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Posted on 9/3/19 at 1:59 pm to HuskyPanda
Among the highest car insurance rates in the country
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:01 pm to HuskyPanda
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How does what they do affect us?
You seriously don't know this?
When lawyers sue insurance companies, how do you think insurance companies compensate for money? Everyone who has auto insurance pays for it.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:06 pm to OweO
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You seriously don't know this?
Well I knew the cost gets passed on to us, but I wanted to know other ways it affects us apart from that.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:08 pm to RougeDawg
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Louisiana has some of the highest limits in the country and it isn't a coincidence we have trial lawyers in elected positions.
For auto, I believe LA has some of the lowest limits.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:09 pm to AlxTgr
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Haha, like they are set up for all those $5,000 jury trials.
a. that's super low
b. they still have city court
c. you over-estimate their claim average
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:34 pm to AlxTgr
Ask around to your attorney friends. They’ll tell you. Democrats are nearly always plaintiff friendly. Republicans are more likely to be defendant friendly, but no where near always. Ask around your local trial attorneys and they’ll tell you which camp a given judge tends to reside in.
If they use the word “equity” in campaign literature, they’re almost certainly plaintiff friendly.
If they use the word “equity” in campaign literature, they’re almost certainly plaintiff friendly.
This post was edited on 9/3/19 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:42 pm to tigerinthebueche
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You're part of the problem.
Anyone that seeks to avoid jury duty is the problem. I suspect that’s about 98% of the OT.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Think about this though. The legislation would have destroyed the city court system. They would only have that option if they admitted damages under $5K.
b. they still have city court
quote:Dunno
you over-estimate their claim average
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:53 pm to AlxTgr
I found the ignorant person
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:53 pm to kingbob
quote:I asked because I am a lawyer. Never heard of actual contributions by an insurer, not have I heard of a defendant friendly State judge.
Ask around to your attorney friends. They’ll tell you. Democrats are nearly always plaintiff friendly. Republicans are more likely to be defendant friendly, but no where near always. Ask around your local trial attorneys and they’ll tell you which camp a given judge tends to reside in.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:56 pm to AlxTgr
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The legislation would have destroyed the city court system. They would only have that option if they admitted damages under $5K.
no the city courts have their own jurisdictions, some up to $50k, so if the suits were filed there, they'd be within the city court's jurisdiction. the $5k would only apply to district courts (because that's the only avenue for jury trials)
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:58 pm to tigerinthebueche
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You're part of the problem.
Irony.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 2:59 pm to Elleshoe
quote:Where?
I found the ignorant person
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:01 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:No, for a couple of reasons. One, the two in Rapides are $50K only because the statute ties it to jury threshold. So, as soon as jury threshold is lowered, so is the city court jurisdiction.
no the city courts have their own jurisdictions, some up to $50k, so if the suits were filed there, they'd be within the city court's jurisdiction. the $5k would only apply to district courts (because that's the only avenue for jury trials)
Two, if a defendant is otherwise entitled to a jury, and wants one, the case can be removed to district court.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:07 pm to AlxTgr
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One, the two in Rapides are $50K only because the statute ties it to jury threshold. So, as soon as jury threshold is lowered, so is the city court jurisdiction.
well they'd have to get legislation to change that. i think most are simply tied to a specific amount and not the jury thresshold
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if a defendant is otherwise entitled to a jury, and wants one, the case can be removed to district court.
not if the city courts retain their own jurisdiction. this is a jurisdictional problem with the $5k threshold that only exists in this hypothetical.
The law is written denying, not permitting jury trials.
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A trial by jury shall not be available in:
(1) A suit where the amount of no individual petitioner's cause of action exceeds fifty thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs.
if you change fifty to five, that doesn't guarantee a trial in claims over $5k, it just doesn't deny them. this means jurisdictions that don't allow juries who also allow claims over $5k would have judge trials up to their jurisdictional limit
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:09 pm to HuskyPanda
bullshite hype and obfuscation
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:32 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:No, see 4872. If a defendant wants a jury, the case will be transferred.
if you change fifty to five, that doesn't guarantee a trial in claims over $5k, it just doesn't deny them. this means jurisdictions that don't allow juries who also allow claims over $5k would have judge trials up to their jurisdictional limit
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:41 pm to kingbob
The worst are the allegedly pro-business republicans who are also ambulance chasers. They infest the state legislature.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 3:45 pm to AlxTgr
The corruption is to have an ugly arse daughter who thinks she is model material.
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