FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 022
FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
On the 18th day of April, 2006, the
following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana
in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:
2006-OC-0872 WADE T. VERGES v. DONNA SWISSHELM VERGES (Parish
of St. Tammany)
On the 19th day of April, 2006,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana
in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:
2006-C -0201 INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION v. ROBERT
L. STODDARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District 3)
On the 20th day of April, 2006,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana
in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:
2006-KK-0868 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIMBERLY WILLIAMSON-BUTLER
(Parish of Orleans)
On the 24th day of April, 2006,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana
in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:
2005-C -2364 DR. WILLIE JOHN JOSEPH, III, DR. MICHELLE T.
BRUMFIELD, AND ST. MARY ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, INC. v. HOSPITAL
SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2 OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC., MELVIN
BOURGEOIS, M.D., JAMES BROUSSARD, JOHN GUARISCO, SHARON
HOWELL, Y. GEORGE RAMIREZ, CLIFFORD M. BROUSSARD, NATIONAL
UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA, AND LOUISIANA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION MALPRACTICE AND GENERAL LIABILITY TRUST
(Parish of St. Mary)
2005-C -2427 DR. WILLIE JOHN JOSEPH, III, DR. MICHELLE T.
BRUMFIELD, AND ST. MARY ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, INC. v. HOSPITAL
SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2 OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC., MELVIN
BOURGEOIS, M.D., JAMES BROUSSARD, JOHN GUARISCO, SHARON
HOWELL, Y. GEORGE RAMIREZ, CLIFFORD M. BROUSSARD, NATIONAL
UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA, AND LOUISIANA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION MALPRACTICE AND GENERAL LIABILITY TRUST
(Parish of St. Mary)
2005-C -2477 DELBERT W. BUSH, ET AL. v. NATIONAL HEALTH
CARE OF LEESVILLE, ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)
2005-C -2496 CHARLES ALBERT AND DENISE ALBERT v. FARM BUREAU
INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)
2006-C -0034 MARK SAMUELS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF
HIS MINOR CHILDREN, GEOFFREY SAMUELS, ERIC SAMUELS AND NAOMI
SAMUELS, AND MADILYN SAMUELS v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY, EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALVIN SAMUELS (Parish
of Orleans)
WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:
2006-CP-0223 JERROD A. WILSON v. RUSSELL BORDELON, ET AL.
(Parish of West Feliciana)
2006-CC-0230 SHELTON J. RAYFORD, ET AL. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and docket.
2006-CC-0488 BARRY MICHAEL CARDON AND REBECCA TARDO DAUTERIVE,
INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN v. CHALMETTE
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AND OTHER DEFENDANTS (Parish of St. Bernard)
2006-CC-0489 BARRY MICHAEL CARDON, ET AL. v. CHALMETTE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY, ETC. (Parish of St. Bernard)
2006-KK-0597
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED PENNINGTON AND MELVIN BRADWELL
(Parish of Orleans)
See Per Curiam.
WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART;
SEE PER CURIAM:
2005-KK-1560
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)
TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:
2006-KH-0681 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAWYER GLEASON (Parish
of Orleans)
2006-KH-0712 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIDNEY MARTS (Parish
of Orleans)
2006-KH-0777 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL WILLIAMS (Parish
of Jefferson)
2006-KH-0801 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD HOFFMAN (Parish
of Jefferson)
DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:
2006-B -0172
IN RE: ANNE T. TURISSINI
APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:
2004-KH-3098 STATE EX REL. JERROL LOUIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2005-C -2199 LOUISIANA UNITED BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, SELF
INSURERS' FUND v. MUREAL BRIDGES, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF
OF HER CHILDREN, JOHNELL M. BRIDGES AND RODNEY L. BRIDGES
(Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2005-K -0826 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANKLIN D. MOTLEY (Parish
of Caddo)
2005-C -0967 MARLEEN G. SIVERD, WIFE OF/AND KEITH C. SIVERD
v. PERMANENT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, THE ESTATE OF JUSTIN
W. FAUST, BOH BROS. CONSTRUCTION CO., L.L.C., HOWARD BRADLEY,
FIW DEMOLITION COMPANY, AND ILLINOIS INSURANCE EXCHANGE
(Parish of St. Bernard)
2005-KH-1281 STATE EX REL. JIMMY TROSCLAIR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
2005-KH-1536 STATE EX REL. FRANK J. ARCENEAUX v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)
2005-KH-2039 STATE EX REL. HENRY L. FISHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.
2005-KH-2040 STATE EX REL. JOHNNIE ROBERTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2005-KH-2042 STATE EX REL. DONNIE L. MIMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
2005-KH-2043 STATE EX REL. SCOTT LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Caddo)
2005-CI-2053 CHARLES CARTER v. CLASSIFICATION OFFICER MCCOY
(RAPHAEL AUGUSTINE), BURL CAIN (WARDEN L.S.P.), AND RICHARD
STALDER (SECRETARY, D.O.C.) (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2005-KH-2056 STATE EX REL. REGINOLD GREEN A/K/A ERIC TURNER
v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
2005-KH-2059 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND GUIDRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Lafayette)
2005-KH-2060 STATE EX REL. ERICK TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Ouachita)
2005-KH-2061 STATE EX REL. RICHARD HENRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2005-KH-2062 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM ODELL CASH v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)
2005-KH-2066 STATE EX REL. EDWARD JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of West Feliciana)
2005-KH-2067 STATE EX REL. EZRA RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Tangipahoa)
2005-KH-2069 STATE EX REL. LEONARD RASH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2005-KH-2082 STATE EX REL. TREMAYNE TURNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
2005-KH-2085 STATE EX REL. LLOYD JARROW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of St. John)
2005-KH-2086 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
2005-KH-2087 STATE EX REL. DONALD ANTHONY COOPER v. STATE
OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
2005-KH-2089 STATE EX REL. STANLEY DUBOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
KNOLL, J., recused.
2005-KH-2091 STATE EX REL. ROBIN BUNLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2005-CI-2096 BRADY D. WILLIAMS v. WACKENHUT CORR. CORP.,
ET AL. (Parish of Allen)
2005-C -2258 LARRY J. LOUVIERE AND KATHLEEN LOUVIERE, INDIVIDUALLY
AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, KATIE LOUVIERE v.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LOUISIANA
BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, LOUISIANA SCHOOL
FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS (Parish
of St. Mary)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.
WEIMER, J., would grant.
2005-K -2421 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN DAGENHART (Parish
of Caddo)
2005-K -2422 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES CHANEY (Parish
of Tangipahoa)
2005-K -2428 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL ERIC DYSON (Parish
of St. Tammany)
2005-C -2439 M. JAYNE YELLOTT v. UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE
COMPANY AND SABINE POOLS, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.
WEIMER, J., would grant.
2005-KK-2442 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. YAEKO FRANCIS (Parish
of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
JOHNSON, J., would grant.
2005-C -2507 EDLA MARIE ABSHIRE HEBERT v. EDWIN JAMES HEBERT,
SR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2005-KK-2552 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES E. WASHINGTON,
JR. (Parish of Caddo)
2006-CC-0022 LORRAINE MCINTIRE, ET AL. v. DOWNTOWN FITNESS
CENTER (Parish of Orleans)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.
KNOLL, J., would grant.
2006-C -0151 JONELLE M. SHILLING ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR
SON CHRISTIAN TAYLOR SHILLING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish
of Livingston)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-CC-0152 JOHN TELLIS AND NAKITA MOORE TELLIS, INDIVIDUALLY
AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, J'MAIYAH TELLIS v. LINCOLN
PARISH POLICE JURY (Parish of Lincoln)
2006-C -0154 HERZOG CONTRACTING CORPORATION v. ROBERT V.
OLIVER, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)
2006-C -0158 DAVID TODD v. JANICE A. TATE AND GEICO INSURANCE
(Parish of Lafourche)
2006-C -0160 ROBIN BUELLE AND KENNETH S. SMITH v. THOMAS
PERIOU, M.D. AND FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish
of St. Tammany)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-C -0161 ROBERT T. CREEL AND LINDA DUBROC CREEL v. SOUTHERN
NATURAL GAS COMPANY AND C. L. SLOAN ENGINEERING, INC. (Parish
of St. Tammany)
2006-C -0164 JENNIFER AYO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, LSU HEALTH
SCIENCES CENTER-HEALTH CARE SERVICES DIVISION, LEONARD J.
CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER C/W JENNIFER AYO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA,
LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER-HEALTH CARE SERVICES DIVISION,
LEONARD J. CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER, BECKY DUPRE AND ELIA
MEARS (Parish of Terrebonne)
2006-C -0170 BERNHARD MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. v. B.F.
CARVIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0174 VALERIA BAILEY COWAN, INDIVIDUALLY; VALERIA
BAILEY COWAN AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF SHARON DORTCH;
VALERIA BAILEY COWAN, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
GABRIELLE DORTCH v. KEVIN T. JACK; U-HAUL COMPANY OF NORTH
CAROLINA; U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC., "COMPANY A,""COMPANY
B," AND "JOHN DOE C;" REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE
COMPANY; DEF INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.
2006-C -0176 JOYCE SCOTT & LEONARD HUMPHREYS v. STATE
OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT,
& RICHARD PRICE CONTRACTING CO., INC. (Parish of Ascension)
2006-C -0177 SOUTHERN MARINE SALES, INC. v. ROGER V. AND
BARBARA B. MATHERNE (Parish of St. Charles)
2006-C -0178 MARY N. BROWN v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM (State Civil Service
Commission)
2006-CC-0179 TRAVIS COOPER, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS, STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Catahoula)
2006-C -0180 JODY W. LARSON AND SAMANTHA B. LARSON v. CARLOS
R. PAREDES, PEGGY M. PAREDES AND SALVANT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,
INC. (Parish of Iberville)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
WEIMER, J., would grant.
2006-C -0181 H. CARSON MCKOWEN v. CROCHET CONSTRUCTION CO.,
INC., S. CHRIS CROCHET, KEITH G. CROCHET, AND MARYLAND CASUALTY
CO. (A/K/A ASSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA) (Parish of Lafourche)
WEIMER, J., recused.
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-C -0182 TILELIA BUTLER v. UNITED STATES AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0183 RICHIE, RICHIE & OBERLE, L.L.P., C. VERNON
RICHIE, BYRON A. RICHIE, LAUREL FLEMING RICHIE & PAUL
D. OBERLE, JR. v. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2006-CC-0184 DANIEL CHARLES LANGLINAIS v. JOSIE JANE TOUCHET
(Parish of Vermilion)
2006-C -0190 EAST BATON ROUGE SEWERAGE COMMISSION v. 6444
ASSOCIATES, LLC AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of
E. Baton Rouge)
2006-CC-0192 JANICE S. SULLIVAN v. BRUCE WAYNE SULLIVAN
(Parish of Ouachita)
2006-C -0197 LINDA MOODY v. ABROM KAPLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Office of Workers' Compensation District 4)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-CC-0198 ROBERT GIBBS, MAGGIE GIBBS WILSON, BEATRICE
GIBBS ROSS, SILAS GIBBS, IDA GIBBS CALHOUN AND IVY WOOD
GIBBS v. DOUGLAS R. DELATTE, STEVE KENT CHEMICAL TRANSPORT,
LLC AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED
CASES (Parish of Pointe Coupee)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-C -0205 LEROY MCKNIGHT v. ADMONE MCCASTLE (Parish of
E. Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0208 JUDY STREET BOURGEOIS v. DARYL CURRY, BAROID
DRILLINGS FLUIDS, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE HALLIBURTON COMPANY,
ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
2006-C -0209 JEFFREY W. MIRE, SHANE M. O'QUIN, AND BARBARA
T. ESTES, AND A CLASS OF SIMILARLY SITUATED INDIVIDUALS
v. EATELCORP., INC., PRIMCO PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS L.P.
D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS AND SPRINT PCS, INC. (Parish of E.
Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0212 ESTELLE WIGGINS GUNTER RYDER v. GLENN EDWARD
BELGARD, ET UX. (Parish of Rapides)
2006-C -0213 HEATHER ROBERSON v. TOWN OF POLLOCK (Parish
of Grant)
2006-C -0214 EMILY ABEL WAGNER v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE, ROBERT MATHEWS AND IRVING LANE (Parish of E. Baton
Rouge)
2006-C -0217 LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY v. RALPH
SLAUGHTER, SECRETARY OF STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE AND TAXATION C/W LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
v. BEN MORRISON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE AND TAXATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0221 KENNETH G. NESTOR, ET UX v. LOUISIANA STATE
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER IN SHREVEPORT (Parish
of Caddo)
TRAYLOR, J., recused.
2006-CP-0224 LOUIS STEMLEY v. CHARLES FOTI, JR., ET AL (Parish
of Richland)
2006-C -0225 JOHNNY LEROY COBB, ET AL. v. DELTA EXPORTS,
INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)
2006-C -0226 RANDY ALVIS AND E. G. ALVIS v. CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT
FINANCING, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Sabine)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-C -0227 FDB INVESTMENTS, INC. v. RICHARD D. PRESTRIDGE,
SR., AND FOUR P INVESTMENTS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2006-C -0233 AMY ROBINSON v. ALLEN PARISH POLICE JURY, ET
AL. (Parish of Allen)
2006-C -0238 NATHAN WRIGHT v. CYPRESS GENERAL CONTRACTORS,
INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 3)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
VICTORY, J., would grant.
2006-CC-0241 CONTOURS UNLIMITED, INC. v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)
2006-C -0253 EMMITT ANTHONY v. SOUTHERN CHEVROLET CADILLAC,
INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)
VICTORY, J., would grant on penalties and attorney's fees.
2006-CC-0269 WALTER KILLEEN v. JOAN MERRIHEW KILLEEN (Parish
of Orleans)
2006-CC-0291 ANNE H. MONTGOMERY, WIFE OF AND CHRISTOPHER
H. MONTGOMERY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILD, SAMANTHA MONTGOMERY v. ANNELLE C. BLANCHARD, M.D.
AND LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of
Jefferson)
2006-CC-0295 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, BY AND
THROUGH THE NEW ORLEANS AVIATION BOARD v. THE CITY OF KENNER,
LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
2006-KH-0570 STATE EX REL. JAMES GUNNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish of East Feliciana)
