Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Malta Park
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 10, 2014No. Nos. 2014-CA-0823, 2014-CA-0824PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.
11 This is a defamation case. This case arises out of litigation in which the plaintiff, Madro Bandaries, and the defendants, F. Evans Schmidt and his law firm (Koch and Schmidt, LLC) (collectively “Mr. Schmidt”), were opposing counsel. Mr. Bandaries alleges that Mr. Schmidt defamed him at a deposition by posing offensive questions to the deponent, Judith Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan was both Mr. Ban-daries’ wife and the plaintiff in the underlying suit. Mr. Bandaries and his associate were both Ms. Sullivan’s attorneys in the underlying suit. The gist of the offensive…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Grasser Contracting Co. v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Nazeri v. Missouri Valley CollegeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Penalber v. BlountSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- Costello v. HardySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Citron v. Gentilly Carnival Club, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- Sullivan v. Malta ParkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- Atkinson v. Harbor Homeowners Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
- Alvarez v. Touro InfirmaryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- Danna v. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
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