La. Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Office Building Owners

NEW ORLEANS - A divided Louisiana appellate court has reinstated mold injury claims brought by a chiropractor against her former landlords, ruling that a trial court should not have denied the plaintiff additional time to obtain a causation witness before granting defendants' summary judgment motion. Hooper v. Travelers Insurance Co., et al., Nos. 2010-CA-1685 and 2011-CA-0220 (La. 4th Cir. Ct. App.).

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal also held, however, that the trial court did not err in barring expert testimony by the plaintiff's physician, ruling that the testimony failed the Daubert admissibility standard and the court's own criteria for …