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NEWS RELEASE # 008

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 24th day of January, 2001, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUE:

2000-OB- 3455 IN RE: KAYE E. CALDWELL

See Order.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-KK- 0181 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN COLEMAN (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

On the 25th day of January, 2001, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION(S)WITHDRAWN ON RELATORS' MOTION:

2000-C - 3288 SCHENLEN BLAKES AND VERNITA JONES v. GARY LOFTON AND INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AND RICHARD CROCHET (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:

2000-C-3306 RANDY MCGOUGH, ET AL v. OAKWOOD MOBILE HOMES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Union)

On the 26th day of January, 2001, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2000-C - 2643 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF MARIA MOSES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2000-K - 0129 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEMOND THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ application for the reasons assigned in Taylor.

2000-B - 2891 IN RE: DENNIS F. NALICK

See Per Curiam.

2000-C - 3087 DWAYNE LARRIVIERE v. FRANKIE HOWARD (Parish of Vernon)

See Order.

2000-CC- 3221 TEMPLETON AND SARAH EVANS v. WILLIS J. GRANIER, JR., NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

GULOTTA, J., recused.

APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:

2001-KH- 0110 STATE EX REL ALBERT JOSEPH LEON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) Fourth Circuit.

APPLICATION(S) TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2001-KH- 0071 STATE EX REL THOMAS DORSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 0106 STATE EX REL WALTER COLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0111 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN T. DONALD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER.

2000-B - 3523 IN RE: PAUL J. YAEGER

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2000-KO- 0225 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ISAIAH A. COOLEY (Parish of Orleans)

2000-C - 2305 LAMSON PETROLEUM COMPANY v. HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-C - 2568 LAMSON PETROLEUM COMPANY v. HALLWOOD PETROLEUM, INC., ET. AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-OB- 2807 IN RE: APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 00-PDB-152

RECONSIDERATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:

2000-OB- 3032 IN RE: LOUISIANA ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD CHARLES B. PLATTSMIER, ERIC BAREFIELD, AND MITCHELL HOFFMAN

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:

2000-C - 3335 LINDA KAY LEWIS v. DAVID L. SPENCE, M.D. (Parish of Rapides)

2001-CC- 0137 DANIEL T. MORRIS v. ROGER E. STUEBEN, M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Lafourche)

STAY RECALLED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2000-KK- 3348 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WORRALL (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2000-KO- 0224 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY TALLEY (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0239 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMANUEL ISAAC (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0290 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRICK MARTINEZ (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0308 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY COUNTS (Parish of St. Landry)

2000-KO- 0351 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNSON, JEFFERY (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0352 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT WADDELL (Parish of Rapides)

2000-KO- 0419 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. L. A. FRITH (Parish of East Carroll)

2000-KO- 0448 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT P. BENJAMIN (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0477 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY TRACY JONES (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KO- 0514 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFTON DRUMMER (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1063 STATE EX REL JERMAINE COATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1133 STATE E X REL VICTOR BACUETES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KP- 1205 STATE EX REL WALTER JOSEPH KOON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1339 STATE EX REL JANE MIMS SNEED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)

2000-KH- 1346 STATE EX REL NATHANIEL LAMBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1349 STATE EX REL EDDIE GRIMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1350 STATE EX REL CURTIS R. JAMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2000-KH- 1357 STATE EX REL MATTHEW J. HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 1364 STATE EX REL PETER OVERTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1407 STATE EX REL LOUIS FRAZIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1409 STATE EX REL MICHAEL VERRETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1410 STATE EX REL ROBERT SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1430 STATE EX REL STEPHEN ELLIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1433 STATE EX REL TYRONE SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1434 STATE EX REL ROBERT SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1443 STATE EX REL MILTON SEGUE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1444 STATE EX REL DOUGLAS N. COPP SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1447 STATE EX REL DARREL ST. JULIEN JR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-KH- 1464 STATE EX REL THOMAS ROLLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1465 STATE EX REL JAMES LEE BULLOCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

2000-KH- 2794 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY ONEAL BUCKNER (Parish of Rapides)

2000-CC- 2896 HELENE MCCARTER v. LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

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

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 2932 JUMONVILLE PIPE AND MACHINERY, CO., INC. v. LAIDLAW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OF WHITE CASTLE, INC. ( FORMERLY KNOWN AS BRISCOE MAPHIS, INC. ) (Parish of Iberville)

2000-KK- 3051 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT PARKER, ADVANCED RECYCLING, INC., AND JAMES G. TRUMPS (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-C - 3090 DAVID CARTER, ET UX v. CITY OF NATCHITOCHES, ET AL. (Parish of Natchitoches)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3118 DOCTOR'S LAB INC. v. AMALGAM ASSOCIATES CONSULTANTS, INC. (Parish of Sabine)

2000-CC- 3193 RICHARD AND EVELYN SHELTON v. PENDLETON MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL AND RICHARD HARWELL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J., dissents from the denial and assigns reasons .

VICTORY, J., dissents from the denial for the reasons assigned by Justice Lemmon.

TRAYLOR, J., dissents from the denial for the reasons assigned by Jutice Lemmon.

2000-CC- 3198 ANGELIQUE ROUZAN v. DR. LEONARD LEWIS, III (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3199 DAVID JED WOODARD, M.D. v. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2000-C - 3203 HENRY BRAD TATE v. DEBORAH L. PREWITT AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3204 JANICE BUTLER v. NORTH OAKS REHAB CENTER (Office Of Workers' Compensation Dist. 6)

2000-CC- 3205 JAMES M. ROBERTSON, M.D. AND VICTORIA ROBERTSON v. THE NEUROMEDICAL CENTER, THOMAS B. FLYNN, JOHN R. CLIFFORD, ANTHONY S. IOPPOLLO, ALLEN S. JOSEPH, THOMAS P. PERONE, L. ALLEN PROCTOR, OSCAR L. ROGERS, III, CAROLYN C. BAKER, SUSAN L. SCARBERRY AND BARBARA GOLDEN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KK- 3206 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE CHAPMAN (Parish of Lasalle)

2000-CC- 3208 JASPER O. GREER v. DR. NEIL K. WEAVER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3222 CHRISTINE SCOTT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE MINORS, KELLY RENEE SCOTT AND KATIE OLIVIA SCOTT v. ANGELA H. PYLES, ANDY PYLES, ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., LTD,. FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3223 RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND DR. JOSEPH MILLER v. JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL PARISH OF JEFFERSON, AND ANDERSON BROOKS (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-C - 3224 NIELS BUSSE v. CANDIS LAMBERT (Parish of Jefferson)

GULOTTA, J., recused.

2000-C - 3229 SANDRA ANCAR ENCALADE WIFE OF/ AND LEANDER ENCALADE AND ARIKA L. ANCAR v. COAST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION D/B/A SUNRISE HOMES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

GULOTTA, J., recused.

2000-CP- 3232 EDWARD T. LAIN v. TERRY TERRELL, WARDEN, ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, CAPTAIN HERB MYERS, UNIT SUPERVISOR, ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITIES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-CC- 3239 KATHLEEN BRAZO AND CARLOS BRAZO v. THE ESTATE OF LOYSTON GUILLORY, DOROTHY GUILLORY AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

2000-CC- 3241 JOHN MURDEN, SR. ET AL. v. ACANDS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2000-C - 3242 LINDA S. GROS v. PIERRE F. GAUDIN (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 7)

GULOTTA, J., Recused.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3245 DELACROIX CORPORATION v. CHALIN O. PEREZ C/W STELLA LANDS, INC. AND CHALIN O. PEREZ v. DELACROIX CORPORATION (Parish of Plaquemines)

2000-C - 3247 STEPHANIE CARR v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-C - 3253 FELIPE LOPEZ v. HOME FURNISHING STORE (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 08)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3254 JOSEPH CANGIANO AND MARY CANGIANO v. FORTE HOTELS, INC. D/B/A TRAVELODGE, HOTEL TAJ MAHAL, INC., HFS INCORPORATED AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

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

2000-C - 3256 FRANKIE P. SINGLETON, CURATOR FOR RHEA POLK v. AAA HOME HEALTH, INC. (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 3257 DAWN HOSLI LAUMANN, ETC. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK), ET AL. C/W PATTY MAYEUX, ETC. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK), ET AL. C/W TEXACO, INC. v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, ET AL.(Parish of St. Charles)

2000-C - 3260 BARBARA WHITCRAFT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE MINOR, KARRIE WHITCRAFT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Livingston)

2000-C - 3268 THELMA FONTENOT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX FOR THE MINOR CHILD, CLAUDIA FONTENOT, AND SHIVONE HAMILTON v. JAMES J. LAPEROUSE AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3270 HENRY CORNELIUS GRAYSON, JR v. R.B. AMMON AND ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-CC- 3272 S.A.C. v. SCOTT A. BENTON, M.D., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

2000-CC- 3273 RON S. MACALUSO v. TRAVIS BOATING CENTER LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2000-C - 3275 WENDELL SANDERS v. MARTHA E. SANDERS (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-C - 3286 THELMA FONTENOT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX FOR THE MINOR CHILD, CLAUDIA FONTENOT, AND SHIVONE HAMILTON v. JAMES J. LAPEROUSE AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3311 HENRY CORNELIUS GRAYSON, JR. v. R.B. AMMON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3393 STATE EX REL WAYNE GORDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 0020 STATE EX REL CHARLES LAMISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)