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EVIDENCE

1.Court reverses judgment finding spoliation of evidence.
Hilda Fobb v. Stericycle, Inc., 2023-CC-00697 (La. 09/19/2023) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant as a result of a car accident involving defendant's employee. Plaintiffs contended that defendant complete... view full summary
2.Court orders continuance given counsel's medical issues.
Kingfish Asset Management, LLC v. Radine Bultman, 2023-CC-01260 (La. 09/15/2023) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     Plaintiffs moved to continue trial of this matter based on counsel's medical issues, and the district court denied the motion. The Court granted a supervisory writ ... view full summary


3.One defendant's waiver of abandonment defense did not amount to waiver by another defendant.
John Greene v. Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 d/b/a Abbeville General Hospital, 2023-CC-00670 (La. 09/19/2023) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     Plaintiff filed this medical malpractice action against Abbeville General Hospital and Dr. Trent Fogleman in July 2016. Abbeville General moved for summary jud... view full summary
EVIDENCE

4.Plaintiffs who voluntarily dismissed redistricting suit must pay State's costs.
James Bullman v. Kyle Ardoin, 2023-C-00688 c/w 2023-00689 c/w 2023-00690 (La. 09/26/2023) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     On March 10, 2022, plaintiffs filed suit against the Louisiana Secretary of State contending that Louisiana's congressional districts were malapportioned, unc... view full summary
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

5.Order requiring parish to pay into court's registry funds owed to plaintiffs is unconstitutional.
William Mellor v. The Parish of Jefferson, 2022-CC-01713 (La. 09/08/2023) [19 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     In 2008 the Jefferson Parish Council adopted ordinance Section 36-320, et seq., titled "School Bus Safety Enforcement Program for Detecting Violations of Overtaking... view full summary
SUCCESSIONS

6.Duplicate required to prove validity of lost notarial testament.
In re Succession of Diana Bartlett Morgan, 2022-C-01763 (La. 09/08/2023) [17 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     Diana Lynn Ford filed a petition to open the small succession of her mother, Diana Bartlett Morgan. The petition alleged the decedent died intestate because an... view full summary
CRIMINAL

7.Criminal procedure article allowing district court to vacate conviction and sentence on motion of district attorney is unconstitutional.
State v. William Wayne Lee, Jr., 2022-KK-01827 (La. 09/08/2023) [52 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     In 2003 the State charged defendant with one count of second-degree murder. In 2007 a unanimous jury found him guilty. The district court sentenced him t... view full summary
8.Court revokes bail for former judge appealing sex crimes convictions.
State v. Elzey Jeffrey Perilloux, 2023-KK-01226 (La. 09/13/2023) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 9
     Defendant, a former St. John the Baptist Parish judge, was found guilty by a unanimous jury of three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of misdem... view full summary