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sense standard in Louisiana

24 Louisiana opinions name it 2 courts 1912–2023 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Louisiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (10)

CaseFollowedCited
Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.green
scotus · 1982 · cited in 5 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1995–2023
2 sentences

2023Police Jury, 96-0543, p. 11 (La. 11/25/96), 684 So.2d 359, 367 (wherein this Court discussed a vagueness challenge to a non-criminal business regulation and held, quoting Village of Hoffman Estates, 455 U.S. at 497 n. 7, that “[t]o sustain a challenge for vagueness, the opponent of the ordinance must prove that the ordinance is vague not in the sense that it requires a person to conform . . . to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard conduct is specified at all[.]”).

2013Therefore, to successfully challenge an ordinance as vague, “the opponent of the ordinance must prove that the ordinance is vague ‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform ... to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard conduct is specified at all.’ ” Id., p. 11, 684 So.2d at 367 (quoting Village of Hoffman Estates, supra, 455 U.S. at 497, n. 7 , 102 S.Ct. at 1191, n. 7 ).

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Smolinski v. Taulligreen
la · 1973 · cited in 4 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1984–1991
2 sentences

1991Moreover, a party is only required to use reasonable caution, and his conduct is not negligent if, “by a common sense test, it is in accord with that of reasonably prudent persons faced with similar conditions and circumstances.” Dupas v. City of New Orleans, 354 So.2d 1311, 1313 (La.1978) (quoting Smolinski v. Taulli, 276 So.2d 286, 290 [La.1973]).

1990Moreover, a party is only required to use reasonable caution, and his conduct is not negligent if, "by a common sense test, it is in accord with that of reasonably prudent persons faced with similar conditions and circumstances." Dupas v. City of New Orleans, 354 So.2d 1311, 1313 (La. 1978) (quoting Smolinski v. Taulli, 276 So.2d 286, 290 (La.1973)). *86 In this case, the excluded testimony may have significantly influenced the jury's conclusion concerning whether Buckbee acted reasonably, or negligently, under the circumstances.

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Dupas v. City of New Orleansgreen
la · 1978 · cited in 3 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1984–1991
2 sentences

1991Moreover, a party is only required to use reasonable caution, and his conduct is not negligent if, “by a common sense test, it is in accord with that of reasonably prudent persons faced with similar conditions and circumstances.” Dupas v. City of New Orleans, 354 So.2d 1311, 1313 (La.1978) (quoting Smolinski v. Taulli, 276 So.2d 286, 290 [La.1973]).

1990Moreover, a party is only required to use reasonable caution, and his conduct is not negligent if, "by a common sense test, it is in accord with that of reasonably prudent persons faced with similar conditions and circumstances." Dupas v. City of New Orleans, 354 So.2d 1311, 1313 (La. 1978) (quoting Smolinski v. Taulli, 276 So.2d 286, 290 (La.1973)). *86 In this case, the excluded testimony may have significantly influenced the jury's conclusion concerning whether Buckbee acted reasonably, or negligently, under the circumstances.

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MED EXP. v. Evangeline Parish Police Jurygreen
la · 1996 · cited in 3 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1998–2023
2 sentences

2023Police Jury, 96-0543, p. 11 (La. 11/25/96), 684 So.2d 359, 367 (wherein this Court discussed a vagueness challenge to a non-criminal business regulation and held, quoting Village of Hoffman Estates, 455 U.S. at 497 n. 7, that “[t]o sustain a challenge for vagueness, the opponent of the ordinance must prove that the ordinance is vague not in the sense that it requires a person to conform . . . to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard conduct is specified at all[.]”).

2013Therefore, to successfully challenge an ordinance as vague, “the opponent of the ordinance must prove that the ordinance is vague ‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform ... to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard conduct is specified at all.’ ” Id., p. 11, 684 So.2d at 367 (quoting Village of Hoffman Estates, supra, 455 U.S. at 497, n. 7 , 102 S.Ct. at 1191, n. 7 ).

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Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospitalgreen
la · 1986 · cited in 3 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1987–1995
2 sentences

1995In Hastings, supra, the Louisiana Supreme Court stated some acts of malpractice can be judged by a common sense standard.

1992Womack, Inc. v. House of Representatives, 509 So.2d 62, 65 (La.App. 1st Cir.) writs denied 513 So.2d 1208 and 513 So.2d 1211 (La.1987), quoting Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital, 498 So.2d 713 (La.1986).

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State v. Boydgreen
la · 1998 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
2 sentences

2023In State v. Boyd, 97-0579, p. 3 (La. 4/14/98), 710 So.2d 1074, 1076 (citations omitted), in dicta, this Court, to lend guidance in reviewing a criminal statute on the basis of vagueness, held in pertinent part: “[T]he statute must not contain a standard so vague that the public is uncertain as to the proscribed conduct and the factfinder is unfettered by any legally fixed standards as to what is prohibited by the statute.” The Boyd Court emphasized “the fact that a statute’s terms are subjective and susceptible to interpretation does not render it vague,” and “[d]ue process requires only that

2023In State v. Boyd, 97-0579, p. 3 (La. 4/14/98), 710 So.2d 1074, 1076 (citations omitted), in dicta, this Court, to lend guidance in reviewing a criminal statute on the basis of vagueness, held in pertinent part: “[T]he statute must not contain a standard so vague that the public is uncertain as to the proscribed conduct and the factfinder is unfettered by any legally fixed standards as to what is prohibited by the statute.” The Boyd Court emphasized “the fact that a statute’s terms are subjective and susceptible to interpretation does not render it vague,” and “[d]ue process requires only that

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City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Commissiongreen
ill · 1958 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1993–1993
2 sentences

1993A tariff is "a published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied." MGTC, Inc. v. Public Service Comm'n of Wyoming, 735 P.2d 103 , 104 n. 1 (Wyo.1987) (citing 3 American Gas Association, Regulation of the Gas Industry, GL-158 (1981)). [29] See also City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n, 13 Ill.2d 607 , 150 N.E.2d 776, 781 (1958) (by authorizing automatic adjustment clause commission does not give up its right to initiate proceedings to determine the reasonableness of the utility's rates); Delmarva, 400 A.2d at 1152-53 (ex

1993A tariff is "a published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied." MGTC, Inc. v. Public Service Comm'n of Wyoming, 735 P.2d 103 , 104 n. 1 (Wyo.1987) (citing 3 American Gas Association, Regulation of the Gas Industry, GL-158 (1981)). [29] See also City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n, 13 Ill.2d 607 , 150 N.E.2d 776, 781 (1958) (by authorizing automatic adjustment clause commission does not give up its right to initiate proceedings to determine the reasonableness of the utility's rates); Delmarva, 400 A.2d at 1152-53 (ex

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Public Service Commission v. Delmarva Power & Light Co.green
mdctspecapp · 1979 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1993–1993
1 sentence

1993A tariff is "a published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied." MGTC, Inc. v. Public Service Comm'n of Wyoming, 735 P.2d 103 , 104 n. 1 (Wyo.1987) (citing 3 American Gas Association, Regulation of the Gas Industry, GL-158 (1981)). [29] See also City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n, 13 Ill.2d 607 , 150 N.E.2d 776, 781 (1958) (by authorizing automatic adjustment clause commission does not give up its right to initiate proceedings to determine the reasonableness of the utility's rates); Delmarva, 400 A.2d at 1152-53 (ex

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MJ Womack, Inc. v. State House of Rep.green
lactapp · 1987 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1992–1992
1 sentence

1992Womack, Inc. v. House of Representatives, 509 So.2d 62, 65 (La.App. 1st Cir.) writs denied 513 So.2d 1208 and 513 So.2d 1211 (La.1987), quoting Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital, 498 So.2d 713 (La.1986).

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Aetna Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc., a Corporationgreen
ca8 · 1968 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
1 sentence

1987See Hastings, 498 So.2d at 719-720 ; see also Aetna Insurance Co. v. Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum, Inc., 392 F.2d 472 (8th Cir.1968) (ruling that the same principles for establishing negligence apply to such professionals as physicians and architects); W.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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Also cited on this issue (17)

CaseCitedYears
Hammond v. Grissom green
miss · 1985
2 sentences

1994Hammond v. Grissom, 470 So.2d 1049 (Miss.1985).

1987Hammond v. Grissom, 470 So.2d 1049 (Miss.1985).

21987–1994
Smith v. Goguen green
scotus · 1974
2 sentences

2023Such a provision simply has no core.” Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566, 578 , 94 S.Ct. 1242, 1249 , 39 L.Ed.2d 605 (1974). 16 conduct clearly described in a statute cannot complain of the vagueness of the statute as applied to others.

2023Such a provision simply has no core.” Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566, 578 , 94 S.Ct. 1242, 1249 , 39 L.Ed.2d 605 (1974). 16 conduct clearly described in a statute cannot complain of the vagueness of the statute as applied to others.

12023–2023
Coates v. City of Cincinnati green
scotus · 1971
2 sentences

2023The rationale is evident: to sustain such a challenge, the complainant must prove that the enactment is vague “‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.’ Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971).

2023The rationale is evident: to sustain such a challenge, the complainant must prove that the enactment is vague “‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.’ Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971).

12023–2023
Greenhouse v. CF KENNER ASSOCIATES LTD. green
lactapp · 1998
2 sentences

2010Kenner Associates Limited Partnership, XXXX-XXXX, p. 7 (La.App. 4 *383 Cir. 11/10/98), 723 So.2d 1004 , 1008 this Court further explained that "the failure to submit expert testimony to prove the standard of care is a `fatal omission.'" Sizeler and Daly-Sublette note that the only exception that might apply to this rule is when a lay person can infer design negligence applying a common sense standard.

2010Kenner Associates Limited Partnership, 1998-0496, p. 7 (La.App. 4 Cir. 11/10/98), 723 So.2d 1004 , 1008 this Court further explained that “the failure to submit expert testimony to prove the standard of care is a ‘fatal omission.’ ” Sizeler and Daly-Sublette note that the only exception that might apply to this rule is when a lay person can infer design negligence applying a common sense standard.

12010–2010
Weaver v. Valley Elec. Membership Corp. green
lactapp · 1993
1 sentence

1994Weaver v. Valley Electric Membership Corp., 615 So.2d 1375 (La.App. 2d Cir.1993).

11994–1994
MGTC, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Wyoming green
wyo · 1987
1 sentence

1993A tariff is "a published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied." MGTC, Inc. v. Public Service Comm'n of Wyoming, 735 P.2d 103 , 104 n. 1 (Wyo.1987) (citing 3 American Gas Association, Regulation of the Gas Industry, GL-158 (1981)). [29] See also City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n, 13 Ill.2d 607 , 150 N.E.2d 776, 781 (1958) (by authorizing automatic adjustment clause commission does not give up its right to initiate proceedings to determine the reasonableness of the utility's rates); Delmarva, 400 A.2d at 1152-53 (ex

11993–1993
Pittman Construction Company v. City of New Orleans green
la · 1965
2 sentences

1992App. 4th Cir.1965), application denied, 248 La. 434 , 179 So.2d 274 (1965)]: expert testimony is not always required to establish the standard of care for physicians, and if "lay persons can infer negligence" by applying "a common sense standard" in the case of physicians, then an architect's negligence may on occasion be established without reference to expert testimony [citations omitted].

1992App. 4th Cir.1965), application denied, 248 La. 434 , 179 So.2d 274 (1965)]: expert testimony is not always required to establish the standard of care for physicians, and if "lay persons can infer negligence" by applying "a common sense standard" in the case of physicians, then an architect's negligence may on occasion be established without reference to expert testimony [citations omitted].

11992–1992
Milton J. Womack, Inc. v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE green
la · 1987
1 sentence

1992Womack, Inc. v. House of Representatives, 509 So.2d 62, 65 (La.App. 1st Cir.) writs denied 513 So.2d 1208 and 513 So.2d 1211 (La.1987), quoting Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital, 498 So.2d 713 (La.1986).

11992–1992
Milton J. Womack, Inc. v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE green
la · 1987
1 sentence

1992Womack, Inc. v. House of Representatives, 509 So.2d 62, 65 (La.App. 1st Cir.) writs denied 513 So.2d 1208 and 513 So.2d 1211 (La.1987), quoting Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital, 498 So.2d 713 (La.1986).

11992–1992
Soniat v. Travelers Ins. Co. green
la · 1989
1 sentence

1990It should also be noted that the primary basis for our finding in Soniat that La.R.S. 22:213B(7) was not preempted was the fact that it is part of the Insurance Code, whose stated purpose is to "regulate insurers and the insurance business." Soniat, 538 So.2d at 214 .

11990–1990
Guillot v. Fisherman's Paradise, Inc. green
la · 1983
1 sentence

1988Guillot v. Fisherman's Paradise, Inc., 437 So.2d 840 (La. 1983); Smolinski v. Taulli, supra; A person (non parent) who has actually undertaken the control and supervision of a child has a duty to use reasonable care to protect the child from injury.

11988–1988
United States v. Ventresca green
scotus · 1965
1 sentence

1975No single statement or fact per se constituted probable cause, but the totality of the picture presented to the Magistrate, construed in accordance with the common sense rule of construction, approved by the United States [Supreme Court] in U. S. v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 108 , 85 Supreme Court Reporter 746 [ 13 L.Ed.2d 684 ], justified the judgment in issuing the order to search." We find these bills to be without merit.

11975–1975
Adams v. Morgan neutral
lactapp · 1937
1 sentence

1968Adams v. Morgan et al., La.App., 173 So. 540 .

11968–1968
Taylor v. Genuine Parts Company green
lactapp · 1967
1 sentence

1968The degree of care to be exercised must always be commensurate with the foreseeable danger confronting the alleged wrongdoer. * * * ” In the recent case of Taylor v. Genuine Parts Company, La.App., 192 So.2d 241 (1966), we had occasion to review rather fully the law applicable to situations such as that presented here.

11968–1968
Simon v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company neutral
lactapp · 1960
1 sentence

1962The Court there held that at such a crossing, it was a factual question "whether reasonable caution forbade his (plaintiff's) going forward in reliance on the sense of hearing, unaided by that of sight," 298 U.S. 101 , 54 S.Ct. 581 .'" In Simon v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, La.App. 3 Cir., 124 So.2d 646 , certiorari denied, this court affirmed an award in favor of a motorist driver who entered unto a railroad crossing when his view had been obstructed by high weeds negligently permitted by the railroad to grow in close proximity to the crossing.

11962–1962
State ex rel. Civello v. City of New Orleans green
la · 1923
2 sentences

1956Civello v. City of New Orleans, 154 La. 271 , 97 So. 440, 444 , 33 A.L.R. 260 , that “if the primary consideration for the enactment of an ordinance limiting the individual’s right to use his own property is a substantial consideration of public health, safety, comfort, or general welfare, considerations of taste and beauty may also enter in, and be not out of place.” In the course of the opinion the court commented: “Why should not the police power avail, as well to suppress or prevent a nuisance committed by offending the sense of sight, as to suppress or prevent a nuisance committed by *655

1956Civello v. City of New Orleans, 154 La. 271 , 97 So. 440, 444 , 33 A.L.R. 260 , that “if the primary consideration for the enactment of an ordinance limiting the individual’s right to use his own property is a substantial consideration of public health, safety, comfort, or general welfare, considerations of taste and beauty may also enter in, and be not out of place.” In the course of the opinion the court commented: “Why should not the police power avail, as well to suppress or prevent a nuisance committed by offending the sense of sight, as to suppress or prevent a nuisance committed by *655

11956–1956
State v. Farrier neutral
la · 1905
2 sentences

1912Enc. p. 1100; State v. Farrier, 114 La. 579 , 38 South. 460 . [6] The next and last bill was to the act of the court in choosing as interpreter a person who had been summoned as a witness for the state, and had contributed to a fund for the prosecution of the accused.

1912Enc. p. 1100; State v. Farrier, 114 La. 579 , 38 South. 460 . [6] The next and last bill was to the act of the court in choosing as interpreter a person who had been summoned as a witness for the state, and had contributed to a fund for the prosecution of the accused.

11912–1912

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