New Orleans, LA
Appeals Lawyer at New Orleans, LA
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: Reversed, judgment rendered in defendants' favor
Upholding Louisiana's economic-loss rule, court held that buyer-processors of farm-raised crawfish could not recover economic losses caused by damage to crawfish crops owned by crawfish farmers.
OUTCOME: Reversed adverse judgment against client.
Reversing the court of appeal, this decision holds that, when two separate corporations are liquidated by the Insurance Commissioner as part of a single business enterprise, the owner of one corporatio ... n does not acquire a claim to the other corporation's assets.
OUTCOME: Reversed JNOV, reinstated defense verdict
Reversal of an $88.75 million judgment against an electrical-products manufacturer, in a case arising from an explosion at an industrial plant.
OUTCOME: Reversed trial court, client dismissed from case
Court of appeal held that Louisiana does not recognize a cause of action for clergy malpractice, the first such holding in Louisiana.
OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal of appeal; reinstated appeal
The intermediate court had dismissed our client’s appeal from a class-certification order. The Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated appeal, holding that a class-certification order, though interlocutor ... y, can be appealed as of right. This rule has since been codified by the Louisiana Legislature in Act 205 of the 2005 Regular Session.
OUTCOME: Reversed adverse judgment by court of appeal
Won reversal of lower-court judgments holding client liable for conversion. Established that under Louisiana law, liability for conversion depends on a finding of fault. Opinion on rehearing (unreporte ... d) clarified that comparative fault applies to conversion cases.
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