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Mary Watson Smith
Jun 30, 20224 min read
LASC: "Course and scope" admission has no bearing on employer fault for direct negligence. Now what?
A year and half ago I wrote a blog post about a tactic defense attorneys have been using to convince courts to dismiss a plaintiff’s...
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Mary Watson Smith
Nov 15, 20217 min read
Bad Faith Damages: When the Insurance Co. Unreasonably Delays, How Much More Will It Have to Pay?
Short answer: potentially, A LOT. But, it's critical to understand how these complicated, frequently misunderstood bad faith statutes...
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Mary Watson Smith
Oct 7, 20214 min read
New LASC Case Provides Some Wiggle Room in Opposing Motions for Partial Summary Judgment
Zapata v. Seal is a new Louisiana Supreme Court case that all civil practitioners need to keep tucked away in their back pocket to review...
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Mary Watson Smith
May 11, 20216 min read
Evidence: Three Code Articles Every Lawyer Should Know Backwards and Forwards
Today, I want to talk about my three favorite code articles, La. C.E. Articles 401, 402, and 403. These three code articles—properly...
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Mary Watson Smith
Apr 26, 20214 min read
Constitutional Challenges: What Every Louisiana Litigator Needs to Know
Lawyers throw around the word “unconstitutional” a lot. It’s often the argument litigators keep in their back pockets if things start to...
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Mary Watson Smith
Mar 31, 20211 min read
In the First Circuit, That Cover Page Is Counting Against You
I learned something new yesterday. There's a 31 page limit if you're filing an Appellant or Appellee brief in a Louisiana Court of...
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Mary Watson Smith
Jan 26, 20215 min read
SOLIDARITY: The Effect of a "Course and Scope" Admission on Employer Liability for Direct Negligence
SOLIDARITY! Why an admission to "course and scope" does NOT entitle an employer to summary judgment on separate direct negligence claims.
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Mary Watson Smith
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Confessions of a Former Law Clerk: How to Offer Depo Testimony at Trial without Ruining the Record
Avoid this major pitfall when introducing a video deposition into the record!
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Mary Watson Smith
Mar 9, 20203 min read
Judges Don’t Want a Short Memo; They Want an Easy to Read Memo
Ultimately, judges just want to read your memo/brief from beginning to end without having to flip back and forth between the pages.
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