FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 010

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 4th day of February, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

STAY ORDERS DENIED; WRITS DENIED:

97-CC- 0319 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ONE 1996 FORD MUSTANG (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-KD- 0321 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VICKI COCO (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

On the 6th day of February, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

STAY ORDER DENIED :

97-C - 0334 ERNEST D. SHARP v. JOHNSON BROS. CORP., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

On the 7th day of February, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

96-K - 2227 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL LEE BANKS (Parish of Rapides)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2897 MONICA STROIK v. WILBUR PONSETI, WARREN WOODFORK, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2913 KENNETH E. FORD, ET AL v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-C - 2917 KENNETH E. FORD, ET AL v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-C - 2929 KENNETH E. FORD, ET AL v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-CC- 3094 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WILLIAM KIMBALL, H.M. KIMBALL, AND ELIZABETH KIMBALL LEWIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. ET AL (Parish of West Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel; recused.
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-KP- 1658 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM CLAYTON (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

CALOGERO, C.J. - dissents and assigns reasons.

JOHNSON, J. - dissents and assigns reasons.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-KP- 2457 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT HILLARD (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

CALOGERO, J. - would grant and docket.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant and docket.

96-CC- 2467 SOUTHLAND TRUCK CENTER, INC. AND JAMES MICHAEL GUIDRY v. BANK OF SUNSET & TRUST COMPANY (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel; recused.

KIMBALL, J. - would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.

96-KK- 3039 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE A. CELLA, III (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 3079 DWAIN RICHARDSON, ET UX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD (Parish of Sabine)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0270 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEREK LANDRY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT :

97-KH- 0249 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY WELLS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT :

97-KH- 0250 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL HILLERY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

96-K - 2380 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE SINGLETON (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3005 JAMES C. FERGUSON v. WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

96-B - 2835 IN RE: BLAINE G. McMAHON

TRAYLOR, J. - would set for oral argument, rather than join in the per curiam disposition.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

ADMISSION TO BAR GRANTED CONDITIONALLY; SEE PER CURIAM :

96-OB- 2403 IN RE: TIMOTHY S. MARCEL
 

WRIT NOT CONSIDERED :

97-C - 0242 DANIEL L. RHODES AND JUDY DUPRE RHODES, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, MICHELLE RHODES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of Terrebonne)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS DENIED :

95-KH- 0999 STATE EX REL DAVID PROVOST v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1249 STATE EX REL REX APPACROMBIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1375 STATE EX REL JOSEPH HELARIRE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1407 STATE EX REL WALTER QUINN, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1434 STATE EX REL FRANK GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1438 STATE EX REL CHARLES LEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

95-KH- 1439 STATE EX REL FREDDIE KING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1474 STATE EX REL PENNIE WIGLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1475 STATE EX REL GEORGE LINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1477 STATE EX REL MICHAEL DOPTIMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1480 STATE EX REL CORNELIOUS E. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1482 STATE EX REL DERRICK BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1502 STATE EX REL LARONE WILLIAMS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1508 STATE EX REL RENNIE G. ATWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1511 STATE EX REL NORRIS MOTEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1547 STATE EX REL LOYAL WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1575 STATE EX REL MARESE TOOMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1577 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAWN A. POLLARD (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1579 STATE EX REL ANDREW HAWKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1581 STATE EX REL JOE SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1583 STATE EX REL JAMES L. CRAFT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1592 STATE EX REL WALTER GRISBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1594 STATE EX REL KARL DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1598 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL W. GIBSON (Parish of Ouachita)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1683 STATE EX REL BILLY R. BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1687 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL MAURICE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1688 STATE EX REL MICHAEL WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1690 STATE EX REL CHRISTOPHER S. O'NEAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1694 STATE EX REL VINCENT L. JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 1695 STATE EX REL DREW M. PIZZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-C - 2704 MILES R. MCNEELY AND HIS WIFE, WANDA O'CON MCNEELY v. DANEK, MEDICAL INC. AND LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL CENTER-SHREVEPORT (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0992 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL KIM POWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 1331 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL A. CLARK AND BRENDA S. CLARK, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-K - 2212 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE L. JOHNESE, III (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KO- 2322 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARNOLD BENNETT CURTIS (Parish of Ouachita)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2341 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DRUCILLA CAIN C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM PORTERFIELD (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2342 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DRUCILLA CAIN C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM PORTERFIELD (Parish of Ouachita)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2346 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NIGARAGUA TEHRAN DEMERY (Parish of Caddo)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-KO- 2349 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARVIN DOUGLAS (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2357 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICHARD LANGLEY (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KO- 2367 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TONY B. MARTIN (Parish of Ouachita)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2715 CAROLINE JAEGER v. AUTOMOTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND INTERSTATE FORD (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-KH- 2723 STATE EX REL DREW M. PIZZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2943 THOMAS WILLIAMS, JR. AND CHARLES HAYES v. TOBY C. SPRAYBERRY, CHAMPAGNE ELEVATORS, INC., STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2958 DONALD PATTERSON v. RAYMOND LONG (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 2)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 2978 SUSAN B. WELSH AND CLIFFORD J. WELSH, JR. v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 2992 MRS. EDWARD F. WEGMANN v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPER MARKETS, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 2997 LEROY AND NATALIE FONTENOT v. THE KROGER COMPANY (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3000 CARL MILLER v. RAYMOND L. RICARD, TRUCKER'S EXPRESS AND PLANET INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3024 KERRY M. SPEAR v. THONG NGOC TRAN, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 3025 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JUNIOR GAYLE BEARD (Parish of Madison)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3047 LINDA HOERNER v. WESLEY-JENSEN, INCORPORATED and PEARLE VISION CENTER, INCORPORATED (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

96-KK- 3049 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN POWELL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - concurs, would deny at this time on the showing made.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 3050 SANTOS ACOSTA, ET AL v. EAGLE, INC., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 3051 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDREW MCROYAL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant for assigned reasons.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3054 LINDA HOERNER v. WESLEY-JENSEN, INCORPORATED and PEARLE VISION CENTER, INCORPORATED (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3055 NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY v. ACE WHOLESALE, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3057 RUFFIN T. LOWRY v. WILLIAM P. MILLS, III (Parish of Lafayette)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3059 MARK W. HANEY, ET AL v. DELTA PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3060 JOSEPH T. STELLY v. GUY SCROGGINS, INC., ET AL (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 4)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3064 NORMA GOLPHIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR SON, CHEDRICK CARTEZ JACKSON AND JESSIE GOLPHIN v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENDIX CORPORATION, MARGOT, INC. AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3065 DONALD H. REYNOLDS v. EXPERT TRANSMISSIONS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3066 DONALD MOYLES v. REINA MARIA CRUZ, ET AL C/W CYNTHIA JAMES v. SAMUEL JOSHUA COLEMAN, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3070 CARMELA C. BREHM v. MILTON L. BREHM, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3072 KAREN ANN KROLL HURSTELL v. STEPHEN FRANK HURSTELL (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3074 J.A.G. v. BERNARD SCHMALTZ, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS, INC., ST. CLEMENT OF ROME CHURCH, PRESENTATION SISTERS INC. (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3075 DAWN CARTER INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TUTRIX OF HER MINOR SON, DUSTIN CARTER AND BERNADINE DEROCHE v. GLEN E. HARRISON, GRAWARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, THE ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 3076 RUFFIN T. LOWRY v. WILLIAM P. MILLS, III (Parish of Lafayette)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3077 PAUL A. PACIERA, JR., INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE PAUL A. PACIERA (SR.) TESTAMENTARY TRUST NO. 1 AND THE ROSE B. PACIERA INTER VIVOS TRUST NO. 1 v. THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, FRED ARCEMENT, ELSON SAVOIE, JON RABALAIS AND KIRK LANDRY (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3078 GLENA AND JAMES R. HUMBARD v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, AND/OR MOBIL OIL EXPL0RATION AND PRODUCING SOUTHEAST, INC., HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, AND DUAL DRILLING COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 3083 BIENVILLE HOLDING COMPANY, INC. v. QUALITY MACHINE & SUPPLY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Webster)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KK - 3084 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. R. L. LANGSTON (Parish of Grant)

MARCUS, J., - not on panel.

96-C - 3087 THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE FOR BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT v. THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-C - 3089 GAYLON D. SIMMONS v. J. C. TEMPLETON, ET AL C/W GAYLON D. SIMMONS AND GLORIA ANNETTE TURNER SIMMONS v. J. C. TEMPLETON, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 3091 SUCCESSION OF MARCELLE SCHAEFER VERGARA C/W SUCCESSION OF CORALIE SCHAEFER (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 3093 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD DAVIS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 3101 KAREN BEARD, ET AL v. JOHN E. WILSON, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0005 MARILYN SPITZFADEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. DOW CORNING CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - recused.

97-C - 0008 EDDIE LANGSTON, ET UX v. BILLIE DAWN SPRINGFIELD C/W RONALD R. SHIRLEY, ET AL v. KEVIN P. MILES AND SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Winn)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-CC- 0010 MARILYN SPITZFADEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. DOW CORNING CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - recused.

97-C - 0012 WILLIE GENE WILSON v. GROSJEAN CONTRACTORS, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 1)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0013 MARILYN SPITZFADEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. DOW CORNING CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - recused.

97-CC- 0017 JIMMY AND BRENDA BONNETTE, ET AL. v. CONOCO, INC., ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0019 BARNCO INTERNATIONAL INC. v. ARKLA INC. (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-CC- 0022 ROBERT H. JONES v. GREENMAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

VICTORY, J. - would grant in part.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0023 KATHLYN C. REICHERT v. DR. EMILE A. BERTUCCI, JR., D/B/A DE LA RONDE MEDICAL CENTER AND EVELYN ALZUBAIDI AND BRYAN J. BERTUCCI, M.D. (Parish of St. Bernard)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0058 BARNCO INTERNATIONAL INC. v. ARKLA INC. (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.