FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 002

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 9th day of January, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARINGS DENIED :

96-CA- 2890 LIVINGSTON DOWNS RACING ASSOCIATION, INC. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TWO APPLICATIONS

LEMMON, J. - would grant the rehearings.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the rehearings.

97-CA- 0055 CHRISTINA N. AND JOSEPH P. WILLIAMS, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

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

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0744 PATRICK M. WARTELLE & KRISTINE WARTELLE v. WOMAN'S AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL INC. AND THE LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Lafayette)

LEMMON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.