FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 037

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 30th day of April, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-KP- 0519 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES LAMISON (Parish of Orleans)

See per curiam.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1099 DERREL W. GOODMAN v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

97-KK- 1058 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH ALLEN (Parish of St. Tammany)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

96-C - 2211 THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER TO MIDSOUTH CORPORATION, MIDLOUISIANA RAIL CORPORATION, MIDSOUTH RAIL CORPORATION, SOUTHRAIL CORPORATION AND TENNRAIL CORPORATION v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, MALCOLM B. PRICE, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, VALERY A. LOWERY, AND KENNETH P. NAQUIN, JR., MEMBERS OF THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION (Parish of East Baton Rouge)
 

WRIT DENIED; STAY RECALLED:

97-KK- 0770 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROLD WRIGHT (Parish of Orleans)

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

STAYS DENIED; WRITS DENIED:

97-CC- 1111 JO ANN KUEBEL, WIFE OF FRANK B. WILLIAMS v. FRANK B. WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1139 MARY ANN GOODMAN v. PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY, ET AL (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT DENIED :

96-KH- 2103 STATE EX REL CHARLES LAMISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - concurs. See R.S.14:133 (filing forged or altered documents with public office punishable by up to five years imprisonment at hard labor and $5,000 fine).

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

On the 1st day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

97-C - 0684 LARRY D. WISE v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 5)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0688 SILMON O. SEAL v. GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 6)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-CC- 0478 GORDON DUMONT v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0678 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL McBARRY (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0892 IN RE: GAS WATER HEATER PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION C/W IN RE: STATE INDUSTRIES, INC. LIABILITY LITIGATION (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant and docket.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1040 IN RE: GAS WATER HEATER PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION C/W IN RE: STATE INDUSTRIES, INC. LIABILITY LITIGATION (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant and docket.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT :

97-KH- 1047 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT WATTS (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.
 

APPLICATION DISMISSED AT RELATOR'S REQUEST:

96-KH- 1603 STATE EX REL MELVIN J. DURET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

PROBATION REVOKED; SEE PER CURIAM:

95-B - 3059 IN RE: GLYNN W. REYNOLDS

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

97-B - 0823 IN RE: J. GREGORY CAVER

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-B - 0824 IN RE: J. GREGORY CAVER

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.
 

REHEARINGS DENIED :

97-C - 0224 GARY AISTON v. OTIS EASTERLING, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1099 DERRELL W. GOODMAN v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.
 

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED:

95-OC- 1336 WALTER J. SNYDER v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES GROUP BENEFITS (Civil Service Commission)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0308 FRANK & ROSEMARY CARACCI AND VINCENT & GLORIA CARACCI v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS, LONDON; ADJUSTING SERVICES UNLIMITED, INC.; R & L INVESTMENTS, INC. D/B/A CREOLE MARKET BUFFET; LEONARD GUARISCO; ROSE C. GUARISCO; AND ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

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

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the rehearing.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-CP- 0335 LARRY STEVEN PERKINS v. ANTHONY MILETELLO, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0357 WALTER J. SNYDER v. OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 8)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT NOT CONSIDERED :

97-KK- 0528 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRYANT ANTHONY (Parish of Orleans)

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

WRITS DENIED :

96-KH- 0212 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES HUFF AND JOE HUFF (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0213 STATE EX REL VICTOR JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0223 STATE EX REL CORNELIUS CHAMBERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0285 STATE EX REL DONALD GLENN PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Red River)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0290 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL ISAIAH SOLOMON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0306 STATE EX REL ALBERT KELLY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0309 STATE EX REL ROBERT MYLES v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0310 STATE EX REL EDDIE A. DOWDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0312 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL DENNIS WIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0323 STATE EX REL RICHARD B. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0328 STATE EX REL FREDDIE McZEAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0338 STATE EX REL LIONEL ERNESTINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0357 STATE EX REL JOHN ELLIS JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0365 STATE EX REL LEON LANDRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0371 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL THEODORE A. LAMONICA, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0375 STATE EX REL CHRISTOPHER JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0389 STATE EX REL WILLIE LEE JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KH- 0392 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EUGENE STEVENSON (Parish of Rapides)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KH- 0463 STATE EX REL WALLACE N. MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0464 STATE EX REL ROBERT COLLINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0520 STATE EX REL FRANK LACOSTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-C - 1566 KELLY TEEL, SR. v. SUPERIOR SCRAP METALS (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2609 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH ROGERS (Parish of Iberville)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2626 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH ROGERS (Parish of Iberville)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 2814 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHAD DYKES AND ANTHONY PIERSON

(Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - dissents from the denial of the application and assigns reasons.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-K - 2871 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOBY JOHN DUPRE (Parish of Terrebonne)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2883 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE EDWARD CHEATHON (Parish of Madison)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KO- 2895 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RUSSELL E. PAYTON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2939 STATE OF OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES "CHARLIE" SMITH (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2959 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RUSSELL E. PAYTON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2963 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARROW RAY LATHERS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2983 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWIN A. MONTERROSO (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-K - 2984 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GLEN BERTONIERE, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

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

96-KO- 3032 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY BROYARD (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0344 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRYANT ANTHONY (Parish of Orleans)

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

97-C - 0399 SHEILA LAWSON, ET AL v. DR. JEFFREY STRAUS, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0421 SHEILA LAWSON, ET AL v. DR. JEFFREY STRAUS, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0534 HENRY GEORGE MCCALL v. HARRY MCCALL, JR., CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ETAL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0539 HENRY GEORGE MCCALL v. HARRY MCCALL, JR., CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ETAL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0557 IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF JAMES S. LANDECHE, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL LANDECHE VS. DR. NORMAN E. McSWAIN, JR., ET AL C/W JAMES E. LANDECHE, JR., ET AL VS. ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

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

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0631 BRUCE GATLIN v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Tangipahoa)

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

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0650 SHANE M. BREAUX v. THE INTERNATIONAL BIOCHEMICALS GROUP, INC. AND INTERBIO, INC. (Parish of Ascension)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0674 DEBORAH DAIGLE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0680 DR. J. D. WARREN v. RALPH SELLS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - concurs on the basis of La.Rev.Stat. 10:3-311.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0687 ADRIENNE DRESSER GILBOY v. BLUEBONNET LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0721 FAIRIE CATHERINE ROIG AND GEORGE T. ROIG v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0728 SHERLENA M. DAVIS v. THE HOME DEPOT (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0730 ROBERT E. HOLLADAY, IV, M.D. v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0733 JOHN PAUL CORTEZ A/K/A JUAN PABLO v. SCOTT GUMERSON, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0736 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GORDON NEWMAN (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0737 BARBARA LACHNEY v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON/ORTHO BIOTECH

(Office of Workers' Compensation District # 2)

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0738 LYNN B. GASSEN v. EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, ROBIN ROE, AND DR. THOMAS O. ADMAS, D.D.S. (Parish of Iberville)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0739 MARY MARCOTTE, INDIVIDUALLY, ETC. v. ZURICH-AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Avoyelles)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused. See La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 151(B)(3).

97-C - 0740 JAY LAWRENCE BUTLER v. CARLA KAY RICHARD BUTLER (Parish of Lafayette)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0743 BEVERLY BLANKENSHIP v. BROOKSHIRE GROCERY COMPANY d/b/a SUPER 1 FOODS, et al (Parish of Rapides)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0745 ROY LEE THOMAS, INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA & W.J. PENTON CONSTRUCTION CO. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Webster)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0746 GARY SIMON v. WINN-DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 4)

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

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0747 TARA L. BAUMGARTEN AND CHAD T. BAUMGARTEN v. GREGORY J. DAIGLE AND MIDLAND RISK INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-OC- 0749 WALTER J. SNYDER v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ETC, RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. ROME III, MRS. COLE (State Civil Service Commission)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0751 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOUIS WRIGHT (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0755 MICHELLE LYNN MAGOS v. DR. JON A. FEERICK (Parish of Lafayette)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0756 MATTALEA P. JAMES v. MICHAEL E. GORDON, D.D.S. (Parish of Allen)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-CC- 0757 GABRIEL L. SIGUE, JR. ET UX v. M/V ENSCO COMMANDER, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0758 JOSEPH A. RIDER v. DAVISON TRUCKING d/b/a MATHEWS TRUCKING COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 1W)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0759 GLENDA M. BROOKS ON BEHALF OF MINOR RAKITA L. BROOKS v. LEROY ANDRUS, ET AL (Parish of St. Landry)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0766 PEGGY TYBUSSEK, WIFE OF/AND MAXIMILLION TYBUSSEK v. JIMMY WONG, OLD HICKORY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, CURTIS PETTIGREW, III LIBERTY LLOYD'S INSURANCE COMPANY, AND LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CP- 0768 STATE EX REL OSCAR MYLES, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0769 MARGARET BERGERON, WIFE OF/AND JIMMY BERGERON v. MONTEIRO CONTRACTORS, INC., AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Plaquemines)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0775 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERCY DON HINKLE (Parish of St. Mary)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0776 MARGARET BERGERON, WIFE OF/AND JIMMY BERGERON v. MONTEIRO CONTRACTORS, INC., AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Plaquemines)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 0777 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. D. LYNN DEARING (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0779 PAULA BADEAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of St. Charles)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-KK- 0781 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHERMAN DAVIS (Parish of Washington)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0782 JEAN CARTER v. BROOKSHIRE GROCERY CO. AND ITT HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0788 MARGARET A. JOHNSON AND CAROL JOHNSON TRAVIS v. MCKINLEY DAVIS AND BARBARA DAVIS (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0795 PEGGY TYBUSSEK, WIFE OF/AND MAXIMILLION TYBUSSEK v. JIMMY WONG, OLD HICKORY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, CURTIS PETTIGREW, III LIBERTY LLOYD'S INSURANCE COMPANY, AND LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0797 NELLIE HOLDEN AND LAMAR HOLDEN v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo)

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

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0798 DOLLY MCGILL v. COCHRAN SYSCO FOODS, A DIVISION OF SYSCO CORPORATION, AND JET SPRAY CORPORATION UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0801 GARY AND MAGDALENE SANDELL, ET AL v. WARD HOOTER, II, M.D., ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0802 TINA MARIE CUTTY v. DAMON J. CUTTY (Parish of Sabine)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.