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MARCELINO HERRERA VERSUS THE CAJUN COMPANY

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NO. 2006-CA-1627 COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA

BELSOME, J. CONCURS WITH REASONS. I respectfully concur in the result but write separately to recognize a lower court's duty to provide a translator for parties whose primary language is not English. In this instance, the trial judge determined that the presence of a translator was necessary. Thus, the translator assisted the court by eliminating the potential for a misrepresentation or misunderstanding that may have resulted from the language barrier.



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