Commercial & Corporate Law
Live Witness Testimony Properly Refused on Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
Last week, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal issued its decision in Fred v. Drill Cuttings Disposal Company, LLC. The case involved a... More
Title VII and Sexual Harassment Claims
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq.) prohibits covered employees from discrimination based on race, color, sex,... More
Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Proposed Independent Medical Examination Requirements
The attorneys of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett, LLP were recently successful in thwarting a plaintiff’s efforts to require that the parties stipulate to... More
Anti-Discrimination Executive Order Struck Down
On November 1, 2017, a three-judge panel of Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a district court’s decision that the Governor can not... More
Settling the Claims of a Minor
In Louisiana unemancipated minors lack the procedural capacity to sue. That authority falls to a “tutor.” For present purposes, we deal with the most... More
We Live in a Society, Man
Plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit claiming that the defendant disclosed his personal information to an unknown third party. He claimed to have anxiety... More
Vicarious Liability Imposed in Workplace Altercation
Plaintiff, Larry Jones, a foreman for Mid-South Mechanical Contractors, Inc., suffered personal injuries after a physical altercation with a co-worker. On the day of... More
Cell Your Defense with Indisputable Evidence
Was the driver distracted at the time of the accident? This is often the liability dispute at the center of litigation when a plaintiff... More
Subpoena to Non-Party Not Served on All Parties Does Not Interrupt Abandonment
The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently considered the issue of abandonment in the context of a request for documents directed to a... More
Seeking and Establishing Variances before the Board of Zoning Adjustments, Warehouse District Local Historic District
The Warehouse District Neighborhood Association appealed the trial court’s decision denying its Petition for Judicial Review. On April 11, 2016, the Board of Zoning... More