Louisiana Punitive Damages Bill Amended and Approved by Senate Committee

S.B. 547, if enacted, would amend Civ. Code Art. 2315 to authorize punitive damages.  The bill, as amended and approved in Judiciary A, would permit punitive damages:

“if it is proved that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the defendant’s wanton or reckless disregard for public safety in the drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of an oil or gas well, or in the commercial storage, handling, or transportation of oil, gas, product of oil or gas, or hazardous or toxic substance.”

To check on the progress of the bill, click here: http://www.legis.state.la.us/

S.B. 547 may be brought to the floor of the Senate as early as Thursday, June 3.