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| MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
| 1. | PCF may not appeal liability vel non, where defendant medical provider has paid the judgment.
Hanks v. Seale, 2004-C-1485 (La. 6/17/05) [25 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 Plaintiff Hanks filed suit to recover damages for personal injuries he suffered, allegedly as a result of medical malpractice by defendants,... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| 2. | Decisional delay not proved against judge. In re: Judge Pamela Taylor Johnson, 2004-O-2973 (La. 6/3/05) [51 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 This complaint was made against respondent Judge Pamela Johnson, a judge in East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court, for, inter alia, fai... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| 3. | Motion for involuntary dismissal can be made only after the close of plaintiff's case.
Taylor v. Tommie's Gaming, 2004-C-2254 (La. 5/24/05) [9 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 Complainant Taylor claimed to suffer a back injury while in the course and scope of his employment with Tommie's Gaming. Taylor claimed that... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 4. | Redrawn electoral district lines nullify prior local option vote.
Sabine Parish Police Jury v. Comm'r of Alcohol & Tobacco Control, 2004-C-1833 (La. 04/12/05) [30 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 In 1977, the voters of Ward 3 of Sabine Parish voted in a local option election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages in Ward 3, which... view full summary | 5. | Two senate vacancies do not affect the number required to form a quorum or majority.
Marionneaux v. Hines, 2005-OC-1191 (La. 5/17/05) [10 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 Certain Louisiana senators filed this suit against the president and the parliamentarian of the Louisiana Senate, to determine how many sena... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| 6. | "Criminalist report" statute constitutional; but "good faith" certification is "featherweight"
State v. Cunningham, 2004-KA-2200 (La. 6/11/05) [29 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 6 Defendant Cunningham was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. At trial before an Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge, pursuant to L... view full summary |
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