Legal Opinion

Clarkston v. Funderburk

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 1, 2017No. 16-681PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

|/The plaintiff-appellant, Aleashia Clark-ston, appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing her legal malpractice suit against the defendant-appellee, Ike Fun-derburk, for failure to post bond as security for costs. Finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s judgment, we affirm.

I

ISSUES

We must decide:(1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in requiring the plaintiff to post bond as security for costs in this case; and(2) whether the trial court erred in dismissing the defendant when the plaintiff failed to post the bond.

II

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Copenhaver v. John Bonura & Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
  2. Ramp v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  3. Land v. VidrineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
  4. Jenkins v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. MB Industries, LLC v. CNA Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2011

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. Jan Alfred Langston v. Dr. Syed Fazal-Ur-RehmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
  5. Larry Bize, Sr. and Michelle R. Bize v. Malcolm LarvadainLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018

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