Fall 2020 Law 5701 for William A.

Morvant

SYLLABUS

Reference: Louisiana Civil Law Treatise, Vol. 1, Civil Procedure, Second Edition
by Frank L. Maraist

Class 1 – Introduction (Chapter 5)

1) Course overview & sequence of pleadings

2) Please read the following Code of Civil Procedure Articles:

a) Art. 5051 – 5059 (Rules of Construction)
b) Art. 191 – 227 (Power & Authority of the Court)
c) Art. 251 – 253.3 (Clerks of Court & Records)
d) Art. 371 – 376 (Officers of the Court)

3) Types of Procedure & Exceptions if you go wrong

a) Art. 851, 2591, 2592 & 2631
b) Art. 925, 926 & 927

4) Uniform Rules for District Courts 1.5, 6.2, 6.3

5) Becnel v. Northrop Ship Systems, Inc. 18 So.3d 1269 (La. 2009)

6) La. R.S. 22:860

Class 2 – Parties (Chapter 4)

1) Please read Civil Code Articles 2315, 2315.1, 2315.2

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 681 – 700, 731 – 771, 801 –
807, 4061.1, 4501, 5091

3) Please read the following cases:

a. Jackson v. Estate of Jones, 887 So.2d 618 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2004)
b. Succession of Ricks, 893 So.2d 98 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2004)
c. Fortier v. Hughes, 15 So.3rd 1185 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2004)
d. Ralph v. City of New Orleans, 928 So.2d 537 (La. 2006)
Class 3 – Actions, Pleadings, Petitions (Chapter 6)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles:

a) Art. 421 – 428 (Actions)
b) Art. 852 – 865 (Pleadings) – note Art. 863 (§6.2) was amended in
2010
c) Art. 891 – 893 (Petitions)

2) Please read Uniform District Court Rules 9.6 & 9.7

3) Please read the following cases:

a) Meaux v. Galtier, 972 So.2d 1137 (La. 2008)
b) Mayer v. Valentine Sugar, Inc., 444 So.2d 618 (La. 1984)
c) Goad v. May, 376 So.2d 340 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 1979)
d) Williams v. Tulane University Medical Center, 588 So.2d 782 (La.
App. 4th Cir. 1991)
e) Green v. Wal-Mart Store, 684 So.2d 966 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1996)

4) Please review sample petitions on Moodle

Class 4 – Jurisdiction (Chapter 2)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1 – 11, 4831 – 4832, 4841 –
4847, 4911 – 4913; R.S. 13:3201 – 3206, R.S. 13:3471, 3474, 3475

2) Please read the following cases:

a) State v. James, 757 So.2d 811 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2000)
b) Hardy v. Horace Mann, 956 So.2d 182 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2000)
c) DeReyes v. Marine Management, 586 So.2d 103 (La. 1991)
d) Iberiabank v. Thorton, 44 So.3d 720 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2010)
e) Tsaoussidis v. State Farm, 28 So.3d 311 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2009)
f) Quality Design & Construction, Inc. v. Tuff Coat Manufacturing,
Inc., 939 So.2d 429 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2006)
g) Southeast Wireless Network, Inc. v. U.S. Telemetry Corp., 954
So.2d 120 (La. 2007)
h) Hensgens v. Pelican Beach Resort, 100 So.3d 371, (La. App. 3rd
Cir. 2012)

Class 5 – Venue (Chapter 3)

1) Please read La. R.S. 22:655; Code of Civil Procedure Article 123; R.S.
13:3203; Civil Code Articles 38 – 46; Code of Civil Procedure Articles
925(4), 928(A), 41 – 45, 2006, 2811, 2812, 3941, 3991, 4031 – 4036,
4542

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 2) Spinosa v. Spinosa, 934 So.2d 35 (La. 2006)

3) Lee v. Commodore Holdings, Ltd., 947 So. 2d 158 (La. App. 4th Cir.
2006)

4) Town of Homer v. United Healthcare of Louisiana, Inc., 948 So. 2d 1163

(La. App. 2nd Cir. 2007)

5) Please answer the questions for Class 5 posted on Moodle

Class 6 – Venue II

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 71 – 87

2) Please read Civil Code Article 3462

3) Please read La. R.S. 22:1269(B); La. R.S. 13:5104

4) Please read the following cases:

a) Wharton v. Ridgell, 922 So.2d 461 (La. 2006)
b) Colvin v. Louisiana Patient’s Compensation, 947 So.2d 15 (La.
2007)
c) Green v. Auto Club Group Insurance Co., 24 So.3d 182 (La. 2009)
d) Pickett v. International Paper Company, et al., 924 So.2d 492 (La.
App. 2nd Cir. 2006)
e) French Jordan, Inc.v. Travelers Insurance Co., 958 So.2d 699 (La.
App. 4th Cir. 2007)
f) Land v. Vidrine, WL 880408 (La. 2011)
g) Schexnayder v. Gish, 980 So.2d 65 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2008)

Class 7 – Service

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 1201, 1231 – 1237, 1261 –
1267, 1291 – 1293, 1311 – 1314, 928(2), 1672(C); R.S. 13:3204, 13:3474,
13:5107, 9:5801

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Bordelon v. Medical Center, 871 So.2d 1075 (La. 2004)
b) Igbinoghene v. St. Paul’s Travelers, 2011 WL 1205236 (La. 2011)
c) Burnett v. James Construction, 66 So.3d 482 (La. 2011)
d) Whitley v. State, 66 So.3d 470 (La. 2011)

3) Please answer the questions for Class 7 on Moodle

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Class 8 – Service and Citation (Chapter 8)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 1001 – 1002; R.S. 13:3204 -
3205, and Code of Civil Procedure Art. 1701 – 1704

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Hunter v. Morton’s Seafood, 6 So.2d 152 (La. 2009)
b) Filson v. Windsor Court Hotel, et al., 907 So.2d 723 (La. 2005) –
for discussion purposes only
c) Tunnard v. Simply Southern Homes, LLC, 985 So.2d 166 (La. App.
1st Cir. 2008)
d) Hall v. Folger Coffee Co., 874 So.2d 90 (La. 2004)
e) Tranchant v. State, 5 So.2d 832 (La. 2009)
f) Johnson v. University Medical Center in Lafayette, 968 So.2d 724
(La. 2007)

Class 9 – Default Judgments (§12.3)

1) Please review Code of Civil Procedure Article 1001 – 1002; R.S. 13:3205,
Code of Civil Procedure Art. 1701 – 1704; Code of Civil Procedure 253.3

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Arias v. Stolthaven, 9 So.3d 815 (La. 2009)
b) Gonzales v. Build-A-Bear, et al., 30 So.2d 27 (La. App. 5th Cir.
2009)
c) Pollock v. Talco Midstream Assets, Ltd., 22 So.2d 1033 (La. App.
2nd Cir. 2009)
d) Bradley v. Safeway Insurance, 17 So.3d 1 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2009)

3) Please review chart posted on Moodle

4) Please answer the questions for Class 9 posted on Moodle

Class 10 – Exceptions (§6.4 – 6.7)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 921 – 934

2) Please read Uniform District Court Rules 9.2 and 9.9

3) Read the following cases:

a) Jackson v. United Services Auto Insurance Co., 1 So.3d 512 (La.
App. 5th Cir. 2008)

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 b) Robertson v. Sun Life Financial, 40 So.3d 507 (La. App. 1st Cir.
2010) (headnotes 4-15 only)
c) Alexander v. Palazzo, 5 So.3d 950 (La. 1st Cir. 2009)
d) Moreno v. Entergy, 2011 WL627276 (La. 2011) (headnotes only)
e) Lacoste v. Pendleton Methodist Hospital LLC, 966 So.2d 519 (La.
2007) (headnotes only)
f) Succession of Bijeaux v. Broyles, 88 So.3d 523 (La. App. 3rd Cir.
2007)

Class 11 – Security for Costs, Motion to Strike, Answer (§6.8, 6.9)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 595, La. R.S. 13:4522 &
4523, Code of Civil Procedure Articles 964, 893(2), 971, and Code of
Civil Procedure Articles 1001 – 1006.

2) Read Williams v. Nexstar Broadcasting, 96 So.3d 1195 (La. App. 5th Cir.
2012)

3) Please answer the questions for Class 11 posted on Moodle

Class 12 – No Cause of Action and Exceptions, No Right of Actions, Exceptions

1) Please read the following cases:

a) Robertson v. Sun Life Financial, 40 So.3d 507 (La. App. 1st Cir.
2010)
b) Rogers, et al. v. La. Department of Public Safety, 974 So.2d 919
(La. App. 3rd Cir. 2008)
c) Barabay Property Hold Corp. v. Boh Brothers, 991 So.2d 74 (La.
App. 1st Cir. 2008)

Class 13 – Incidental Demands (Chapter 7)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 1031 – 1040, 1061 – 1067,
1071 – 1073, 1091 – 1094, 1111 – 1116

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Long v. Minton, 809 So.2d 1242 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2002)
b) DiBenedetto v. Noble Drilling Co., 23 So.2d 400 (La. App. 4th Cir.
2009)
c) Case Atlantic v. Blount Brothers, 960 So.2d 1274 (La. App. 2nd
Cir. 2007)
d) Classen v. Hoffman, 947 So.2d 76 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006)
e) Stenson v. Oberlin, 2011 WL893394 (La. 2011)

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 3) Please review pleadings posted on Moodle

4) Please answer the questions for Class 13 on Moodle

Class 14 – Change of Venue, Forum Non Conveniens & Recusation (§10.7)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 121 – 124

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Article 151 – 161

3) Please read the following cases:

a) Garrison v. St. Charles General Hospital, et al. (writ granted,
judgment vacated), 838 So.2d 58 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2003)
b) Holland v. Lincoln General Hospital, 48 So.3d 1050 (La. 2010)
c) Covington v. McNeese State University, 32 So.3d 223 (La. 2010)
d) Chauvin v. Sisters of Mercy Health System, 818 So.2d 833 (La.
App. 4th Cir. 2002) - read only pages 834 – 835
e) Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc., 129 S. Ct. 2252, 2009

Class 15 – Cumulation (§4.5 – 4.10), Consolidation (§10.8), Motion for Judgment on

Pleadings (§6.8)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 461 – 465

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1561 – 1562, 253.2

3) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 961 – 965, 970

4) Please read the following cases:

a) Mortgage Elect. Registration v. Wells, 930 So.2d 117 (La. App. 4th
Cir. 2006)
b) Mauberret-Lavie v. Lavie, 850 So.2d 1 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2003)
c) Ricks v. Kentwood Oil Co., Inc., 38 So.3d 363 (La. App. 1st Cir.
2009) – read only pages 363 – 367
d) Broussard v. Hilcorp Energy Co., 998 So.2d 946 (3rd 2008), Cert.
granted 7 So.3d 1202 (La. 2009)

Class 16 – Class Actions and Derivative Actions (§4.12)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 591 – 597 (class actions) and
Articles 611 – 617 (derivative actions

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 2) Please read the following cases:
a) Brooks v. Union Pacific Railroad, 13 So.3d 546 (La. 2009)
b) Taranto v. Louisiana Citizens Property, 2011 WL880323 (La.
2011)
c) Palowsky v. Premier Bancorp, Inc., 597 So.2d 543 (La. App. 1st
cir. 1992)

Class 17 – Amending and Supplemental Pleadings, Abandonment, Motion for Judgment

on Offer of Judgment (§6.10)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1151 – 1156 (amended and
supplemental pleadings), Code of Civil Procedure Article 561
(abandonment), and Code of Civil Procedure article 970 (Motion for
Judgment on Offer of Judgment).

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Giroir v. South La. Medical Center, 475 So.2d 1040 (La. 1985)
b) Ray v. Alexandria Mall, 434 So.2d 1083 (La. 1983)
c) Warren v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Ins. Co., 21 So.3d 186 (La.
2008); read only judgment on rehearing p. 203 – 209
d) Carcamo v. Raw Bar Inc., 105 So.3d 936 (La App. 5th Cir. 2012).

Class 18 – Abandonment, Motion for Judgment on Offer of Judgment (Chapter 10 –

Abandonment §10.4; Subpoena §10.5; Subpoena duces tecum §10.6)

1) Please review Code of Civil Procedure Art. 561

a) Please read Louisiana DOTD v. Bayou Fleet, Inc., 37 So.3d 1066

(La. App. 1st Cir. 2010)
b) Louisiana DOTD v. Oilfield Heavy Haulers, 2011 WL 1272828
(3d Cir. 2011)

2) Please re-read Code of Civil Procedure Article 970

a) Please read Cotton v. Delta Queen Steamboat Co., Inc., 36 So.3d 262
(La. App. 4th Cir. 2010)

3) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1351, 1354, 1355

(subpoenas), and Code of Civil Procedure 1421 – 1425

4) Please read the following cases:

a) Hidalgo v. Catfish Queen Partnership in Commendam 961 So.2d
434 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2007)

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 b) Lyons v. Dohman, 958 So.2d 771 (3rd Cir. 2007
c) Dendy v. City National Bank, 977 So.2d 8 (La. 1st 2008)
d) Paelva v. Gray, 975 So.2d 138 (La. 4th Cir. 2008)

Class 19 – Discovery (Chapter 9)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1426 – 1428

2) Please review the following Code of Civil Procedure Articles

a) 1429, 1431, 1432, 1436.1, 1437, 1443, 1444, 1450, 1451
(depositions)
b) 1457 – 1459 (interrogatories)
c) 1464 (physical or mental examination)
d) 1465.1 (medical records)
e) 1466 – 1467 (requests for admissions
f) 1469, 1470, 1471

3) Uniform District Court Rules 10.1

Class 20 – Discovery (Chapter 9)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1426 – 1428

2) Please review the following code of Civil Procedure Articles:

a) 1429, 1431, 1432, 1436.1, 1437, 1443, 1444, 1450, 1451
(depositions)
b) 1457 – 1459 (interrogatories)
c) 1464 (physical or mental examination)
d) 1465.1 (medical records)
e) 1466 – 1467 (requests for admissions)
f) 1469, 1470, 1471, Uniform District Court Rules 10.1

3) Please read the following cases:

a) Hutchison v. Westpoint Insurance Company, 886 So.2d 438 (La.
2004)
b) At Your Service Enterprise v. Swope, 4 So.3d 138 (La. App. 4th Cir.
2009)

Class 21 – Judgments (Chapter 12)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 966 – 969; Uniform District
Court Rule 9.10; Code of Civil Procedure Article 1915, Code of Civil

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 Procedure Article 1551; Uniform District Court Rule 9.14; Code of Civil
Procedure Articles 1571 – 1573.

2) Please read the following cases:

a) Buggage v. Volks Constructors, 928 So.2d 536 (La. 2006)
b) Gatlin v. Kleinhitz, 34 So.3d 872 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2009)
c) Hogg v. Chevron USA, Inc., 45 So.3d 991 (La. 2010) (pp. 991 –
999 only)
d) Schultz v. Guoth, 2011 WL 150222 (La. 1/19/11)
e) Samaha v. Rau, 977 So.2d 880 (La. 2008)
f) Magnon v. Miller, 939 So.2d 658 (3rd Cir. 2006)
g) Guillory v. Chapman, 44 So.3d 272 (La. 2010)

Class 22 – Trial Procedure (Chapter 11)

1) Class may be held at Judge Morvant’s courtroom at the 19th JDC

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1631 – 1636, 1731 – 1797,
1672(B), 1810

3) Please read the following cases:

a) Delo Reyes v. Liberty Mutual, 9 So.2d 890 (4th Cir. 2009)
b) Abney v. Smith, 2010 WL 430825 (1st Cir. 2010)

Class 23 – Judgments and Amending Judgment, Motion for New Trial, JNOV
(Chapter 12)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1911 – 1914, 1916 – 1922

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1811, 1814, 1971 – 1979,
1951 (Chapter 13, Post-Trial Proceedings)

3) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2001 – 2006, 2031

4) Please read the following cases:

a) Bourgeois v. Kost, 846 So.2d 692 (La. 2003)
b) Williams v. Bestcomp, Inc., 185 So. 3d 269 (La. App. 3rd Cir.
2016), please read headnotes 5,6 and 7
c) Pollack v. Talco, 22 So.3d 1033 (La. 2nd Cir. 2009)
d) First Lake Properties v. Smith, 2010 WL 1687822 (5th Cir. 2010)
e) Davis v. Lazarus, 927 So.2d 456 (4th Cir 2006)
f) Roch v. Accent Construction Co., 961 So.2d 1265
(La. 4th Cir., 2011)

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Class 24 – Declaratory Judgments and Appeals (Chapter 14)

1) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1871 – 1880 (this will be
covered in detail in Civ. Pro II)

2) Please read Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2082, 2083, 2087, 2088,
2121 – 2125, 2133, 2161 – 2163, 2166 – 2167, 2201

3) Please read the following cases:

a) David Drive v. Subway, 23 So.3d 962 (5th Cir. 2009)
b) Brumly v. Akzona, 7 So.3d 1223 (4th Cir. 2009)

3) Please answer the questions for Class 24 on Moodle

Class 25 - TBA

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