Legal Opinion
Ciecierski v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 1, 1991No. 91-C-0205PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
574 So.2d 1256 (1991)
Peter M. CIECIERSKI
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al.
No. 91-C-0205.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 1, 1991.
2ConcurrenceLemmon, Justice
The issue of the right to recover punitive damages, as one of several items of damages demanded in the petition, generally should not be raised by an exception of no cause of action (or by motion to strike), because a pretrial ruling on the issue frequently results in piecemeal appeals and unwarranted delays (as occurred in this case).[1] The preferable procedure would have been for the trial court of overrule the exception and later, at the trial on the merits, to…
3Cases cited2 opinions
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