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| MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
| | 1. | Personal service on state healthcare provider physician was sufficient.
Donna Brown v. Ralph Chesson, M.D., 2020-CC-00730 (La. 03/24/2021) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
In October 2012 plaintiff filed a complaint with the Division of Administration against Dr. Ralph Chesson, alleging medical malpractice during a 2011 surgical procedure. ... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 2. | Action for bank's breach of oral agreement was precluded by Credit Agreement Statute.
Barbara McNorton Hovell v. Origin Bank, 2020-C-01417 (La. 03/02/2021) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
Holladay Broadcasting of Louisiana, LLC, owned and operated by Robert Holladay, sold a
radio station to KP Music Group, LLC, for $700,000. KP financed the pur... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 3. | Fireman who sustained partial hearing loss over time not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits.
James J. Hartman, Jr. v. St. Bernard Parish Fire Dept., 2020-C-00693 (La. 03/24/2021) [21 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
Plaintiff began his employment with the St. Bernard Parish Fire Department (SBPFD) in
1990 and was district chief at the time he made a claim for disability... view full summary | | PROPERTY
| | 4. | Defendants acquired strip of property at rear of lot by acquisitive prescription.
Deborah Marie Horaist v. Edward A. Pratt, 2021-C-00166 (La. 03/23/2021) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
In 1977 defendants purchased residential property in Lafayette. Marjorie Gardner owned
the property to the rear. A chain-link fence had already been erected and a line... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 5. | Defendants entitled to dismissal of action after court sustained exception of no cause of action.
Jeff Mercer, LLC v. State, 2020-CC-01386 (La. 03/09/2021) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
The district court sustained defendants' peremptory exception of no cause of action but
declined to dismiss plaintiff's action against them. The Cou... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 6. | Plaintiff not entitled to additional retirement insurance benefit from state fund.
Roger Lehman v. Louis J. Perret, Clerk of Court, 2020-CC-01485 (La. 03/16/2021) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
Plaintiff was employed by the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court until he was terminated for
misconduct in 2002, when he was 44 years old. When he reached age 55, he was ... view full summary | | DOMESTIC RELATIONS
| | 7. | Father in Mississippi received adequate notice of Louisiana proceedings for child custody.
Forrest Keith Cochran v. Katherine Sawyer Forman, 2020-CJ-01400 (La. 03/09/2021) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
In this child custody case, the mother, a Louisiana resident, filed a petition for custody,
visitation, and support on June 27, 2017, naming the father, a... view full summary | | JUVENILE
| | 8. | Juvenile court did not abuse discretion in denying recess to State.
State in the Interest of HJ, 2020-CK-00290 (La. 03/16/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
During HJ's adjudication proceeding, the State moved for a recess to secure the presence of
a witness. The juvenile court denied the motion. The Fourth Circuit granted ... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 9. | Court of appeal erred in finding sentence indeterminate as error patent.
State v. Keith Cooper, 2020-KP-00105 (La. 03/02/2021) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
Defendant was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery with the use of a firearm and
one count of illegal possession of a stolen automobile. When armed robbery is co... view full summary | | 10. | Non-unanimous conviction remanded in light of Ramos.
State v. Charles P. Mayeux, Jr., 2019-K-00369 (La. 03/09/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
On April 20, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390
(2020). In Ramos, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiora... view full summary | | 11. | Defendant entitled to withdraw guilty plea when State could not uphold terms of plea agreement.
State v. Larry Earl Miles, 2020-KK-01356 (La. 03/09/2021) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
In December 2016 defendant was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm in
Assumption Parish. Two months later, he was indicted on drug ... view full summary | | 12. | Court gives State one more chance to provide sufficient particulars as to defendant's charges.
State v. Robinson, 2020-KK-01389 (La. 03/09/2021) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
Defendant was indicted with two counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice in two second-
degree murder investigations under La. R.S. Section 14:130.1(A). The... view full summary |
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