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| | 1. | Jury award of future medicals need not agree with expert; failure to award general damages reversed.
Green v. K-Mart Corp., 2003-C-2496 (La. 5/25/04) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries she sustained when merchandise fell on her head in a K-Mart store, causing permanent... view full summary | | 2. | Parent corporation not responsible for worker safety in subsidiary.
Bujol v. Entergy Services, Inc., 2003-C-0492 c/w 2003-C-0502 (La. 5/25/04) [38 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Defendant Air Liquide, S.A. ("ALSA"), headquartered in France, with facilities in more than 60 countries, operates an "air separation" busin... view full summary | | 3. | DOTD 80% at fault; drunk driver 20%.
Toston v. Pardon, 2003-C-1747 (La. 4/23/04) [21 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Annette Toston filed this suit as curatrix of her daughter Syvella, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by Syvella when the ca... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| | 4. | District judge removed from office for intoxication.
In re Monty L. Doggett, 2004-O-0319 (La. 5/25/04) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Judge Monty L. Doggett of the 10th Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches, was elected to judicial office in 1996, and was re-e... view full summary | | EVIDENCE
| | 5. | Criminal trespass while taking surveillance video not grounds for exclusion of tape.
Scott v. Poole's Classic Travels, Inc., 2003-C-2748 (La. 5/25/04) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Plaintiff filed this suit to recover damages for personal injuries he allegedly suffered when a bus owned by defendant rear-ended plaintiff'... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 6. | Employer-employee compensation reimbursement agreement unenforceable.
Jones v. General Motors Corporation, 2003-C-1766 (La. 4/20/04) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Claimant Alma M. Jones sustained a work-related injury at the General Motors Corporation assembly plant in Shreveport on January 15, 1999, n... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 7. | Brady violation results in reversal of murder conviction.
State v. Bright, 02-KP-2793 (La. 5/25/04) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 Defendant was convicted and sentenced to life in 1996 for a murder during an armed robbery at a bar. The only evidence linking defendant wit... view full summary | | 8. | Request for extradition of out-of-state defendant, without more, does not interrupt prescription of prosecution.
State v. Thomas Bobo, 2003-KK-2362 (La. 4/30/04) [17 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 12, Issue 6 In September and October, 1998, Thomas Bobo, living in Stafford, Texas, sold heroin by mail to an individual in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. ... view full summary |
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