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| CRIMINAL
| | 1. | Evidence of gun in truck of shooting victim was not relevant in murder trial.
State v. Colton Thomas Matthews, 2023-KK-01693 (La. 02/14/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 2 Defendant was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Joe Williams, Jr. The State filed a motion in limine to exclude... view full summary | | 2. | Court issues order regarding proceeding before sanity commission.
State v. Larry Davis, 2023-KH-1600 (La. 02/27/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 2
In this criminal proceeding defendant's competency to stand trial was at issue. After the Fifth
Circuit denied defendant's writ application, the Court granted a... view full summary | | 3. | Court orders district court to produce documents.
State v. Twdarryl Toney, 23-KH-0961 (La. 01/10/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1
The Court granted a supervisory writ in part and, in a brief per curiam, ordered the district
court to rule on defendant's motion for production of documents and to... view full summary | | 4. | Court orders district court to act on motion to quash indictment.
State v. Kenneth Mitchell, 2023-KH-1502 (La. 01/24/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1
The Court granted a supervisory writ in part. Defendant contended the district court failed
to act timely on a motion to quash indictment filed in August 2023. If that... view full summary | | 5. | Court grants habeas relief, orders new trial for man convicted of 1996 Rapides Parish murders.
State ex rel. Darrell J. Robinson v. Darrell Vannoy, 2021-KP-00812 (La. 01/26/2024) [68 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1
In 2001 a unanimous Rapides Parish jury convicted defendant of the first-degree murders of
Billy Lambert, Carol Hooper, Maureen Kelly, and Nicholas Kelly. The murders o... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 6. | Subcontractor had no cause of action under LUTPA against State.
Law Industries, LLC v. State, 2023-CC-00794 (La. 01/26/2024) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1
In April 2018 the Louisiana Department of Education, Recovery School District (the State), entered into a contract with Law Industrie... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 7. | Court orders reconsideration of damages in asbestos case.
Jill Stauder v. Shell Oil Company, 2023-C-00619 (La. 01/17/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1 Plaintiffs are the two surviving children of David Stauder, Jr., who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in his seventies and passed away wi... view full summary | | 8. | Assignee of medical expense proceeds not indispensable party to tort suit.
Dixie Hoerner v. Ryan J. Templet, 2023-CC-01188 (La. 01/17/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1 Plaintiff filed this tort suit against Ryan Templet and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Defendants filed an exception of... view full summary | | 9. | Court answers certified question regarding interruption of prescription, focusing on notice to defendant.
Randall Kling v. Troy Hebert, 2023-CQ-00257 (La. 01/26/2024) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1 Plaintiff filed suit in state court alleging his firing from the Licensing and Certification Division of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol... view full summary | | INSURANCE
| | 10. | Insurance policy provision barring suits filed more than two years after loss was valid.
Phyllis Wilson v. Louisiana Citizens Property Ins. Corp., 2023-CC-01320 (La. 01/10/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 1 On January 9, 2023, plaintiff filed suit against her insurer, seeking to recover penalties under La. R.S. Sections 22:1892 and 1973. She... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 11. | Court reverses dismissal of former professor's defamation suit against Loyola University.
Sonya Duhe v. Loyola University of New Orleans, 2023-CC-01024 (La. 12/19/2023) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 12
From 2009 to 2020 plaintiff worked as the director of Loyola University's School of
Communication and Design and served as a tenured professor. In Marc... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 12. | District court did not abuse discretion in excluding evidence of informed consent.
Ronald J. French, M.D. v. Quality Nighthawk Teleradiology Group, Inc., 2023-CC-01534 (La. 11/20/2023) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 12
In 2015 plaintiff underwent a laparoscopic partial colectomy performed by Guy Orangio,
M.D. Prior to the procedure, plaintiff executed an informed consent fo... view full summary |
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