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Most Recent Cases Reported:
- Court reallocates fault in suit by NOPD officer attacked by inmate in hospital. - 12/11/2020) [25 pp.]
- Child given in adoption may bring survival and wrongful death actions. - Khristy Goins Rismiller v. Gemini Insurance Co., 2020-CA-00313 (La. 12/11/2020) [36 pp.]
- Court reinstates dismissal of tort claim against sheriff. - Shawn Morgan v. West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept., 2020-C-00999 (La. 12/22/2020) [2 pp.]
- Suit to enjoin political ads was mooted by election. - Linda Kocher v. Truth in Politics, 2020-C-01153 (La. 12/22/2020) [3 pp.]
- Claimant's holding of settlement checks that contained conditional language triggered 30-day penalty provision against employer. - Walter Zinn v. Zagis USA, LLC, 2020-C-00971 (La. 12/22/2020) [5 pp.]
- Court remands dispute between governor and legislature for consideration of non-constitutional issues. - Governor John Bel Edwards v. Louisiana State Legislature, 2020-CA-1407 (La. 12/21/2020) [8 pp.]
- Court partially vacates injunction in dispute over taxes the City of New Orleans collects on behalf of the Orleans Parish School Board. - Orleans Parish School Board v. The City of New Orleans, 2020-C-00932 (La. 12/22/2020) [4 pp.]
- Court vacates disposition that violated Children's Code. - State in the Interest of NS, 2020-CK-01171 (La. 12/08/2020) [5 pp.]
- Juvenile entitled to release when continued custody hearing was held four days from detention. - State in the Interest of MB, 2020-CK-01414 (La. 12/22/2020) [4 pp.]
- Court remands non-unanimous conviction to court of appeal in light of Ramos. - State v. Anthony Strong, 2020-K-00483 (La. 12/08/2020) [2 pp.]
- Court reinstates denial of chief indigent defender's motion to withdraw from and decline all appointments based on underfunding of office. - State v. Roderick L. Covington, 2020-KK-00447 (La. 12/11/2020) [17 pp.]
- Court reinstates guilty plea of defendant whose counsel sought withdrawal on eve of trial. - State v. Tyrone D. Johnson, 2019-K-02004 (La. 12/11/2020) [8 pp.]
- Counsel did not have a per se duty to inquire into client's citizenship before he pleaded guilty. - State v. Ronald Sewell, 2020-KK-00300 (La. 12/11/2020) [14 pp.]
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