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 …
In the recently released decision of Antippas v. Nola Hotel Group, LLC, Docket No. 2017-CA-0798 the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a New Orleans district court’s decision to award $105,000 in damages to a bicyclist injured when a hotel valet opened a car door in front of her in the French Quarter on Burgundy Street. The jury found …
On March 25, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of The Dutra Group v. Batterton. The main question of the case is whether a Jones Act seaman can recover punitive damages in a personal injury suit based on the unseaworthiness of the vessel that he worked on. The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the …