re: Legal battle over right-to-life of Lafayette man in vegetative state

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Maybe you can shed some light on the state of LA. I haven't read the pleadings and don't even know the specific COA or even the defendant (though I can guess) unless there are statutory limits to recovery isn't the case worth more with him alive than dead? Given the state he is in and likely prognosis you have basically all of the actuals of a death along with lifetime medicals. I know the numbers on the board are a lot higher alive than dead in this scenario where I practice.

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I haven’t read any of the pleadings either but life care plans usually add up to more than the generals for a death here too. Sounds like future wage loss would be minimal. $500k cap on generals against a political subdivision of the state.

I don’t think she knows that. I know the lawyer who filed the suit against the jail, but he subsequently withdrew when she got the euthanasia/ right to life folks involved.

I’ll stay away from commenting much more on something active in my backyard but this is one that has to have to local civil defense guys salivating.