| MEDICAL MALPRACITCE
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| 1. | Court affirms summary judgment for hospital, reverses summary judgment for doctor.
Jacqueline Brenner v. Dr. Ronald Lewis, 2018-C-295 (La. 04/27/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
On February 23, 2011, after experiencing two seizure-like episodes at her home, forty-
seven-year-old Judith LeBlanc was seen by her primary care physician, Ron... view full summary |
| PROPERTY
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| 2. | Court recalls writ in case involving claimed servitude of passage.
Three Rivers Commons Condominium Assoc. v. Donna Grodner, 2017-C-0974 (La. 04/02/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
This case involved a dispute over an alleged servitude of passage. Three Rivers Island is
located on the south side of the Diversion Canal in Livingston Pari... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 3. | Court vacates discovery order requiring defendants to provide a specific interrogatory answer that would have been false.
Deon Danna v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., LLC, 2018-CC-0331 (La. 04/20/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
This case arose from plaintiff's termination as Director of Engineering at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel in New Orleans. More than three years after filing his origina... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 4. | Court vacates sentence and remands for resentencing and retroactive application of more lenient penalty provisions.
State ex rel. Eugene Jarrow, 2015-KH-0265 (La. 04/02/18) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant, who was previously convicted and sentenced and had exhausted all state and
federal habeas relief, sought the retroactive application of more... view full summary |
| 5. | Court reverses order for evidentiary hearing on post-conviction claim by defendant convicted of murdering his infant.
State v. Bertie Hicks, 2016-KP-2203 (La. 04/02/18) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
In 2006 defendant pled guilty to manslaughter in connection with the 2005 murder of his
seven-week-old daughter. According to the pre-sentence report, defendant confessed ... view full summary |
| 6. | Court instructs district court to view recordings of seizure of evidence.
State v. Julian McConnell, 2018-KK-0131 (La. 04/02/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Police in Caddo Parish responded to a report of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm. While in the home, officers seized evidence from the bedroom floor and charged de... view full summary |
| 7. | Court vacates sentence in light of Montgomery/Miller.
State v. Phillip Schane, 2017-KP-0582 (La. 04/06/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
In 1980 defendant pled guilty to a second degree murder that he committed as a juvenile
and was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, par... view full summary |
| 8. | Defendant entitled to recordings and identities of confidential informants.
State v. Jermaine Dennis, 2017-KK-2029 (La. 04/06/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant sought from the State recordings of himself allegedly engaged in illegal drug
transactions with confidential informants, to look for impeachment or e... view full summary |
| 9. | District court's denial of post-conviction relief was supported by evidence at Atkins hearing, although experts had contrary opinions.
State v. Allen Robertson, Jr., 2016-KP-1742 (La. 04/06/18) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant was charged in 1991 with two counts of first degree murder, arising from the
gruesome stabbing deaths of an elderly couple, Morris and Kaz... view full summary |
| 10. | Court reinstates district court's denial of post-conviction relief: defendant did not meet Strickland standard.
State v. Marcus Coleman, 2017-KP-0093 (La. 04/16/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant was convicted of armed robbery in 2007 and sentenced to ninety-nine years in
prison as a fourth felony offender. His conviction and sentence were affirmed. Defen... view full summary |
| 11. | Defendant not entitled to suppression of statements although she did not receive Miranda warning.
State v. Tyrone Washington, 2018-KK-0206 (La. 04/20/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant made an incriminating statement to police as they arrived at the scene of a
house fire. She later moved to suppress the statement on the basis that... view full summary |
| 12. | Court remands to determine whether State filed notice under recently amended article regarding Miller resentencing.
State ex rel. Coby Lester Harris, 2016-KH-1820 (La. 04/27/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant was convicted of a second degree murder that he committed in 1977 as a
juvenile and was sentenced to life in prison without benefit of parole, p... view full summary |