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NEWS RELEASE # 019

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 12th day of March, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

 

STAY GRANTED :

2002-cc- 0718 MELANIE LAFERTY, ET AL. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Caldwell)
 

On the 13th day of March, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of  Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

 

REMANDED TO DISCIPLINE BOARD; SEE PER CURIAM :

2001-B - 2641 IN RE: LOUIS JEFFRIES LAQUE, III

 

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2002-CC- 0327 ROBERT H. FEASTER, ET AL. v. RELIANT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)
 

2002-CC- 0680 GLEN M. RICHARD v. JEREMIAH SUPPLE, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

 

2002-CC- 0700 ROBERT L. BICKHAM, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Washington)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-CC- 0706 ROBERT L. BICKHAM, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Washington)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.


2002-CC- 0715 ROBERT L. BICKHAM, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Washington)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.


 

2002-CC- 0746 MELKILI FAVORITE, ET AL v. LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC. ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.



On the 15th day of March, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

 

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

2001-K - 0723 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL T. HILLS (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-CC- 3069 TROY LANGLINAIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TUTOR OF THE MINORS, TROY 0'NEIL LANGLINAIS AND TERRY LANGLINAIS v. THE CITY OF WESTWEGO AND ERIC LIRETTE (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KK- 3191 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELIZABETH ZACHARY (Parish of Livingston)

 

2001-C - 3230 LETELL MENYOUN LEE JONISE, WIDOW OF DERRICK DEWAYNE JONISE v. BOLOGNA BROTHERS AND THE LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist.5)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2001-CC- 3283 YOLANDA BERRY, ET AL. v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

 

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2001-C - 1372 DIMITRIOS KERAMIDAS v. PROFILE SHIPPING LIMITED AND STEAMSHIP MUTUAL UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION LIMITED, AND GUISE SHIPPING ENTERPRISES CORPORATION (Parish of St. Charles)

 

2001-KH- 2630 STATE EX REL PERRY L. TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-CC- 0020 VICTORIA ELFER, ET AL. v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., INC., ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., ERNEST CAGLE, WALWORTH COMPANY AND ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (ARCO) (Parish of St. Bernard)

 

2002-CD- 0539 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND CONOCO, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 

See Per Curiam.

 

2002-CD- 0604 CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

(See Per Curiam)

 

REMANDED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT :

2001-CC- 3073 ROGER ARNOLD, M.D. & ANITA ARNOLD v. GRANT A. DONA, M.D. (Parish of Ouachita)

See Per Curiam.

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.

 

2001-CC- 3175 HAROLD ROSS PERRITT AND HILDA TAYLOR PERRITT v. GRANT DONA, M.D. ROWLAND TORRES, M.D. (Parish of Ouachita)

KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

 

2002-CC- 0241 ELLA RICHMOND v. DOUGLAS C. BROWN, M.D. (Parish of Ouachita)

See Per Curiam.

KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

 

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; DENIED IN PART :

2001-KH- 1464 STATE EX REL KENNETH WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

See Per Curiam

 

APPLICATION(S) DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION :

2002-CC- 0013 STANLEY B. BERGERON, SR. v. THE LAW OFFICES OF L. JEFFRIES LAQUE, III AND L. JEFFRIES LAQUE, III (Parish of St. Charles)

 

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED :

2001-OB- 3050 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 00-PDB-345

 

2001-OB- 3101 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 01-PDB-116

 

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

1999-KH- 0504 STATE EX REL ALCADAY BARNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2000-KH- 2604 STATE EX REL FELIX A. PRICE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

 

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2002-CC- 0022 LUCILLE VENTURA ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, JOSE VENTURA v. JOHN KILGORE, ET AL. (Parish of Iberia)

 

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2001-KH- 0107 STATE EX REL WILLIE DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-K - 0240 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACQUELINE LEGER (Parish of Avoyelles)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., recused.

 

2001-K - 0673 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH JACKSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2001-K - 0889 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERICK FURLOW (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-K - 0890 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROY H. "BUBBA" MANASCO, JR, (Parish of Desoto)

 

2001-KP- 1081 JAMES JOHNSON v. BARON KAYLO, WARDEN, AVOYELLES CORRECTIONAL CENTER, COTTONPORT, LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KO- 1134 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SETH A. SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KP- 1138 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. AL PATRICK GLYNN, JR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

 

2001-KO- 1175 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AUGUSTUS FLOWERS (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KO- 1176 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. YAHYA YASIN (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KO- 1177 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NOEL A. DEAN (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KO- 1178 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BARTHOLOMESS ROBICHAUX (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KO- 1187 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ORENTHAL ALLEN (Parish of Plaquemines)

 

2001-KO- 1217 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD WILLIAMSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2001-KO- 1232 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCUS W. IRON (Parish of Allen)

 

2001-KO- 1233 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EARL LUNDY (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-KO- 1234 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GABRIEL JACKSON (Parish of Caddo)

 

2001-KO- 1257 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRIS HALL (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1444 STATE EX REL GABRIEL JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

 

2001-KO- 1458 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOUIS GIBSON (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1459 STATE EX REL BARRY PASCUAL JR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1492 STATE EX REL BRADLEY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1559 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL ALVIN P. VICTORIA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

 

2001-KH- 1566 STATE EX REL TONKA HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1622 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL LANCE J. WHITMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

 

2001-KH- 1703 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY HENDERSON (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1713 STATE EX REL EDWIN GLENN GRIFFITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

 

2001-KH- 1716 STATE EX REL BILL BULKLEY CHAPMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

 

2001-KH- 1717 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. MILTON J. GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

 

2001-KH- 1720 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM T. HALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

 

2001-KH- 1724 STATE EX REL PATRICK MCCLENDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

 

2001-KH- 1739 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL KENNETH LEONARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

KNOLL, J., recused.

 

2001-KH- 1740 STATE OF EX REL. DAVID CRAWFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1742 STATE EX REL TROY SHELVIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

 

2001-KH- 1747 STATE EX REL WILBERT A. LEMONS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

 

2001-KH- 1748 STATE EX REL TYRONE FLETCHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1754 STATE EX REL KEVIN BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1783 STATE EX REL KENNETH GRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)

KNOLL, J., recused.

 

2001-KH- 1789 STATE EX REL. JOHN E. LONDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-KH- 1791 STATE EX REL JERMAINE TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

 

2001-KH- 1793 STATE EX REL JOSEPH ERVIN CARLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J., recused.

 

2001-KH- 1794 STATE EX REL CHARLES PROUT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

 

2001-KH- 1804 STATE EX REL. NEAL HEBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1807 STATE EX REL DAVID CHRISTOPHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)

 

2001-KH- 1808 STATE EX REL ERIC ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1844 STATE EX REL HYMEL VARNADO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 1980 STATE EX REL CHRIS HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KH- 2075 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL CLIFFORD DOLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-KK- 3135 IN RE: JOHN DI GIULIO

(STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS RONALD TASSIN) (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-CC- 3141 MARY MENYWEATHER v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC. D/B/A NORTH MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Parish of Ouachita)

 

2001-C - 3278 EOP NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND PATRICIA JOHNSON, ASSESSOR FOR THE FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant on the cost issue.

WEIMER, J., would grant on the cost issue.

 

2001-C - 3282 MILTON THORNTON, SR. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-C - 3327 JEFFERY ALLEN DUGAN, ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR SON, JOSHUA DUGAN v. GENERAL SERVICES CO., ET AL. (Parish of Iberia)

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-C - 3334 DEBORAH AND HENRY MERCADEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF DECEASED CHILD, MONIKE MERCADEL; SABRINA SEARS, ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILD JO' VAN SEARS; AND RAQUEL JOHNSON, ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD JAVARANNA JOHNSON v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-CP- 3384 KELVIN WELLS SR. v. COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2001-C - 3391 MICKEY O'CONNOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC. v. CITY OF WESTWEGO (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-C - 3393 MARGARET C. FUSELIER v. LORRAINE MATRANGA, HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY AHD THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON (Parish of Jefferson)

 

2001-C - 3398 PETER A. ASCANI, JR. v. THOMAS KURTZ AND TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

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

 

2001-C - 3399 ALLEN H. BORNE, JR. v. RAYMOND M. KING (Parish of Orleans)

 

2001-CC- 3401 MARY JOLIVETTE v. CONCORD HOSPITAL (Office Of Workers Compensation District 05)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-CC- 3405 IOLA BRISCO, ET AL. v. FINLEY, INC. D/B/A NAOMI HEIGHTS NURSING HOME (Parish of Rapides)

 

2002-C - 0001 BOBBY L. NOLAN v. RAWLS FARMING COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation, District No. 1E)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-C - 0002 SHARON COLLINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD TERRANCE COLLINS v. DR. WINDSOR DENNIS, M.D. AND UNITED MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-C - 0003 ANGELA HARVEY, WIFE OF/AND BRUCE HARVEY, SR. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX AND TUTOR OF AUNDRENICA HARVEY, ALISHA HARVEY, ANDRELL HARVEY, ASHLEY HARVEY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED, BRUCE HARVEY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-C - 0004 JACKSON PARISH BANK v. SUCCESSION OF E.L. MEREDITH, JR. (Parish of Jackson)

 

2002-C - 0006 RANDY PACKNETT v. MARK DUSUAU AND PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-CC- 0010 KARL VARS v. ALBERTSON'S, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 3)

KIMBALL, J., recused.

 

2002-CC- 0016 MIKE M. MARCELLO, INC. v. LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

 

2002-C - 0019 DELPHINE PRICE v. MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, THE LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, DAVID B. KAPLAN, M.D., VICKI STEEN, M.D., AND SUSAN WEBB, M.D. C/W DELPHINE PRICE v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS D/B/A THE MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, THE LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, DAVID B. KAPLAN, M.D., AND SUSAN WEBB, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-C - 0024 ANITA DUMAS v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, SERGEANT JOAN M. ALEXANDER, DETECTIVE KENNETH MEISTCHOVICH, DETECTIVE JAMES SIEVERS AND LT. TEDDY DAIGLE, (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-CC- 0031 VICTORIA ELFER, ET AL. v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., INC., ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., ERNEST CAGLE, WALWORTH COMPANY AND ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (ARCO) (Parish of St. Bernard)

 

2002-CC- 0037 LOUISIANA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND BOB ODOM, COMMISSIONER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

 

2002-C - 0039 FRANK SMITH v. JITNEY JUNGLE OF AMERICA, CRAWFORD AND COMPANY AND NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1E)

 

2002-CC- 0050 JOSEPH SABIO v. CHARLES WALL, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-CC- 0055 JOSEPH GREFER, CAMILLE GREFER, ROSE MARIE GREFER HASSI AND HENRY GREFER v. ALPHA TECHNICAL (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-C - 0076 CIVIL SERVICE APPEAL OF FIREMAN KEITH SCOGGINS v. CITY OF NATCHITOCHES (Parish of Natchitoches)

 

2002-C - 0077 TODD REBSTOCK, ET UX v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1, ET AL (Parish of St. Charles)

 

2002-C - 0078 SCOTTY DUHON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN, MATTHEW DUHON AND KYLE DUHON; AND DAWNA DUHON v. JOHN B. BAQUET, D/B/A BAQUET SEAFOOD, JOHN W. FONTENOT, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH PA (Parish of Lafayette)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-CC- 0079 JUDITH A. MARTIN, ET AL v. DANIEL LAFLEUR, ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

 

2002-C - 0093 TERRY L. LASYONE v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH DOTD AND THE PARISH OF POINTE COUPEE THROUGH ITS GOVERNING AUTHORITY, THE POLICE JURY OF POINTE COUPEE PARISH (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

 

2002-C - 0096 ALVIN MCCANT, ET AL. v. BILL GARRETT NISSAN, INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Tammany)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2002-C - 0098 FRANK J. ROSATO AND SELEMA ROSATO v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL v. C/W KATHLEEN LOUISE BLAND v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. C/W CHARLOTE MCGUIRE v. AVIS T. HENDERSON, EDWARD GAINES, JR., ET AL.C/W HENRY NUILA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-C - 0100 MACK ATES v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC. (Parish of Iberia)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-C - 0102 ALVIN MCCANT, ET AL. v. BILL GARRETT NISSAN, ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany)

WEIMER, J., recused.

 

2002-CC- 0156 JERRY L. ROBINETT v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS., CO. AND DELISA MARCHAND (Parish of Orleans)

 

2002-CJ- 0266 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF D.D.M. AND A.L.M. (Parish of St. Tammany)

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

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

 

2002-CC- 0582 JERRY L. ROBINETT v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND DELISA MARCHAND (Parish of Orleans)