Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal recently adopted an order suspending all appellate filing deadlines which occur between September 6, 2021, and September 24, 2021. Any party who has a filing deadline which falls between those dates has a new deadline of September 27, 2021. Oral arguments will remain on schedule. This order follows the emergency order of the Governor which contains similar provisions.
Louisiana runs three separate adoption procedures for three different situations: intrafamily adoption for relatives with custody, stepparent adoption within that same framework, and adult adoption under an entirely different Civil Code track.
Louisiana requires most malpractice claims to go through a medical review panel before a lawsuit can be filed. Here is how the panel process works, how it protects your deadline to sue, and what the damages cap does and does not cover.
Louisiana pays four distinct categories of workers' compensation wage benefits, each with its own duration rules. Here is how TTD, PTD, SEB, and PPD actually work, and how long each one can last under La. R.S. 23:1221.
