FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 29

FROM : CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA


The Opinion handed down on the 30th day of May, 2006, is as follows:


BY CALOGERO, C.J.:

2005-CC-1704 DIANE T. HORTON v. ROBERT J. MAYEAUX, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILEINSURANCE COMPANY AND PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish ofE. Baton Rouge)
The district court judgment ordering a new trial in this case is affirmed. The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED.

VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
TRAYLOR, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Weimer, J.
WEIMER, J., dissents and assigns reasons.