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| | 1. | 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 | | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
| | 2. | Nursing home case covered by MMA only when wrongdoing sounds in medical malpractice.
Richard v. Louisiana Extended Care Centers, 2002-C-0978 (La. 1/14/03) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Plaintiffs' decedent, a 92-year-old double amputee, was confined in a nursing home when she suffered bruises and lacerations to her head and... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 3. | Premature ruling on constitutional issue erroneous.
Ring v. State, DOTD, 2002-CA-1367 (La. 1/14/03) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Plaintiff, an Illinois trucker, was stopped on an Interstate Highway in Louisiana and ticketed for failing to stop at a weigh station. The s... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 4. | Multiple penalties available for multiple infractions by employer; voc-rehab must concentrate on employee's area.
Fontenot v. Reddell Vidrine Water Dist., 2002-C-0439 (La. 1/14/03) [22 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 These two consolidated appeals from worker's compensation awards involve two separate legal issues: (1) assessment of multiple penalties aga... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 5. | Dialogue captured in video tape of drug transaction was res gestae.
State v. Irvin Brooks, 01-K-0785 (La. 1/14/03) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Defendant was convicted of distribution of cocaine. At trial, the jury during deliberations was allowed, upon their request, to review porti... view full summary | | 6. | Savage beating supports "specific intent to kill" for attempted murder.
State v. Bishop, 01-K-2548 (La. 1/14/03) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Defendant and an accomplice savagely and thoroughly beat an old man, cut him with a knife and broken bottle, and left him in a clump of bush... view full summary | | 7. | Robber's sentence that was twice as long as codefendant's not excessive.
State v. Donald K. Smith, 2001-K-2574 (La. 1/14/03) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Defendant and his codefendant Johnson were convicted of the armed robbery of $400,000 in jewelry from a store in a shopping mall. During the... view full summary | | 8. | Res gestae crime spree admissible; death sentence affirmed.
State v. Michael Taylor, 2001-KA-1638 (La. 1/14/03) [37 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Defendant appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. The evidence showed that defendant and his codefendant Timoth... view full summary | | 9. | Male officers' detention of female suspect while female officer arrived for pat-down not an arrest.
State v. Alisha Adams, 2001-KK-3231 (La. 1/14/03) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 1 Officers observed defendant, in a high crime area, run and hide from police as soon as she saw the police car. As she ran, she appeared to r... view full summary |
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