Tag: Motion for Summary Judgment

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  UM Rejection Forms – Little Traction Given to Consent Challenges by Insureds not Fluent in English

  • April 27, 2016
  • By Brent Carriere

  Recently, in Ponce v. Welch, 15-669 (La. App. 5 Cir. 3/16/16) 2016 WL 107-8579, Louisiana’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal upheld summary judgment in favor of an insurance company by denying a UM rejection form challenge of an insured claiming she did not understand the UM rejection agreement because she was not fluent in English.  […]

• Civil Procedure

  Updated Motion for Summary Judgment Article, Effective January 1, 2016

  • January 13, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure art. 966 has undergone significant edits in the past year, and the “new” article will take effect on January 1, 2016. The article will not affect any Motions for Summary Judgment (“MSJ”) pending adjudication or appeal on that date. The “new” article will only affect Motions filed after January 1, […]

• Workers' Compensation

  Workers Compensation Defense: the Unwitnessed Accident

  • October 8, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  What should an employer do in a Workers Compensation defense case where there are no witnesses to corroborate the employee’s story of an accident?