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- Law of Negligence — Not Maritime Law — Applied to Damage to Oyster Leases - In an interesting case from St. Bernard Parish, the court held that negligence law applied to damage to oyster beds, not maritime law. See Cibilic v. Cox Operating, LLC, Case No. 2017-CA-0813 (La. App. 4th Cir. June 6, 2018). In that case, the plaintiffs operated oyster leases located in Lake Eloi in about six to ...
- The Necessary and Essential Elements of Toxic Torts: Proving Level of Exposure - Toxic tort cases are, at their core, a subset of negligence and product liability cases. As such, the standard elements of negligence and product liability must be proven. These include duty, breach, causation, and injury. Additionally, the causation must flow from the fact that the toxic substance was unreasonably dangerous or from a failure to ...
- Environmental Law: Expanding a Personal Servitude Requires Consent - In Louisiana, there are two types of servitudes: personal servitudes and predial servitudes. See La. C.C. art. 533-34 and 639-40. Personal servitudes confer upon a person a specified use of an estate less than full enjoyment. Consider the now infamous question of whether duck hunting rights constitute a "lease" or a "personal servitude?" See Richard ...
- What is Outside General Counsel, Anyway? - Are you tired of paying exorbitant legal fees because a junior associate is required to bill 180-200 hours a month, so they inflate time entries just to make a quota and keep a job? Maybe you’ve grown tired of paying big-law rates for everyday transactions. If so, it's time you considered hiring outside counsel. Lausten ...
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- Law of Negligence — Not Maritime Law — Applied to Damage to Oyster Leases - In an interesting case from St. Bernard Parish, the court held that negligence law applied to damage to oyster beds, not maritime law. See Cibilic v. Cox Operating, LLC, Case No. 2017-CA-0813 (La. App. 4th Cir. June 6, 2018). In that case, the plaintiffs operated oyster leases located in Lake Eloi in about six to ...Continue Reading
- The Necessary and Essential Elements of Toxic Torts: Proving Level of Exposure - Toxic tort cases are, at their core, a subset of negligence and product liability cases. As such, the standard elements of negligence and product liability must be proven. These include duty, breach, causation, and injury. Additionally, the causation must flow from the fact that the toxic substance was unreasonably dangerous or from a failure to ...Continue Reading
- Environmental Law: Expanding a Personal Servitude Requires Consent - In Louisiana, there are two types of servitudes: personal servitudes and predial servitudes. See La. C.C. art. 533-34 and 639-40. Personal servitudes confer upon a person a specified use of an estate less than full enjoyment. Consider the now infamous question of whether duck hunting rights constitute a "lease" or a "personal servitude?" See Richard ...Continue Reading
- What is Outside General Counsel, Anyway? - Are you tired of paying exorbitant legal fees because a junior associate is required to bill 180-200 hours a month, so they inflate time entries just to make a quota and keep a job? Maybe you’ve grown tired of paying big-law rates for everyday transactions. If so, it's time you considered hiring outside counsel. Lausten ...Continue Reading
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