Two Important Recent Cases Change the Legal Landscape for Public Works Mandamus Claims. Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux, Antonio Torres and Olivia Maynard 1. First Circuit Court Calls into Question Prior Mandamus Cases in Louisiana Public Contracts: LA Contracting Enterprise, LLC v. South Lafourche Levee District In this case, LA Contracting was awarded a public works contract in which a dispute [...]

Barber Brothers Contracting Company, LLC v. Capitol City, --- So.3d ---, 2024 WL 5162733, 2023-00788 (La. 12/19/24) Louisiana Supreme Court Revisits Damage Awards in Barber Brothers Case: A Closer Look into the Application of Pete v. Boland Marine. Authors:  Christopher K. LeMieux and Emilia Duncan In a recent decision, the Louisiana Supreme Court in Barber Brothers Contracting Co., LLC v. [...]

Timothy Ladner, et al. v. Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, LLC, et al., 2024 WL 5054503 (La. 4th Cir., Dec. 10, 2024). Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals expands the Louisiana Construction Anti-Indemnity Act as it relates to additional insured coverage. Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Trey Talley In Timothy Ladner, et al. v. Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, LLC, et al., [...]

Riess LeMieux is pleased to welcome Molly M. Jones to the firm as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, Molly gained extensive experience in the New Orleans real estate industry working as a title attorney, property manager, and realtor. Additionally, Molly has experience handling estate planning, succession, property disputes, corporate disputes, contract and corporate litigation.  Molly received her juris [...]

Hard Stop on Arbitration Agreements in Louisiana Public Contract Insurance Agreements Authors: Robert W. Tschirn and Antonio J. Torres The Louisiana Supreme Court has laid down a decisive ruling in Police Jury of Calcasieu Parish v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co., et. al., 2024-00449 (La. 10/25/24), reinforcing the state’s long-standing prohibition on compulsory arbitration provisions in insurance contracts issued in Louisiana. [...]

The Fourth Circuit Explores the Limits of Contractual Indemnity versus Insurance Obligations in Riggio v. Ports America. Thomas Riggio v. Ports America Louisiana, L.L.C. et al., --- So.3d ----, 2024-0436 (La. App. 4 Cir. 12/5/24). Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Jena Mura In Riggio v. Ports America Louisiana, LLC, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal examined issues of indemnification [...]

Know Your Limits - Protections for Employers Utilizing Independent Contractors are Narrowed by the Louisiana Second Circuit Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Hannah M. Marler Under Louisiana’s worker’s compensation statutes, independent contractors are “expressly excluded” from seeking worker’s compensation benefits unless that independent contractor spent a substantial part of their work time performing manual labor. If the independent contractor has [...]