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Robert LaPoint v. Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2021-C-00995 · judgment November 23, 2021


Certiorari denied · June 27, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

After a claim is dismissed as unenforceable under one State’s law, does the full faith and credit clause preclude enforcement of the same claim in another State? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING Petitioner Robert LaPoint, (deceased and represented by his heirs, Katelyn LaPoint, Ashlyn LaPoint, and Chelsea LaPoint), was defendant in the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Court; appellant in the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal; and respondent in the Louisiana Supreme Court. Respondents Stephens TPS, Inc. and Commerce & Industry Insurance Company were plaintiffs in the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Court; appellee in the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal; and applicant in the Louisiana Supreme Court RULE 29.6 DISCLOSURE Petitioner is not a corporate entity.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aaron James Broussard
Broussard & Williamson

For respondent
Marshall Louis Perkins
Pettiette Armand

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 27 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  3. May 31 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Commerce & Industry Insurance Co., et al. to respond filed.
  4. Apr 26 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2022)