Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
Recent News About Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
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Court: Pediatrician not to blame for death of infant from rare blood disorder
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a pediatrician who faced a lawsuit over the death of a five-month-old infant. -
Nonexistent 'Kill Switch' dooms lawsuit over girl's go-kart accident
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who argued the operators of a go-kart track could have protected her daughter from injury if they had activated a “kill switch” stopping all the karts has no case partly because such a device would defy the laws of physics, a Louisiana appeals court ruled. -
Verdict against funeral home won't be changed too much after corpse rotted in Louisiana heat
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – The surviving family who sued over the treatment of a father’s corpse is only entitled to an extra $10,000, a Louisiana appeals court recently ruled while rejecting calls that a jury’s verdict was too low. -
Father must establish paternity to sue over daughter's death, Louisiana court rules
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) - A father whose daughter died of sickle-cell anemia at age 20 can’t sue the state of Louisiana for medical malpractice because he failed to establish paternity within a year of her death, an appeals court ruled. -
Louisiana appeals court increases damages to dog bite victim
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana couple have received a boost from an appeals court, with a jury verdict fought by State Farm being affirmed and increased by $34,000.