Tag: Louisiana Civil Code

• Business Transactions

  Co-owned hunting land cannot be divided, leads to partition and public sale

  • November 5, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Earlier this year, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that co-owned hunting land could not be divided up and therefore had to be sold at public auction. Broussard v. Stutes Farms, LLC, 13-1122 (La. App. 3 Cir. 3/5/14), 134 So. 3d 226. The case involved two co-owned tracts of property totaling 125 acres […]

• Business Litigation

  Accord and Satisfaction: When Partial Payment Means Payment in Full

  • December 30, 2013
  • By Jessica Allain
  

  How to Settle a Debt by Only Paying Part of it Under Louisiana law, accord and satisfaction is the settlement of a debt by partial payment.  In Complete Medical Systems, LLC v. Health Net Federal Services, LLC, 13-0367 (La. App. 1 Cir. 11/1/2013), — So. 3d —, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal applied […]

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  Third-Party Claims: Unconditional Tenders Versus Offers Of Settlement

  • February 22, 2013
  • By Brent Carriere

  Requirements for Third-Party Claims Insurance companies should remember that under La. R.S. 22:1892, an insurer is only required to make an “unconditional” tender/payment to an insured, not to a third-party claimant. The only duty imposed on insurers by La. R.S. 22:1892 with regard to third-party claims is to make a “written offer to settle” any […]