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LA Rev Stat § 13:5085 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5085. Special commissioners; appointment; powers; oath; compensation

RS 5085 - Special commissioners; appointment; powers; oath; compensation  A. Any court, or presiding judge thereof, in which any proceeding as provided in R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5090 is pending at any time, upon application therefor, made by the Attorney General, or district attorney, shall appoint some well qualified disinterested person as special commissioner, to take testimony, or in any such case, at any point either within or outside the state, as designated in such application, or where requested by either party to the cause of action, upon the issues joined in the cause.  B. The special commissioner may issue notices necessary for the enforcement of R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5090, and may issue subpoenas for witnesses, compelling the attendance of such witnesses, the production of books, papers or documents, may issue attachments, may punish for contempt to the same extent as provided by law for the court, may administer oaths to witnesses, may have all witnesses examined orally, which testimony shall be reduced to writing and may be taken down by a competent stenographer and transcribed, and shall be signed and sworn to by the witness.  C. The person appointed as special commissioner in any case shall qualify by taking oath prescribed for notaries public, and shall, with all convenient speed, certify and return the testimony taken by him to the court appointing him, and the commissioner shall note all objections to testimony, and shall not exclude any testimony, and all questions as to the materiality or admissibility of same shall be reserved for the court trying the case, and such testimony so taken may be read in evidence upon the trial of the suit in which it was taken, subject to all legal objections which might be made. D. The compensation of such commissioner shall be his actual expenses in traveling and such fees as are allowed a notary public in taking depositions, to be taxed up as costs and connected in the same manner as now provided by law for district clerks in civil cases.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5086 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5086. Notice to witness to testify or produce documents; time; service of notice

RS 5086 - Notice to witness to testify or produce documents; time; service of notice  When any notice is issued and served as provided for in R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5090, ten full days exclusive of the day of service shall elapse before any witness so requested shall be compelled to appear and testify, or produce any books, papers or documents called for, but additional time beyond the ten days fixed herein shall be granted upon it being shown that a witness or books, papers or documents called for cannot be produced within such time. The commissioner may make orders extending the time for the production of particular books, papers and documents. If the taking of testimony shall not be concluded on the date named in the notice, the witness or witnesses shall remain in attendance from day to day until the same is completed or the witness is finally discharged by the court, or commissioner, as the case may be. Service of the notice and the return thereon may be made by any sheriff or constable, or by any disinterested person competent to make oath of the fact, and shall be made by the person executing the same, by delivering to the person or persons, attorney or attorneys to be served a true copy of such notice. Return of such service shall be endorsed on or attached to the original notice, which shall state when it was served and the manner of service, and upon whom served, and shall be signed, and if served by any person other than any officer, shall be sworn to by the party making the service before some officer authorized by law to take affidavits. Such affidavit shall be certified under the hand and official seal of such officer.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5087 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5087. Facts declared to be evidence tending to establish monopoly

RS 5087 - Facts declared to be evidence tending to establish monopoly  The fact that any corporation doing business in this state and in other states and engaged in this state and in other states in buying the products of such states in any market thereof, is systematically and without serious and substantial reasons therefor, paying a smaller price for the products of Louisiana than for the similar products of such other states, shall be considered as evidence in any proceeding to enforce the anti-trust laws of this state against such corporation, tending to establish the charge of monopoly or restraint of trade or commerce or business. Likewise, proof that such defendant discriminates against the product made or grown in Louisiana in favor of the similar product made or grown in foreign countries and imported into Louisiana, shall have and be entitled to the same effect.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5088 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5088. Injunction

RS 5088 - Injunction  Where a case is presented under R.S. 13:5087, the judge before whom the action is pending, may issue on proper showing by rule, an injunction, without bond, restraining the defendant from continuing such practices until the termination of the suit, or from destroying or concealing its books or records. This remedy shall not be exclusive of such other remedies as may flow from existing laws.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5089 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5089. Seizure of books and papers

RS 5089 - Seizure of books and papers  In any proceeding brought under R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5088, the judge, if it be shown upon a summary trial by rule that there is grave danger that the defendant will conceal or destroy its books and records, may issue without exacting bond, an order to the sheriff directing him to seize and deliver into the custody of the court all such books and papers. However, all such books and papers shall remain in the exclusive custody of the court and shall be available to the defendant for the preparation of its defense and the conduct of its business.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5090 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5090. Decree and evidence admissible in other cases when facts in issue

RS 5090 - Decree and evidence admissible in other cases when facts in issue  Where a decree is entered against a defendant in any proceeding under R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5089, such decree and any and all evidence of facts found by the court in support of the decree shall be admissible in evidence against the same defendant in any state court in any suit which shall be filed when such facts are again in issue.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5101. Title and application

RS 5101 - Title and application A. This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Governmental Claims Act". B. This Part applies to any suit in contract or for injury to person or property against the state, a state agency, an officer or employee of the state or a state agency arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment, or a political subdivision of the state, as defined herein, or against an officer or employee of a political subdivision arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment. The provisions of this Part shall not supersede the provisions of R.S. 15:1171 et seq. or R.S. 15:1181 et seq. Acts 1990, No. 284, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. May 9, 1996; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 89, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2010, No. 301, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5102. Definitions

RS 5102 - Definitions A. As used in this Part, "state agency" means any board, commission, department, agency, special district, authority, or other entity of the state and, as used in R.S. 13:5106, any nonpublic, nonprofit agency, person, firm, or corporation which has qualified with the United States Internal Revenue Service for an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3), (4), (7), (8), (10), or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which, through contract with the state, provides services for the treatment, care, custody, control, or supervision of persons placed or referred to such agency, person, firm, or corporation by any agency or department of the state in connection with programs for treatment or services involving residential or day care for adults and children, foster care, rehabilitation, shelter, or counseling; however, the term "state agency" shall include such nonpublic, nonprofit agency, person, firm, or corporation only as it renders services to a person or persons on behalf of the state pursuant to a contract with the state. The term "state agency" shall not include a nonpublic, nonprofit agency, person, firm or corporation that commits a willful or wanton, or grossly negligent, act or omission. A nonpublic, nonprofit agency, person, firm or corporation otherwise included under the provisions of this Subsection shall not be deemed a "state agency" for the purpose of prohibiting trial by jury under R.S. 13:5105, and a suit against such agency, person, firm or corporation may be tried by jury as provided by law. "State agency" does not include any political subdivision or any agency of a political subdivision. B. As the term is used in this Part, "political subdivision" means: (1) Any parish, municipality, special district, school board, sheriff, public board, institution, department, commission, district, corporation, agency, authority, or an agency or subdivision of any of these, and other public or governmental body of any kind which is not a state agency. (2) Any private entity, such as Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc. (TMSEL), including its employees, which on the behalf of a public transit authority was created as a result of Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, requiring the terms of transit workers' collective bargaining agreements to be honored and provides management and administrative duties of such agency or authority and such entity is employed by no other agency or authority, whether public or private. C. As the term is used in this Part, "suit" means civil actions as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Art. 421 whether instituted by principal or incidental demand. Acts 1975, No. 434, §1; Acts 1987, No. 329, §1; Acts 1988, No. 781, §1; Acts 1989, No. 706, §1; Acts 2004, No. 704, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5103. Determination of procedural questions

RS 5103 - Determination of procedural questions  All procedural questions arising in suits on claims against the state, state agencies, or political subdivisions shall be determined, except as the contrary is specified in this Part, in accordance with the rules of law applicable to suits between private parties.  Acts 1975, No. 434, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5104 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5104. Venue

RS 5104 - Venue A. All suits filed against the state of Louisiana or any state agency or against an officer or employee of the state or state agency for conduct arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment shall be instituted before the district court of the judicial district in which the state capitol is located or in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish in which the cause of action arises. B. All suits filed against a political subdivision of the state or against an officer or employee of a political subdivision for conduct arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment shall be instituted before the district court of the judicial district in which the political subdivision is located or in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish in which the cause of action arises. C. All suits filed against a coroner shall be instituted before the district court of the judicial district in which the coroner is elected. D. All suits against the faculty or staff of the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, the Louisiana State Medical School, or the Louisiana State Health Sciences Center alleging administrative or supervisory negligence and arising out of the discharge of the duties of the faculty member or staff created pursuant to R.S. 17:1519 through 1519.8 shall be brought only in the parish where the medical care was actually provided to the patient. Acts 1975, No. 434, §1; Acts 1985, No. 306, §1; Acts 1991, No. 622, §1; Acts 1991, No. 660, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. May 9, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 640, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 127, §1, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2009, No. 13, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5105. Jury trial prohibited; demand for trial; costs

RS 5105 - Jury trial prohibited; demand for trial; costs  A. No suit against a political subdivision of the state shall be tried by jury. Except upon a demand for jury trial timely filed in accordance with law by the state or a state agency or the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state or state agency, no suit against the state or a state agency shall be tried by jury.  B. Whenever a jury trial is demanded by the state, state agency, or the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state or state agency, the party demanding the jury trial shall pay all costs of the jury trial including the posting of a bond or cash deposit for costs in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1733 through 1734.1, inclusive.  C. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 341, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.  D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, a political subdivision, by general ordinance or resolution, may waive the prohibition against a jury trial provided in Subsection A of this Section. Whenever the jury trial prohibition is waived by a political subdivision, and a jury trial is demanded by the political subdivision or the plaintiff in a suit against the political subdivision or against an officer or employee of the political subdivision, the demand for a jury trial shall be timely filed in accordance with law. The rights to and limitations upon a jury trial shall be as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1731 and 1732.  E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the state, a state agency, or state employee who is being indemnified and defended under R.S. 13:5108.1 or the Patients Compensation Fund shall not be required to post any bond, cash deposit, or other charge whatsoever to obtain a trial by jury. If the state, state agency, or state employee who is being indemnified and defended under R.S. 13:5108.1 or the Patients Compensation Fund is ordered to pay court costs, the state or the Patients Compensation Fund, as may be applicable, shall pay all jury costs directly associated with that trial within thirty days after mailing of the notice of judgment of the trial court.  Acts 1975, No. 434, §1; Acts 1993, No. 993, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 598, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. May 9, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 249, §1; Acts 2016, No. 341, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5108. Prescription, immunity; pleas

RS 5108 - Prescription, immunity; pleas  The defendant in any suit filed against the state of Louisiana, a state agency or a political subdivision of the state shall not be entitled to file a plea of prescription or peremption barring such suit or the liability of the entity instituting the suit if the suit in contract or for injury to person or property is filed within the time fixed by law for such suits against private persons, or in other suits authorized by the legislature if the suit is filed within one year after the date on which the resolution authorizing it was adopted or within one year after the date on which the law authorizing it becomes effective.  Acts 1975, No. 434, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5108.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5108.2. Child protective services workers; legal defense

RS 5108.2 - Child protective services workers; legal defense  The Department of Justice shall provide any worker of the child protection services division of the office of children and family services of the Department of Children and Family Services with a legal defense in any civil action arising from any activity within the course and scope of the worker's employment.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 597, §1; H.C.R. 115, 2001 R.S; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.91 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5108.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5108.3. Defense fees and expenses; payment upon acquittal, dismissal, or favorable judgment; special appropriation

RS 5108.3 - Defense fees and expenses; payment upon acquittal, dismissal, or favorable judgment; special appropriation A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, payment or reimbursement of payment of any legal fees and expenses associated with the defense of any official, officer, or employee of this state or the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission for any criminal action shall not be made except as provided in Subsection B of this Section. B. Payment or reimbursement for payment of legal fees and expenses for defense of an official, officer, or employee of this state or the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission shall not be made from public monies from any source unless: (1) The official, officer, or employee was charged with criminal conduct or made the target of a grand jury investigation due to conduct arising from acts allegedly undertaken in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state or the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission and has been acquitted or the proceedings or investigation have been dismissed or abandoned; and (2) The Attorney Fee Review Board has reviewed the legal fees and expenses associated with the defense of such official, officer, or employee and has certified to the legislature, in writing, as to the reasonableness of such fees and expenses with respect to accepted legal practice and standards for investigation and trial of matters of such complexity, and that the fees are in accordance with the hourly rates for legal fees for matters of such complexity as established by the board; and (3) The hourly rate for legal fees paid through the appropriation does not exceed that established by the Attorney Fee Review Board pursuant to R.S. 13:5108.4. (4) Payment is authorized by a specific act of the legislature appropriating funds for the express purpose of payment or reimbursement for payment of legal fees and expenses associated with the successful defense of the official, officer, or employee. C. The state shall not be liable for any legal fees submitted for payment or reimbursement for payment which exceed the hourly rates for legal fees established by the Attorney Fee Review Board. D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the state may represent, defend, hold harmless and indemnify any officer or employee of the state charged with contempt of court while in the performance of his duties if a determination is made by the department employing the officer or employee that he was acting in the discharge of his duties and within the scope of his employment and that the contempt charge did not result from the intentional wrongful act or gross negligence of the officer or employee. Acts 1988, No. 450, §1; Acts 2001, No. 208, §1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 568, §1, eff. June 23, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5109 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5109. Authority to compromise; judgment; notice of judgment; payments

RS 5109 - Authority to compromise; judgment; notice of judgment; payments  A. In any suit filed against the state of Louisiana, a state officer, a state agency, a local public official or a political subdivision, the defendant, or the proper representative thereof, upon the advice and with the concurrence of the attorney general, district attorney, parish attorney, city attorney, or other proper official, as the case may be, may compromise and settle the claims presented in any such suit.  B.(1) If a judgment is rendered by a trial or appellate court or the supreme court against the state or a state agency in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, and the attorney general is not an attorney of record in the suit, the clerk of the court shall also mail a notice of judgment to the attorney general, through the chief of the civil division, in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1913, 2166, or 2167, as appropriate.  (2) Any judgment rendered in any suit filed against the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, or any compromise reached in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any such suit shall be exigible, payable, and paid only out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the legislature, if the suit was filed against the state or a state agency, or out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the named political subdivision, if the suit was filed against a political subdivision.  C. The governing authority of a parish or municipality, upon the advice and the concurrence of the district attorney, parish attorney, or city attorney of that parish or municipality or proper official as the case may be, may compromise or settle any claim against that parish or municipality without the necessity for the filing of a suit against the parish or municipality in the matter. Any such compromise settlement shall be exigible, payable, and paid only out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the governing authority of that parish or municipality. No claim in excess of ten thousand dollars may be compromised or settled as provided herein before ten days have elapsed after the publication of such proposed compromise or settlement in the official journal of the appropriate political subdivision.  Acts 1975, No. 434, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 372, §1; Acts 1977, No. 704, §1; Acts 1982, No. 23, §1; Acts 1985, No. 452, §1; Acts 1987, No. 860, §1; Acts 1988, No. 448, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 77, §1, eff. June 5, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 13:5109.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§5109.1. Settlement of claims; prohibited terms

RS 5109.1 - Settlement of claims; prohibited terms  A. No settlement agreement of a claim against the state, a state agency, a political subdivision, or any employee or officer of the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision shall contain a provision prohibiting the disclosure by the claimant of the terms of or the facts associated with the underlying claim of the settlement agreement when the underlying claim is based on an allegation of sexual harassment or sexual assault of the claimant and public funds are paid, in whole or in part, as satisfaction of the terms of the settlement agreement.  B.(1) "Sexual assault" means any nonconsensual sexual contact including but not limited to any act provided in R.S. 15:541(24) or obscenity as provided by R.S. 14:106.  (2) "Sexual harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, physical, or inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature when the conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment or the holding of office, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.  Acts 2019, No. 35, §1.