On February 15, 2023, the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s award of $2.75M each to the two surviving children of a deceased mesothelioma plaintiff and also affirmed the trial court’s award of judicial interest relating back to the date the original petition was filed.
In December 2021, after a
The Louisiana Supreme Court recently determined that there is no tort liability for negligent spoliation of evidence. “Regardless of any alleged source of the duty, whether general or specific, public policy in our state precludes the existence of a duty to preserve evidence. Thus, there is no tort.” Reynolds v. Bordelon, No. 2014-2362, —