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| WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 1. | Minor employee was bound by exclusive remedy of workers' compensation law although employed unlawfully and performing prohibited work.
Tasha Griggs v. Bounce N' Around Inflatables, LLC, 2018-C-0726 (La. 01/30/19) [15 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Bounce N' Around Inflatables, LLC (BNA) rents a variety of inflatables for social events. The
inflatables are stored in a warehouse and moved using a battery-operated pall... view full summary | | JUVENILE
| | 2. | Court reinstates district court's termination of father's rights for failure to comply with case plan, with emphasis on his continued substance abuse.
State in the Interest of ALD and LSD, 2018-CJ-1271 (La. 01/30/19) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
ALD, a minor child, was removed from the care of his mother, NML, and his father, CKD, in
May 2016. A few weeks later, Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Servic... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 3. | Court remands for evidentiary hearing regarding exclusion from trial of testimony and report of DCFS investigator.
State v. Issa Lamizana, Jr., 2017-K-1490 (La. 01/30/19) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Defendant was charged with the aggravated rape of his step-daughter and step-son. Prior to
trial, defendant sought to subpoena a Department of Children and Fa... view full summary | | 4. | Plain view exception to warrant requirement applied to pill bottle visible in stopped vehicle.
State v. Melvin Miguel, 2018-KK-0711 (La. 01/30/19) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Police stopped a vehicle because it had a cracked windshield. The driver, defendant, had a
suspended driver's license, and the vehicle's license plate was fraudulent. ... view full summary | | 5. | Defendant had overcome procedural bars to habeas petition based on newly discovered evidence.
State v. Sean Bernard Newton, 2017-KP-0926 (La. 02/11/19) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without
benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. He filed an ap... view full summary | | 6. | Evidence of prior charge of obstruction of justice against defendant should have been excluded.
State v. Kacey Severin, 2018-KK-1844 (La. 02/11/19) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Defendant was charged with second degree murder. At trial, the district court admitted
evidence of a prior charge of obstruction of justice as well as evide... view full summary | | 7. | Defendant convicted of murder in 1959 for acts as juvenile was entitled to parole consideration under Louisiana statute.
State v. Clifford Hampton, 2018-OK-0156 (La. 02/13/19) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
In 1959 defendant pleaded guilty to murder for an offense that he committed as a juvenile.
He was sentenced to life in prison. At that t... view full summary | | 8. | Court addresses ineffective assistance claims raised on appeal, reversing court of appeal's order for evidentiary hearing.
State v. Demauriea Leon McGee, 2018-K-1052 (La. 02/25/19) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Defendant was convicted of second degree murder in connection with the 2013 shooting of
DeAnthony Mardis in Ruston. On appeal his arguments included that defe... view full summary | | 9. | Court orders court of appeal to consider writ application and provide copy of judgment.
State v. James Townsend, 2019-KH-0093 (La. 02/25/19) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 2
Defendant represented to the Court that the Second Circuit failed to act on a supervisory writ
application filed on July 23, 2018. In this brief opinion, the ... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 10. | Court orders court of appeal to construe appeal broadly.
Carl Edgefield v. Audubon Nature Institute, Inc., 2018-CC-1782 (La. 01/18/19) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 1
Plaintiff alleged that he slipped and fell while delivering seafood to the Audubon Golf Course
Clubhouse Restaurant, injuring his back. He sued Audubon Nature Institute... view full summary | | 11. | Court remands to court of appeal for consideration of prior opinion regarding venue.
Lou Babineaux v. Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, 2018-CC-1663 (La. 01/08/19) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 1
In this one-sentence per curiam, the Court granted a supervisory writ and remanded to the
First Circuit for briefing, argument, and full opinion. The Court noted that the ... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 12. | Defendant entitled to judgment denying his post-conviction application.
State ex rel. Rosheed Guillory v. State, 2017-KH-0945 (La. 01/08/19) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 1
The district court denied defendant's application for post-conviction relief, and the Court
granted a supervisory writ in part. It ordered the district court... view full summary |
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