APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit captioned Shelia Ann Brooks v. Mebrahtom et al.

HLS 26RS-2027 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1019
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent
judgment against the state in the suit captioned Shelia Ann Brooks v. Mebrahtom et
al.
1 AN ACT
2 Relative to the appropriation of monies out of the state general fund to be used to pay the
3 consent judgment captioned "Shelia Ann Brooks versus Abraham Mebrahtom, Yam
4 Trucking, LLC, Alpine Transportation Insurance Risk Retention Group, Inc., Dart
5 Transit Company or AdvantageTransportation, Inc., DBA Dart Advantage Logistics,
6 Joshua Knox, Kendrix Darnell or Kendrick Rogers, Brown Freightways, Inc., Fedex
7 Ground Package System, Inc., Samuel Oludayo DBA Samco Trucking, Protective
8 Insurance Company, the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of
9 Transportation and Development, City-Parish of Baton Rouge, and the Baton Rouge
10 Police Department" between the State of Louisiana, through the Department of
11 Transportation and Development, and Shelia Ann Brooks; to provide for an effective
12 date; and to provide for related matters.
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
14 Section 1. The sum of Ten Thousand and No/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars is hereby
15 payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for payment of the
16 consent judgment captioned "Shelia Ann Brooks versus Abraham Mebrahtom, Yam
17 Trucking, LLC, Alpine Transportation Insurance Risk Retention Group, Inc., Dart Transit
18 Company or AdvantageTransportation, Inc., DBA Dart Advantage Logistics, Joshua Knox,
19 Kendrix Darnell or Kendrick Rogers, Brown Freightways, Inc., Fedex Ground Package
20 System, Inc., Samuel Oludayo DBA Samco Trucking, Protective Insurance Company, the
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HLS 26RS-2027 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1019
1 State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development,
2 City-Parish of Baton Rouge, and the Baton Rouge Police Department", signed on November
3 19, 2025, between the state of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and
4 Development, and Shelia Ann Brooks, bearing number C-719927, Section 26, on the docket
5 of the Nineteenth Judicial District, parish of East Baton Rouge, state of Louisiana.
6 Section 2. The judgment may only be paid from this appropriation if it is final and
7 shall be paid as to principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the
8 judgment. If the provisions of the judgment conflict with the provisions of this Act, the
9 provisions of the judgment shall be controlling. Any other provision of this Act not in
10 conflict with the provisions of the judgment shall control. Payment shall be made only after
11 presentation to the state treasurer of documentation required by the state treasurer. Further,
12 the judgment shall be deemed to have been paid on the effective date of this Act, and interest
13 shall cease to run as of that date.
14 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
18 effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1019 Original 2026 Regular Session LaCombe
Appropriates $10,000 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2025-2026 for payment
of the consent judgment against the state in the suit captioned Brooks v. Mebrahtom et al.,
bearing No. C-719927, Section 26, on the docket of the 19th Judicial District, parish of East
Baton Rouge.
Proposed law provides relative to payment. Provides relative to conflicts between judgment
and proposed law. Prohibits accrual of interest on the judgment as of the effective date of
proposed law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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