/25/03) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 3 Worker's compensation claimant was paid indemnity benefits for ten years, from 1990 to 2000. He did not file a claim for medical benefits, b... view full summary | | 3. | Failure to authorize and prepay for medical treatment subjects employer to penalties, resolving a split in the circuits.
Ronald Joseph Authement
v. Shappert Engineering (OW C District 9), 2002-C-1631 (La. 2/25/03) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 3 Claimant Authement injured his right ankle on the job in May, 1997. In January, 2000, an orthopedist recommended that Authement be given a f... view full summary | | DOMESTIC RELATIONS
| | 4. | Parental rights reinstated.
State in the Interest of K.G. and T.G., 2002-C J-2886 (La. 3/18/03) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 3 Defendant Hum phries appeals the termination of his parental rights to his children. Humphries was living with his girlfriend Raven G., the ... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 5. | Forgery conviction reversed, where defendant did not write the forged check.
State v. Fields, 2002-K-0388 (La. 3/8/03) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 3 Defendant appeals a conviction of forgery. Defendant entered Mobile One, a stereo store, and selected stereo equipment. He told the salesman... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 6. | Failure to serve petition upon proper defendant within 90 days results in dismissal.
Barnett v. LSU Medical Center, 02-CC-2576 (La. 2/7/03) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 Plaintiff filed his petition on January 24, 2002, then served it on C.T. Corporation Systems as agent for service of process of LSU Medical ... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 7. | JNOV in personal injury suit reversed.
Cassandra Robinson v. Chantelle Fontenot, 2002-C-0704 (La. 2/7/03) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 Plaintiff filed suit against a nurse working for an emergency room doctor. The nurse had spilled ice on the floor of the ER, and plaintiff s... view full summary | | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
| | 8. | Municipality not entitled to equal protection of the laws.
Louisiana Assessor's Retirement Fund v. City of New Orleans, 02-CA-1435 (La. 2/7/03) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 Plaintiff Fund filed suit for damages against the City of New Orleans, the city's treasurer, and the city's collector of revenue ("City") to... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 9. | Continuance for defendant to substitute counsel interrupted one- year period for retrial.
State v. Brooks, 02-K-0792 (La. 2/14/03) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 Defendant was indicted for second-degree murder and convicted of manslaughter; and the conviction was reversed on appeal and remanded. Writs... view full summary | | 10. | Expert opinion inadmissible to counter "lustful disposition" evidence.
State v. Hughes, 02-KK-2455 (La. 1/31/03) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 Defendant was charged with sexual molestation of his stepdaughter over a period of four years. Newly-enacted La. Code Evid. art. 412.2(A) pr... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| | 11. | Supplemental post-conviction application not time-barred.
State v. Sampson, 02-KP-0909 (La. 2/14/03) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 2 "Whatever the words used in its order, the district court was acting within its discretion when it in effect ordered supplementation of the ... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 12. | Park owes no duty to protect non-golfers from flying golf balls.
McGuire v. New Orleans City Park Improvement Assoc., 2002-C-1401 (La. 1/14/03) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Plaintiff suffered a ruptured testicle when struck in the groin by a flying golf ball while jogging through a street traversing City Park. P... view full summary |
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