Cases

MOORE, J. h Joyce Lafitte-Nesom appeals a judgment that rejected her claim for workers’ compensation benefits arising from a slip- and-fall in the parking lot of her employer, Christus Schumpert Highland. For the reasons expressed, we affirm. *1102 Factual Background Ms. Nesom was employed as a nursing house superviso

DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge. hln this worker’s compensation matter, appellant, Dean Groover, appeals the trial court judgment, seeking (1) a recalculation of his average weekly wage so as to include tips he received as part of his pay and (2) a reversal of the lower court’s determination that he is not entitled to *1186supplemental earnings benefits. Appel-lees, Lafitt

CHEHARDY, Judge. Defendants, Robert Bros. Homes, Inc., and Robert J. Neider, appeal a parish court judgment rendered by default in favor of plaintiff, Lafitte Sash & Door Co., Inc. (Lafitte), and against the defendants in the sum of $2,283.59 with interest thereon at the rate of l‘/¿% per month from date of judicial demand until paid, plus 25% of all said sums as attorney fees, and for all costs of the proceed

953 So.2d 1053 (2007) Elodie FLEMING, Calvin A. Fleming III, John Paul Fleming, Georgia Rose Properties LLC, Douglas R. Fleming, Jr., Sue Reed Fleming, Douglas Fleming III, Suzanne Fleming Harvey, and Jamie Lou Fleming v. The TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE, Tim Kerner, Individually and in His Capacity as Mayor of the Town of Jean Lafitte and Paul Hubbard d/b/a Hubbard Construction Company Incorporated. Hubbard Enterprises, Incorporated v. Elodi

GULOTTA, Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment granting plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment while denying a motion for the same filed by the defendant. These matters are two consolidated suits seeking the invalidation of a proclamation by the Governor of Louisiana dated March IS, 1971, incorporating an area in the Parish of Jefferson proposed to be “The Town of Lafitte” and described as follows: <

GLADNEY, Judge. This action by Robert Douglas Lafitte, Sr. and Sarah Jane Watts Lafitte, parents of twelve year old Clarence Melvin Lafitte, was instituted for the purpose of recovering damages by reason of the boy’s death by drowning while the guest of Robert H. Snell at a camp on Lake Bistineau. Snell and his insurer, Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, are named defendants. From a judgment sustaining an exception of no

690 So.2d 872 (1997) Deborah L. LAFITTE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ruben M. COMPTON, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellee. No. 29296-CA. Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit. February 26, 1997. Rehearing Denied March 27, 1997. *873 Peters, Ward, Bright & Hennessy by J. Patrick Hennessy, Shreveport

666 So.2d 1176 (1995) Ray RAMOGASSE, Jr. v. LAFITTE WELDING WORKS. No. 93-CA-682. Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit. December 13, 1995. *1177 Philip A. Costa, Weigand, Levenson & Costa, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellant. John R. Miller, Metairie, for Defendant/Appellee. Before KLIEBERT, GOTHARD and

OPINION Opinion By Justice FILLMORE. Rodolfo J. Myers sued Tracy K. Nguyen, alleging Nguyen’s negligence was the cause of an automobile accident in which Myers was injured. Following a jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment for Myers in the amount of $42,183.28. On appeal, Nguyen complains Myers’s counsel made incurable jury ar

Judgment rendered September 22, 2021. Application for rehearing may be filed within the delay allowed by Art. 2166, La. C.C.P. No. 54,066-CA COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA ***** ROBERT J. MCNEILL

Judgment rendered May 24, 2023 Application for rehearing may be filed within the delay allowed by Art. 2166, La. C.C.P. No. 55,073-CA COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA ***** MR & MRS LARRY E.

LOCKEMY, C.J.: Derek Vander Collier appeals his conviction for second-degree burglary, arguing the trial court improperly limited his closing argument, erred in allowing the State to play recordings of two police interviews, and should not have allowed a witness to identify him in front of the jury. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

OPINION Opinion by Justice EVANS. In this appeal from a jury trial, Orville Paul Dunagan contends the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in his favor on the negligence claim against him. Because we conclude the ordinary negligence standard does not apply and there was no evidence that Dunagan engaged in reckless conduct

BROWN, Chief Judge. |! Purchasers of real property brought this action in redhibition and fraudu*1223lent/negligent misrepresentation against the seller and the seller’s real estate agent and broker. The seller, Laura DeLaCruz, had moved to Nevada and was served pursuant to Louisiana’s long arm statute. She did not answer the lawsuit or appear at trial. A prelimina

597 F.Supp.2d 1143 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. W.R. GRACE, Henry A. Eschenbach, Jack W. Wolter, William J. McCaig, Robert J. Bettacchi, O. Mario Favorito, Robert C. Walsh, Defendants. No. CR 05-07-M-DWM. United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division. February 10, 2009. *1144 David S. Krakbff, Gary

554 F.3d 1082 (2009) KERR-McGEE OIL AND GAS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary, on behalf of Land & Minerals Management, on behalf of United States Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellants. No. 08-30069. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. January 12, 2009. Gene W. Lafitte, S

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge: The owner of a dock seeks to recover for damages occasioned it by the repeated collisions of an excursion vessel. The district court found that three specific collisions occurred, that the suit was not barred by laches, and awarded damages. The vessel owner appeals, arguing, inter alia,

PITMAN, J. | Jntervenor-Appellant Commerce and Industry Company (“Commerce”) appeals the district court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Arch Insurance Company (“Arch”) and Claimants-Appellees Craig and Cheryl Forgey (“the Forgeys”). For the following reasons, we affirm. FACTS On January 28, 2010, the Forgeys filed a petition for personal inj

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his suit on an exception of no cause of action. He is a property taxpayer in the parish of De Soto, and, as such, brought this suit to annul the result of a local option election, under authority of which the police jury has prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors in the parish. Plaintiff contends that Act No. 15 of 1934 is unconstitutional in so far as it purports to authorize police juries to prohibit the sale of intoxicating

O’NIELL, Chief Justice. The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his suit on an exception of no cause of action. He is a property taxpayer in the parish of De Soto, and, as such, brought this suit to annul the result of a local option election, under authority of which the police jury has prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors in the parish. Plaintiff contends that Act No. 15 of 1934 is