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GRETNA, La. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued a Louisiana school district for vaccinating her son against COVID-19 without her consent should have presented her case as a medical malpractice lawsuit.
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In a win for plaintiffs in child sexual abuse cases, a Louisiana appeals court has affirmed the constitutionality of a 2021 state law allowing accusers to file lawsuits that were previously barred by a statute of limitations.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana bar wasn’t responsible for the death of a young woman who ran headlong into a truck exiting the parking lot after getting into a fight with her girlfriend, an appeals court ruled, upholding a jury verdict for the defense.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) - Caregivers who spent more than an hour trying to save a 9-month-old who swallowed a penny aren’t liable for his death from a rare complication of the procedure to remove it, a Louisiana appeals court ruled.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana man is the rightful plaintiff in a lawsuit over the death of his mentally disabled daughter even though he didn’t visit her for more than 40 years, a Louisiana appeals court ruled in a decision hinging upon the meaning of “abandonment” under the state’s civil code.
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Gov. Edwards’ Appointment to the Red River Commission Upheld by Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (Legal Newsline) – The mother of a girl who suffered a bad asthma attack that led to a brain injury has lost another decision in a Louisiana appeals court in her attempt to assess blame.
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Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson announced an Order temporarily transferring emergency matters from the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
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Property rights supporters are claiming a major victory as a result of a recent Louisiana appeals court decision that concluded the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Co. (BBP) violated the law in building a section of pipeline on privately owned land.
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LAFAYETTE — An appeals court in Louisiana has rejected a trucking company’s request to be declared ‘less culpable’ in a fatal traffic accident that happened four years ago.
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LAKE CHARLES – Louisiana's 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal recently upheld a ruling by the 16th Judicial District Court in Iberia Parish concerning damages related to a chemical fire in Iberia Parish on June 14, 2011.
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A Louisiana appellate court has partly sided with a gas company that had challenged a trial court’s decision to award eight plaintiff’s damages after they were exposed to dangerous levels of chemicals, according to a recent opinion in the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal.
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LAKE CHARLES – The Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion May that upheld an order from the 14th Judicial District Court in Calcasieu Parish that decided procedural issues and ordered dismissal of a consolidated tax case involving taxpayer and Lake Charles electric generating company Nelson Industrial Steam Co. (NISCO) and the Louisiana Department of Revenue.
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LAKE CHARLES — An appeals court has ruled a trial court properly granted a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against a hospital regarding the birth of a stillborn child.
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Three casino employees cannot be sued for allegedly allowing an intoxicated customer to leave the premises in his car, only to later crash and cause the death of another motorist, a Louisiana appeals court has ruled.
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Louisiana’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a court’s decision to deny a weekly newspaper’s request to unseal court records in a case involving a judge.
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Louisiana's 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a judgment over the adoption of an oilfield remediation plan submitted by Union Oil Co. of California (UNOCAL) to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ (LDNR).
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The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that favors an employee in a lawsuit filed against Golden Nugget Casino.
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The Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a decision to settle claims that Riceland Petroleum Co. and BP America Production Co. caused property damage in a legacy lawsuit filed by multiple landowners in Jefferson Davis Parish.
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LAKE CHARLES -- The Louisiana Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit has affirmed a 2016 judgment rendered by the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals favoring the Calcasieu Parish School Board’s case against Duncan Oil Inc. in its entirety.
