Blanchard v. Mitchell

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 6, 2017

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2017-11-06

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 2019

2 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“do not find the statute was intended to create a duty to protect third persons from the negligence of unauthorized users of a vehicle.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 244 So. 3d 875 - Blanchard v. Hicks

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Decided 2017-11-06

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¶1ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE 12™ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF AVOYELLES

¶211 Writ denied.

CLARK, J., would grant.CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.'CRICHTON, J.,

¶3would grant and assigns reasons

¶4lil disagree with the majority's decision to deny this writ application, as I find the application of La. R.S. 32:145 under circumstances such as these to be an important issue this Court has not recently addressed. In my view, I do not find the statute was intended to create a duty to protect third persons from the negligence of unauthorized users of a.vehicle. As such, I would grant and docket this matter to examine this issue more closely.