| CONTRACTS
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| 1. | Court reduces jury's lost profits award by $50 million.
Huntsman International, LLC v. Praxair, Inc., 2024-C-00627 (La. 02/06/2025) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiff was a publicly traded company in the chemical business. Its largest division
produced chemical compounds used to make polyurethane, includi... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 2. | Defendant's motion to continue hearing waived right to assert abandonment.
Pinnacle Construction Group, LLC v. Devere Swepco JV, LLC, 2024-C-00406 (La. 02/06/2025) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiff, a subcontractor, contracted with Devere Swepco JV, a contractor, to perform work
in a Eunice subdivision owned by Unity Village Homes, Inc. Plaintiff filed s... view full summary |
| 3. | Dismissal of appeal not warranted where grounds were not free from doubt.
Dylan Cain Duplantis v. Kortney Rae Fontenot Duplantis, 2024-OC-01527 (La. 02/25/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
In June 2023 plaintiff filed a petition for a divorce under La. Civ. Code art. 102. In February
2024 he filed a supplemental and amending petition for a divo... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 4. | Genuine issues of fact regarding employment precluded summary judgment.
Roshaunda Randall v. Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, 2024-CC-01174 (La. 02/05/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiffs filed suit against Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, VIP Taxi Services,
LLC, and Patricia McKenzie. VIP Taxi moved for partial summary judgment... view full summary |
| 5. | Real estate broker entitled to summary judgment in tort claim against property manager.
Christian Longo v. 700B8, LLC, 2024-CC-01262 (La. 02/19/2025) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiff fell off of a second story screened porch at his leased apartment in New Orleans. The
property was owned by 700B8, LLC, which hired Preston Tedesco to manage ... view full summary |
| 6. | Genuine issues precluded summary judgment in rear-end accident suit.
Roderick Mitchell v. Jolee Chambers, 2024-C-01526 (La. 02/25/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
This case arose from an August 2021 automobile accident in Shreveport. Plaintiff was a guest
passenger in a pickup truck operated by Henry Horton. Horton was pullin... view full summary |
| INSURANCE
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| 7. | Court remands case involving forum selection clause in surplus lines policy.
Richards Clearview City Center, LLC, 2024-CC-00863 c/w 2024-CC-00864 (La. 02/05/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
On August 20, 2021, wind and water from Hurricane Ida significantly damaged plaintiff's
properties on Houma Boulevard and Veterans Boulevard in Metairie. The pr... view full summary |
| MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
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| 8. | Court reverses partial summary judgment for plaintiffs.
David Rabb v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center, 2024-CC-01432 (La. 02/19/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
In this medical malpractice case plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment against
defendants, Willis-Knighton Medical Center and Dr. Ana Costea. ... view full summary |
| WORKERS' COMPENSATION
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| 9. | Court remands for new trial after testimony was improperly excluded.
Mona LeBlanc v. Walmart Stores, Inc., 2024-C-01212 (La. 02/05/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiff filed a claim for temporary and total disability benefits after a work accident at
Walmart in November 2010. The workers' compensation judge... view full summary |
| DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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| 10. | Court orders court of appeal to convert improper appeal of interlocutory custody order to writ application.
Kasey Lynn Roberie Fontenot v. Charles Nicholas Fontenot, 2025-OC-00048 (La. 02/25/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Plaintiff and defendant were married and then divorced. Both filed rules to establish custody
of their two young daughters. After a conference, the hearing officer issu... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 11. | Court orders evidentiary hearing on post-conviction claim of factual innocence.
State v. Kyle Alexander, 2024-KP-00670 (La. 02/05/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant was convicted by two separate Assumption Parish juries of the second-degree
murder of two of his former high school classmates. Defendant later file... view full summary |
| 12. | Court vacates sentences and remands to properly consider sentencing factors.
State v. Justin Craighead, 2024-KK-01219 (La. 02/05/2025) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant, a middle-aged husband and father with no prior criminal record, suffered from
mental health and substance abuse issues. While on methamphetamine he stabbed a... view full summary |
| 13. | Evidence was insufficient to support second-degree murder for providing controlled substance.
State v. Deon Ray Bartie, 2024-K-00897 (La. 02/06/2025) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant was convicted of the second-degree murder of Brittany Lapeyrouse. The State's
theory was that defendant unlawfully provided a controlled dangerous... view full summary |
| 14. | Defendant entitled to jury charge allowing acquittal by ten of twelve jurors.
State v. Felton Thompson, 2024-KK-00564 (La. 02/06/2025) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant was charged with aggravated burglary and sexual battery, with both offenses
alleged to have occurred on or about October 7, 2016. He asked the dist... view full summary |
| 15. | Court for second time orders district court to rule on motion.
State v. Twdarryl Toney, 2024-KH-01368 (La. 02/19/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
In January 2024 the Court granted a supervisory writ in part and, in a brief per curiam,
ordered the district court to rule on defendant's motion fo... view full summary |
| 16. | Court removes restriction from unopposed subpoena to law enforcement.
State v. Maya Jones, 2024-KK-01479 (La. 02/19/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
At defendant's request a subpoena duces tecum was issued to the Houma Police Department
and the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Department. The district cou... view full summary |
| 17. | Court vacates ruling allowing testimony by surrogate analyst.
State v. Corey Morgan, 2024-KK-01327 (La. 02/25/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant was charged with second-degree murder. The State filed a motion in limine
contending that the analyst who issued the report and underlying data on... view full summary |
| 18. | Court of appeal ordered to act on writ application.
State v. Josh Hollywood, 2024-KD-1558 (La. 02/25/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 2
Defendant contended the Fifth Circuit failed to act timely on a supervisory writ application
he filed in August 2024. The Court granted a supervisory writ. If defendant... view full summary |