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| TORTS
| | 1. | Court of appeal improperly added extra element to tort claim.
Gordon S. Cormier v. Entergy Louisiana, LLC, 2025-C-00261 (La. 09/16/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
In 2016 plaintiff fell into a hole while walking on the right of way adjacent to East Tank Farm
Road in Calcasieu Parish. The hole measured between 12 and 16 inches acr... view full summary | | 2. | Court of appeal applied wrong standard of review to district court's denial of wrongful conviction damages.
State v. Kendall Gordon, 2025-K-00268 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
On August 8, 2009, at about 10:00 p.m., Patrice Comadore, her sister Darceleen, their friend
Earlitta Taylor, and her children were at home when two men with bandanas c... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 3. | Factual disputes over interpretation of agreement precluded summary judgment.
Bailey Andrew Baynham v. Maven Royalty Management, 2025-CC-00599 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
The district court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment and denied
defendants' cross motion. The Second Circuit denied writs. The ... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 4. | Court reinstates district court's denial of trial continuance.
Turbine Generation Services, LLC v. G.E. Oil & Gas, Inc., 2025-CC-10159 (La. 09/08/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
As a trial date approached, plaintiff's expert unexpectedly became ill. The district court judge
had long presided over the matter and was about to retire. Instead ... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 5. | Court clarifies appellate review of decisions of civil service board.
Monroe Municipal Fire and Police Service Board v. Reginald Brown, 2024-CC-00543 (La. 09/03/2025) [29 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
In early 2020 James Mayo, then mayor of the city of Monroe, appointed Reginald Brown as
interim chief of the Monroe Police Department. On July 6, 2020, about five mont... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 6. | Court remands habeas application for consideration of merits.
State v. Bertie Randall Hicks, 2024-KP-01349 (La. 09/10/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant filed an application for post-conviction relief, which the district court dismissed
as untimely. The Court granted a supervisory writ and reversed the dismiss... view full summary | | 7. | Court reverses grant of evidentiary hearing in habeas proceeding.
State v. Ernest Mills, 2025-KP-00512 (La. 09/16/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant filed a second application for post-conviction relief. He argued his guilty plea
should be revisited based on the alleged nondisclosure to him of ... view full summary | | 8. | Court reverses former police chief's drug possession conviction.
State v. Mitch Bratton, 2025-K-00404 (La. 09/16/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant, the former police chief for the Village of Grayson, was charged with malfeasance
in office, theft, unauthorized use of a movable, possession of fl... view full summary | | 9. | Prospective jurors may be informed by either party of applicable mandatory penalty.
State v. Demond Franklin, 2025-KK-01173 (La. 09/17/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant was charged with second-degree murder, carrying a mandatory sentence of life
in prison. The case proceeded to trial, and defendant filed a motion in limine t... view full summary | | 10. | Court reinstates denial of motion to suppress evidence seized in Slidell drug bust.
State v. Axel Ramon Jarquin, 2025-KW-0002 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
After a drug bust at a Slidell-area home, defendant was charged with possession of cocaine,
possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He moved to s... view full summary |
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