Published by The Pellegrin Firm June 27, 2021
In a recent decision dated June 9, 2021, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Lafayette found that a jury’s damage award to a man injured due the negligence of a dealership service technician was abusively low.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm March 5, 2020
In an interesting case decided by the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in October 2019, the court ruled that members of a fraternity’s executive board could be held individually liable for a fatal car accident allegedly caused by a sleep-deprived pledge forced to act as a designated driver for intoxicated fraternity members.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 19, 2020
In a ruling dated January 8, 2020, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans ruled in favor of a man injured in a collision with a St. Bernard Fire Department fire truck in 2011.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 27, 2019
In a recent decision, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a Lafayette district judge’s decision to grant summary judgment on liability for a patron injured after slipping in a liquid substance at a Super 1 supermarket.
Published by the Pellegrin Firm November 29, 2019
On November 15, 2019, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge affirmed a Terrebonne Parish district judge’s grant of summary judgment in the case of a Houma doctor injured in a bicycle accident. The plaintiff suffered a broken neck and other injuries when he attempted to hop over a small gap in a sidewalk on his bicycle and the front wheel separated from the bike, sending him flying over the handlebars.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm October 1, 2019
In a September 18, 2019 decision, The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a Lake Charles workers’ compensation judge’s decision to award workers’ compensation benefits, attorneys’ fees, and penalties to an injured employee of Chicago Bridge & Iron.
On July 3, 2019, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles rendered judgement on a dispute over the status of riverboat casinos as “vessels.” This is important because the plaintiff, who sustained injuries while operating a scissor lift on a riverboat casino moored in Lake Charles, filed his suit under the Jones Act. The Jones Act provides …
On May 29, 2019, the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in Gretna upheld a jury’s verdict clearing a car driver of liability in a collision with a bicycle at the intersection of Airline Drive and Shrewsbury Road in Metairie. The defendant-driver was attempting to take a right turn towards the entrance ramp of the Causeway circle when the bicyclist …
On February 28, 2018, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans ruled on a case in which it had to consider the factors for determining when a defendant driver is in the course and scope of employment. The case is a personal injury suit arising from a pick-up truck colliding with a Regional Transit Authority bus. The …
In a February 28, 2019 judgment, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a Terrebonne Parish judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of a hotel in a slip and fall case. In this case, the plaintiff alleged he sustained injuries when he tripped over an elevated curb near the hotel’s entrance. The case is Primeaux v. Best …