<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="" width="90%"><tbody><tr style="" valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #003</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">16th day of January, 2019</span></strong>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PETITION TO TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS GRANTED; SEE ORDER</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/19-0002.OB.PC.pdf">2019-OB-0002 IN RE: BERNADETTE LOCKETT THOMAS</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">18th day of January, 2019</span></strong>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-K-2084 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID LEGER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-K-0006 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN MICHAEL HUGHES (Parish of Grant)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1768 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, EX REL. JAMES D. "BUDDY" CALDWELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC; MOLINA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. D/B/A MOLINA MEDICAID SOLUTIONS; PARAMAX SYSTEMS CORPORATION; AND UNISYS CORPORATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1782.CC.PC.pdf">2018-CC-1782 CARL EDGEFIELD v. AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE, INC., AUDUBON COMMISSION AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-2002.B.PC.pdf">2018-B-2002 IN RE: GERALD JOSEPH ASAY</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-OC-1876 EMBRACE HOME LOANS, INC. v. LINIA THOMAS BURL A/K/A LINIA T. BURL A/K/A LINIA BURL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-OB-1990 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOS. 2018-INT-0348 AND 2018-INT-0347</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-1002 STATE EX REL. CHRISTEPHAN M. WESLEY A/K/A CHRISTOPHER WESLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-CI-1556 CHARLES H. PARKER v. KRISTEN WOLKART, RN, MHA, PRESIDENT/CEO, ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KK-1135 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE JACKSON (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant for reasons originally assigned.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1452.KP.PC.pdf">2017-KP-1452 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARNAY THIBODAUX</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1754.KP.PC.pdf">2017-KP-1754 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON STEVENSON</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1906.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-1906 STATE EX REL. DALDURAN J. BRANDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Desoto)<br /><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1906.KH.jdh.gip.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant in part and assigns reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1910.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-1910 STATE EX REL. KENNETH P. JONES AKA KENNETH PAUL JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/17-1926.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-1926 STATE EX REL. JONATHAN J. FOX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Ascension)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-0037.KH.PC.pdf">2018-KH-0037 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TARIKA WILSON</a> (Parish of Caddo)<br />CRICHTON, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-0070.KH.PC.pdf">2018-KH-0070 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE JONES</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-0076.KP.PC.pdf">2018-KP-0076 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON QUINN BLACKWELL</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1146.KP.PC.pdf">2018-KP-1146 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL HOLMES</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1225.KP.PC.pdf">2018-KP-1225 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY JONES</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0355 STATE EX REL. FARD A. DICKERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0731 STATE EX REL. FARD A.R. DICKERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-KP-1385 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CORDELL KENDRICK WILLIAMS (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0087 STATE EX REL. WILLIE FULLILOVE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0092 STAT EX REL. OTIS BEDWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0162 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0222 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FARD A. DICKERSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0308 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FARD A. DICKERSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONOVAN CARMAN (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0480 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HAROLD J. BROWN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0512 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH MICHAEL KURZ (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0565 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BILLY DEAN COTTEN (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0580 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JANERO L. MCBRIDE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KP-0641 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL GRIFFIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-K-0741 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRUNG LE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-K-0755 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRUNG LE (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-0767 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELDRICK DONTRAIL CARTER (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0860 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0861 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0862 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0863 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0864 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KH-0865 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KO-1247 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OTIS L. BEDWELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1860 CANDIDO PERDOMO v. CITY OF KENNER AND VEOLIA WATER LOGISTICS LLC D/B/A/ VEOLIA WATER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1861 CANDIDO PERDOMO v. CITY OF KENNER AND VEOLIA WATER LOGISTICS LLC D/B/A VEOLIA WATER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1865 DR. CALVIN NICHOLAS v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1866 QUALITY SITEWORK MATERIALS, INC. v. CADDO-BOSSIER PARISHES PORT COMMISSION, BENTELER STEEL/TUBE MANUFACTURING CORP., WALBRIDGE ALDINGER, LLC F.K.A. WALBRIDGE ALDINGER COMPANY, HARDCLAY, LLC, THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY AND THOMAS E. HARDIMAN (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1867 GUSTAVE J. LABARRE, JR., RAMONA H. TALBOT, HOWARD J. DUPRE, III, GAIL D. BOUDREAUX, FLOYD A. LABARRE, MARLENE L. FOLSE, CHERYL D. DAIGLE, HENRY R. LAWES, JR., SIDNEY J. HERNANDEZ, JUNE D. BOUCHEREAU, LOUIS P. LEBLANC, JR., PIERRE F. V. DELABARRE, IV, MARY G. DELABARRE, KATHERINE D. LABARRE, ANDRE P. V. DELABARRE, GILBERT J. DUPRE, JR., GRANT J. DUPRE, GRANTLYN D. WHEELER, ELENA R. LEBLANC, HELEN H. SHAW, ANITA H. WILLIAMS, GERTRUDE L. LANDRY, LYDIA L. SHAVERS, MERRILL L. CORNAY, HARRY J. SIMONEAUX, SR., HARRY J. SIMONEAUX, JR., AMY SIMONEAUX, LYLE T. SIMONEAUX, JOIE A. SIMONEAUX, SIMONE S. LAWSON, CHRISTOPHER A. SIMONEAUX, GREGORY J. DUPRE, AUGUSTA L. RIFFERT, ALBERT H. LEBLANC, JR., MARIA CARMEN DELABARRE, LIZARRAGA ENTERPRISES, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGIA GULF CHEMICAL & VINYLS, LLC (Parish of Assumption)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1868 LISA SEAL FRIGON, AS THE ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ADLER BERRIMAN SEAL v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES, INC., DEBORAH DUBOIS SEAL, AARON SEAL, CHRISTINA SEAL WARMACK, AND DEAN BERRIMAN SEAL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1869 WILLIE MASON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE ON BEHALF OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - SHREVEPORT, AND TODD JAEBLON, M.D. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1871 HUBERT ARVIE v. ARTHUR CULLIVAN (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Justice Hughes.<br /><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1871.CC.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1873 KENNER FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1427, IAFF, ET AL. v. THE CITY OF KENNER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KK-1874 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIFFANY PARKER (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1877 YOLANDA CRESSY, ET AL. v. PETE LEWIS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1879 YOLANDA STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE LOUISIANA STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DISTRICT AND SMG (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1880 JAMMALL BREAUX v. DEVIN TIPTON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1882 NATHAN AND SHARON MITCHELL D/B/A SHAPES GYM v. AARON'S, INC. AND WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Parish of Ascension)<br /><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1882.C.jtg.wouldgrant.pdf">GENOVESE, J., would grant in part and assigns reasons.</a><br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1887 MICHAEL BELANGER v. SPENCER H. CALAHAN, L.L.C., SPENCER CALAHAN, JONATHAN D. MAYEAUX, BRADY PATIN, AND ABC INSURANCE CO. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant and docket.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1888 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF WARREN ALBARADO: PATRICIA ALBARADO v. UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.C. D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINIC (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1892 ANGELA JACKSON v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF LOUISIANA INC., S&S JANITORIAL SERVICES, LLC SMS ASSIST, LLC (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 8)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1897 PETER J. ABADIE, JR. v. ANN RAU ABADIE C/W ANN RAU v. PETER ABADIE, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1905 MALDONADO INVESTMENTS, LLC AND FERNANDO MALDONADO, INDIVIDUALLY v. PATRICK R. JACKSON (A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION) AND PATRICK R. JACKSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-C-1912 BOBBIE J. SANDERS, JR. v. SWIFTSHIPS, INC. (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1913 RENTON PROPERTIES, LLC v. 213 UPLAND, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-OC-1915 EARLIS WILLIAMS AND KAONTA MINOR, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER FATHER EARLIS MINOR v. PEL HUGHES PRINTING COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-KK-1919 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LATROY O'NEAL SIMMONS (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CJ-1933 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF K.D.L., ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)<br /><a href="../../opinions/2019/18-1933.CJ.jdh.con.pdf">HUGHES, J., concurs for the reasons assigned by Judge Cooks.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CC-1936 YOLANDA CRESSY, ET AL. v. PETE LEWIS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2018-CJ-1989 NATALIE WALL FOWLKES v. JUSTIN DAVID FOWLKES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2019-KK-0077 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOLAN MCGINNIS (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="../../opinions/2019/19-0077.KK.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>