Lawsuit reform is expected to dominate the upcoming session and the National Federation of Independent Business is backing this year’s effort to lower the jury trial threshold to 15,000 dollars. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says Louisiana’s 50,000 dollar jury trial threshold is the highest in the nation, and that policy emboldens plaintiffs to file more lawsuits, and demand higher damages against businesses.
The NFIB says 53 percent of all state suits are filed for under 50,000 dollars, allowing plaintiffs to avoid a jury trial.
28-year-old Cameron Harville of Natchitoches died after striking a home along LA highway 494 and being ejected from his car. State Police Trooper Casey Wallace says the vehicle careened into the private residence early this morning.
Governor John Bel Edwards announces the formation of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Revitalization at the Police Jury’s annual convention. The governor says rural revitalization will be a focus during his next four years in office…
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The council will have 34 members.
A Holden teen is dead and four others badly hurt following a crash on US Highway 190 in Livingston Parish early Sunday morning. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says 16-year-old Nathan Raymond was not buckled up, because he was ejected from the vehicle…
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Raymond played basketball for Holden High School. The other four passengers were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries.