Congratulations to Partner, Chad Collings, who obtained a defense verdict for his client, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith, in a case in the 22nd Judicial District Court for St. Tammany Parish. The District Court Judge found that the Plaintiff, Fred Oswald, failed to show that Sheriff Randy Smith broke any law when he decided...

The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a split in the State Court of Appeals in its opinion in “Stephen Amedee & Tanya Amedee vs. Ambridge Hospitality LLC d/b/a Embassy Suites New Orleans et al” (attached) concerning whether where there are multiple defendants in a lawsuit and where one defendant is dismissed on summary judgment, can a...