FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 108

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 12th day of December, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARINGS DENIED :

95-C - 3058 SHIRLEY HARTMANN, WIFE OF/AND RICHARD P. CARRIERE v. BANK OF LOUISIANA IN NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KNOLL, J. - would grant a rehearing.

96-C - 1690           MR. & MRS. MICHAEL SHEPHARD ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED

C/W                      MINOR CHILD, MATTHEW E. SHEPHARD v. ALFRED L. SCHEELER,

96-C - 1720          ET AL AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of St. Bernard)

(Two Applications)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2201 FLOYD GRAVES, ET AL v. LESLIE LEON PAGE, ET AL (Parish of Natchitoches)

CALOGERO, C.J. - Votes to grant.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0293          DANNY P. AND MARY G. THOMPSON VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA

C/W                       THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND

97-C - 0302           DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT J. MORSE, LOUISIANA INDEMNITY COMPANY AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY C/W MICHAEL HOLLAND v. DANNY THOMPSON, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ROBERT J. MORSE, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, THE LOUISIANA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE DEF INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)

(Two Applications)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

LEMMON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0742 STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION v. MCINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC. ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

LEMMON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

97- B - 1314 IN RE: WINTHROP G. GARDNER

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.