FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 058

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 19th day of June, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT DENIED :

98-CC- 1667 LAVONNE MANNING v. DELCHAMPS, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - concurs and assigns reasons.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

On the 22nd day of June, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

98-KK- 1687 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN SCOTT LOYD (Parish of Vermilion)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would deny the application.

KNOLL, J. - dissents from the grant for reasons assigned by the Third Circuit.

WRIT DENIED :

98-KD- 1686 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN SCOTT LOYD (Parish of Vermilion)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

On the 24th day of June, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

98-KK- 1540 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY COSTON (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS; SEE ORDER:

98-OB- 1674 IN RE: MARY MADELINE HEBERT

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

98-B - 0801 IN RE: KATHERINE L. KENNEDY

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

98-C - 1416 ARTHUR ROBERT MATA, III v. PAMELA SUE MOREL MATA (Parish of Iberville)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1583 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL VERSUS JON JAY REYNOLDS, ET AL CONSOLIDATED WITH VANESSA A. JOHNSON, ET AL v. JON JAY REYNOLDS, ET AL (Parish of St. Charles)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-OK- 1666 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

On the 26th day of June, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS GRANTED :

98-K - 0341 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BERNELL JULUKE, JR. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1170 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM, JAMES SEFCIK; TAMMANY CONTRACTING COMPANY; AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE RECREATION AND TOURISM (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1182 TRACI ALLEN NETECKE, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DOTD, ET AL (Parish of St. Martin)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1193 MATTIE CONNELL CASKEY, ET AL v. KELLY OIL COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Webster)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1197 TRACI ALLEN NETECKE, ETAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DOTD, ET AL (Parish of St. Martin)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1240 RHONDA PEREZ, WIFE OF/AND GEORGE McGOVERN, ET AL v. JACK A. STEPHENS, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-K - 1806 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD REEVES (Parish of Calcasieu)

See Per Curiam

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 3161 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND NARCISSE (Parish of Lafayette)

See Per Curiam

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0402 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANGEL ARAGON AND ROBERT J. ORTEGO (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0516 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY FREEMAN (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-B - 1371 IN RE: STEPHEN D. FOX

See Per Curiam

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED IN PART / DENIED IN PART :

98-KH- 0328 STATE EX REL GARY BOUDREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

98-CC- 1290 JAMES E. TUCKER, JR., ET AL v. SARAH G. LAIN, M.D., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would deny the writ.

WRIT NOT CONSIDERED :

98-C - 1287 CHARLES L. MITCHELL v. HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK (Parish of Caddo)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

RECONSIDERATION GRANTED; WRIT DENIED:

98-C - 0944 BELINDA F. SIAS v. ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and FRANK'S MEDICAL MART (Parish of Calcasieu)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

REHEARINGS DENIED :

98-B - 0078 IN RE: DOUGLAS C. ELLIS

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

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1190 SEA MAR, INC. ET AL. v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. (Parish of Iberia)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED :

98-KP- 2819 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARCHIE WILLIAMS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 0777 DAVID LEROD WILSON v. INESSA STEWART'S ANTIQUES, INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

97-K - 3045 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE WASHINGTON EAMES (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 3071 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SANDRA HALL (Parish of Ouachita)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CI- 3132 LARRY MATTHEWS v. JOHN LEBLANC (Parish of Lafourche)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 3181 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREG JACKSON (Parish of Terrebonne)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0149 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES HOLMES (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-KO- 0195 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY GUIDRY (Parish of Lafayette)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0201 STATE EX REL JAMES VITA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0205 STATE EX REL ROBERT JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0210 STATE EX REL ANTHONY BAUMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0221 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH BENNY CLINE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0234 STATE EX REL EDMOND RANDOLPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0243 STATE EX REL ROY ANTHONY HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0250 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED LABOSTRIE (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0282 STATE EX REL GARLAND WAYNE WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0294 STATE EX REL JAMES GRAYER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0295 STATE EX REL WARREN RANGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0296 STATE EX REL WILLIAM CHEVALIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0305 STATE EX REL OSCAR C. WOODEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0309 STATE EX REL JAMES HODGES, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0310 STATE EX REL SAMMY BRADDY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0313 STATE EX REL DONALD RAY ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0318 STATE EX REL WILLIAM A. FONTANILLE v. LOUISIANA PAROLE BOARD, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0320 STATE EX REL MATTHEW TRENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0322 STATE EX REL CHARLES M. VASSEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-KP- 0323 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN SCOTT LOYD (Parish of Vermilion)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0327 STATE EX REL DARWIN VAN RILEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0333 STATE EX REL KARL CLOMBURG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0334 STATE EX REL WILLIE HUMPHREY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0335 STATE EX REL WILLIE J. GORDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0337 STATE EX REL DAMON CALISTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0347 STATE EX REL WILFRED R. LABAUVE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0348 STATE EX REL JIMMIE L. JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0351 STATE EX REL ALVIN ELZY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0352 STATE EX REL ALVIN HARVEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0382 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOMMY JOHNSON (Parish of East Carroll)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-KO- 0432 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GORDON ALLEN (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0449 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DWAYNE RODRIGUEZ (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0461 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JIMMY R. WATSON (Parish of Orleans)

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

98-K - 0466 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD WARREN (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KO- 0481 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE ALEXANDER JOHNSON (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-KP- 0491 STATE EX REL TROY YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0505 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH SIAS (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0527 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARREN SIMMONS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0533 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHAN C. HARPER (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0869 ROBERT LEE CHASE v. LOUISIANA RIVERBOAT GAMING PARTNERSHIP, d/b/a ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO, ET AL (Parish of Bossier)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1200 MATTIE CONNELL CASKEY, ET AL v. KELLY OIL COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Webster)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1203 HARRY T. BRITTON v. CITY OF NATCHITOCHES (Office of Worker's Compensation, Dist. 1W)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1232 LUCRETIA FARR v. RISCORP, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1249 ANNIS DESADIER v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Natchitoches)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1267 LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS, LONDON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1268 DOUGLAS R. ABADIE, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1269 GREG GILBERT v. B.D.O.W.S., INC., ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1272 IN RE: PETITION OF MARY ALICE GAINES AND WILLIE JAMES GAINES TO PERPETUATE EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, AND TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE v. ANTHONY J. BRUSCATO, INTERVENOR (Parish of West Carroll)

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

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1273 ERNEST GRIFFIN OBY v. ALTON W. LUEDTKE AND ELMER LITCHFIELD, SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1274 MABLE RIDEAUX v. ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office of Worker's Compensation, Dist. 2)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1275 DARLENE TANNEHILL v. JOGUYRO, INC., ALLIANCE INSURANCE GROUP AND ROY L. LAROCCA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1281 BRYIN AND PATRICIA LANDRY v. DR. RICHARD J. CLEMENT AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, D/B/A LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

MARCUS, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

VICTORY, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

98-CC- 1284 EXAMCO, INC. v. WILLIE RICHARDSON, BENNY DEES, AND WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1285 ROGER THIBODEAUX v. STAMM-SCHEELE, INC. (Office of Worker's Compensation, Dist. 4)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1286 STEPHEN D. WEEKS v. PRESTON L. GRAY (Parish of Concordia)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1307 LYDIA SALGADO AGUILAR, ET AL. v. AHMED MANOUCHEHRI, M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

98-CC- 1308 PATRICIA RUELLO-NICAUD, ET AL. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1312 RUSSELL TOUCHET, ET AL v. FELICIA BOUDOIN, ET AL (Parish of Vermilion)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1313 DIANE SPILLERS, ET AL v. ABH TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1315 HARRY SCOTT, JR., ET AL v. ANNABEL MATHERNE, WIFE OF/AND DONALD J. HOGAN (Parish of St. Charles)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1323 PATTY GENE COUTURE v. VIVIAN GUILLORY, ESQ., ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1327 DIANE SPILLERS, ET AL v. ABH TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1328 RICE, STEINBERG & STUTIN P.A. v. CUMMINGS, CUMMINGS & DUDENHEFER, ETC. (Parish of Orleans)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1329 PEARL ANN DAVIS AND WAYNE DAVIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD KRISTINA DAVIS v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, DR. JOSEPH M. MILLER, JR. DR. YUAN S. KAO, AND JOHN VAN BRUNT (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1331 BRYIN AND PATRICIA LANDRY v. DR. RICHARD J. CLEMENT AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, D/B/A LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

MARCUS, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

VICTORY, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant on the issue of whether the wrongful death awards are excessive.

98-CC- 1333 JANICE AND LEONARD JOHNSON v. RICHARD SMITH, MIDDENDORF'S INC. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-CC- 1334 DEBORAH PLAIA v. PETER PLAIA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1335 MARILYN J. MCCLENDON, ET AL. v. HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION AND ST. GABRIEL CONTRACTORS, INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1342 EILEEN GREGOR, ET AL. v. ARGENOT GREAT CENTRAL INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

98-CC- 1343 EILEEN GREGOR, ET AL v. ARGENOT GREAT CENTRAL INSURANCE CO., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel; recused.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 1344 WAYNE W. COLEMAN v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS, SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1346 PEGGY PENDARVIS GEIGER, ET AL v. JOHN T. ROSS, III, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1347 DEBORA MAYER, ET AL v. JOEL LANIRI, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1354 DEAN PAUL AZEMAR v. TENNECO, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

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

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1355 DONNA CARPENTER, ET AL v. CLINSON JEFFERSON, ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 1356 ROBIN PALMISANO, ET AL v. THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1358 JOE ANN JOHNSON v. BASIC INDUSTRIES, INC. (Office of Worker's Compensation, Dist. 3)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.