| TORTS
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| 1. | Louisiana Emergency Vehicle Statute construed.
Rabalais v. Nash, 2006-C-0999 (La. 3/9/07) [26 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiff filed suit to recover damages for personal injuries he suffered when his vehicle was struck by a fire department pickup truck trav... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 2. | Case remanded to district court to allow party to plead unconstitutionality of a statute.
M.J. Farms v. Exxon Mobil, 07-CA-0450 (La. 4/27/07) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Appellants the State of Louisiana and Exxon Mobil Corporation applied for a direct appeal pursuant to La. Const. art. V, S 5(D), on the grou... view full summary |
| 3. | Withholding of defective product in discovery not "fraud or ill practice."
Wright v. Louisiana Power & Light, 06-C-1181 (La. 3/9/07) [28 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiff's decedent was killed in a single-car accident in his 1982 Mercedes convertible in 1988. Plaintiff sold the 1982 Mercedes to a Ste... view full summary |
| 4. | Louisiana courts have in personam jurisdiction over director of foreign corporation.
Southeast Wireless Network v. U.S. Telemetry Corporation, 06-C-1736 (La. 4/11/07]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiffs are Louisiana investors in defendant U.S. Telemetry Corporation ("USTC"). USTC had a plan to develop equipment to transfer data u... view full summary |
| 5. | Court of appeal erred in rendering decision after settlement by parties.
Council of the City of New Orleans v. Sewerage & Water Board, 06-C-1989 (La. 4/11/07) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 The Council of the City of New Orleans ("Council") filed suit against, inter alia, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans ("SWB") seeki... view full summary |
| DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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| 6. | Retroactive application of peremptive period for avowal action not unconstitutional.
W.R.M. v. H.C.V, 2006-CA-0702 (La. 3/9/07) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Plaintiff W.R.M. filed a petition to establish his paternity of A.M.V., the 9-year-old child of H.C.V., alleging that he is the biologic... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 7. | Police pursuit of defendant into a private home does not require a warrant.
State v. Keith Walker, 06-KK-1045 (La. 4/11/07) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 The State appeals an order suppressing evidence. Police observed the defendant and another man standing directly in front of a residence at ... view full summary |
| 8. | District court erred in exposing jury to habitual offender allegations.
State v. Gregory Ruiz, 06-KO-1755 (La. 4/11/07) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Defendant was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine in violation of La.R.S. S 40:967(A)(1), and possession of cocaine ... view full summary |
| 9. | Codefendants may agree to appeal common issue as part of guilty plea agreement.
State v. Jorgio Mack, 06-K-1722 (La. 4/27/07) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 15, Issue 4 Defendant agreed to plead guilty, adopting his codefendant's motion to suppress evidence, and reserving his right to appeal the district cou... view full summary |