FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 002

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 7th day of January, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2001-C - 2684 GREGORY FRYSON v.DUPRE' TRANSPORT, INC., RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY ANDGREGORY MOORE C/W NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DUPRE' TRANSPORT, INC. AND RELIANCE NATIONAL INSURANCE (Parish of St. Bernard)

On the 9th day of January, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

GRANTED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT : See Order

2001-B - 2584 IN RE: MARK V. MARINOFF

WEIMER, J., recused.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM GRANTED :

2001-OB- 3360 IN RE: MEREDITH A. MAYBERRY

2001-OB- 3361 IN RE: TILDEN ROBERT REID, II

2001-OB- 3368 IN RE: MELISSA FRAZIER HOFFMEISTER

TRANSFERRED TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUE :

2001-OB- 2833 IN RE: THEODORE J. ADAMS

See Order.

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:

2001-CJ- 3311 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF M.T.L. AND M.M.L. (Parish of Terrebonne)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2002-KK- 0011 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MANUEL ESPEJEL (Parish of Winn)

On the 10th day of January, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2001-KP- 0581 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD DOREST (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

On the 11th day of January, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

2000-K - 2488 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK PALERMO (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-K - 2499 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK PALERMO (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 0293 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE SIMMONS (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2001-K - 0554 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 0667 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 0667 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-C - 2707 ALVIN CAMPO, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, JOSHUA HALL CAMPO AND JESSI LYNN CAMPO AND PAMELA CAMPO v. AMILCAR CORREA, M.D., AND GALEN-MED, INC., (F/K/A HUMEDICENTER, INC., F/D/B/A/ HUMANA HOSPITAL - NEW ORLEANS) (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2001-C - 2767 JIMMY AND BRENDA BONNETTE, ET AL. v. CONOCO, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2001-CC- 2837 LISA RACINE AND JAMES RAY RACINE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTOR/TUTRIX OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, HUNTER RACINE AND LOGAN RACINE v. MOON'S TOWING, GOLDWASSER MOVING AND STORAGE, INC. ROBERT GOLDWASSER, LOUIS HAUSER, INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2001-CC- 2801 WESTLAKE POLYMERS CORPORATION, WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS CORPORATION, AND WESTLAKE STYRENE CORPORATION v. ENTERGY CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)

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

KNOLL, J., would deny.

 

2001-C - 2818 WILSON JOSEPH DAVIS, SR. v. PETROLEUM CLUB OF LAFAYETTE (Office Of Worker's Comp. Dist. 4)

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO MUNICIPAL COURT:

2001-KH- 3259 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. DAYTON L. SCHMIDT (Parish of Orleans)

APPEAL TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT:

2001-CA- 3128 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHANIEL SMITH, BRODERICK TURNER, CHARLES WINFREE (Parish of Calcasieu)

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:

2001-OB- 2717 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 01-PDB-093

2001-OB- 2744 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 01-PDB-111

REHEARING(S) DENIED:

2001-CC- 2151 SAMMY YOUNG v. STEPHEN ROTH, JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF WATER, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

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

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2001-CC- 2077 VICKI BULLARD FULCO v. JOHN A. FULCO (Parish of Jefferson)

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

2001-C - 2306 FELTON HENDERSON v. LINDA M. MABARY AND LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 2357 KATHLEEN ARLEDGE, WIFE OF WESLEY JOHN ARLEDGE, DECEASED v. DOLESE CONCRETE COMPANY (Office Of Worker'S Comp, Dist. 5)

2001-C - 2806 CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS v. ANTHONY DOUGLAS AND THE PERSONNEL BOARD OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-CJ- 2927 IN THE INTEREST OF DS & JS (Parish of Lafayette)

MOTION(S) TO ENFORCE DENIED:

2000-KH- 0839 STATE EX REL ALVIN JEANMARIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 0992 STATE EX REL CHESTER BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2436 STATE EX REL RALPH SPEARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3520 STATE EX REL DARREN HAYWOOD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1179 STATE EX REL GRANT C. BUTLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-K - 0211 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE PALMER (Parish of Ascension)

2001-K - 0343 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT M. MYERS, A/K/A ROBERT WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-K - 0375 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEPHANIE MACK (Parish of Orleans)

2001-K - 0378 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PURNELL E. MILLER (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 0510 BALLY'S LOUISIANA INC. v. THE LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0586 JOHN S. TRAHAN, ET UX v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

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

2001-KP- 0609 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL CHAD LOUVIERE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2001-KP- 0617 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RODNEY O. EAKER (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KP- 0683 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT MILLER (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0700 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0722 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE BATISTE (Parish of St. Landry)

2001-KO- 0731 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHUN A. WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0770 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LLOYD HENRY PHILLIPS (Parish of Lafayette)

2001-KO- 0774 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CEDRIC DENT (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0775 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY ANDREWS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0777 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY LANEHEART, JR. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 0778 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1020 STATE EX REL SAM BANKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1043 STATE EX REL ANDRE PALMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)

2001-KH- 1150 STATE EX REL CHARLES ANGELO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-KH- 1151 STATE EX REL CHARLES M. ANGELO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-KH- 1154 STATE EX REL THOMAS MOORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1156 STATE EX REL TROY LASTIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 1158 STATE EX REL ELZIE HAWTHORNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2001-KH- 1159 STATE EX REL EARL MAYER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 1161 STATE EX REL DONALD MURRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish KNOLL, J., recused.

2001-KH- 1162 STATE EX REL RUFUS SEARILE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)

2001-KH- 1164 STATE EX REL DONALD LEONARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1172 STATE EX REL REGINALD GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1174 STATE EX REL ROBERT BARRY SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2001-KH- 1183 STATE EX REL WILLIE MEYERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1186 STATE EX REL PHILLIP SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-KH- 1204 STATE EX REL AMEAL PARKER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1283 STATE EX REL NEVILS WATTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

2001-C - 1395 MICHAEL ALLEN HARDY, ET UX v. BLOOD SYSTEMS, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

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

2001-C - 1928 MICHAEL ALLEN HARDY, ET UX v. BLOOD SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

2001-KK- 2542 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTIAN GABRIEL CAVAZOS (Parish of Lafayette)

2001-C - 2577 SUNRISE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BELAIR PARTNERSHIP AND COAST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. COAST WATERWORKS, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-C - 2661 CLAYMON SUE WILEY v. VERNON SANDERS, ET AL. (Parish of Caldwell)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2727 WILLIAM J. BAGLEY, JR., JAMES LAYERLE AND KEITH OSBORNE v. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GROUP AND CITY OF KENNER (Parish of Jefferson)

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

2001-C - 2768 MARION LEE INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED SON, ALBERT LEE v. B & B VENTURES D/B/A PRIME TIME DISCO, STANLEY GAUTHIER, BRUCE KIRKLAND AND WILLIAM GARIBALDI AND THEIR INSURER, SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2782 JAMES HONORE v.EUGENE J. GOMES, D.D.S. ET AL. c/w JAMES HONORE v. EUGENE J. GOMES, D.D.S. AND THE MEDICAL PROTECTIVECOMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

 

2001-C - 2852 DIANE CHARLOTTE ROMERO WIFE OF/ AND HUEY ROMERO v. DR. JOSEPH H. BELLINA AND BONNABEL HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-C - 2853 RENEE HEBERT v.DONALD PARKER, M.D., MERCY + BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER K/N/A MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, THE MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS, PENDLETON MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL, ET AL. C/W LUCINDA BARTH v. DONALD PARKER, M.D., STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, THE MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS, LAURA G. SPORL, M.D., KEVIN PLAISANCE, M.D., AND LEONARD WALL, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2854 ROBERT P. DEBLIEUX AND ANGIE SHENNUM v. NORTH MONROE HOSPITAL, ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2857 LINDA BROWN v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ABC CONTRACTOR, AND DEF ARCHITECT (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 2860 REYNOLD KALLOO, ET AL. v. T.T. BOAT CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

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

2001-CC- 2861 DURHAM MANAGEMENT, INC. v. BANK ONE, LOUISIANA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 2862 SANDRA RHODA AUFRICHTIG v. PROGRESSIVE MENS CLUB OF LOUISIANA, INC., ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

2001-C - 2865 JAMES G. WILLIAMS v. SHERIDAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 06)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2001-C - 2867 WALLACE J. AULTMAN, HESTA F. AULTMAN AND STEPHANIE A. AULTMAN v. JIMMY R. SCHEXNAYDER, DIRK R. SCHEXNAYDER, ESTATE OF JUDY A. PONTHIEUX, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY C/W JEFFREY PAUL MORALES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, JIMMY R. SCHEXNAYDER AND DIRK R SCHEXNAYDER (Parish of Livingston)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

001-C - 2869 ACMG OF LOUISIANA, INC. v. P. GARY JONES, M.D. (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-CC- 3150 JOHN R. RE'AUX, M.D. v. THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 3198 STATE EX REL TROY GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 3199 STATE EX REL GLEN SEALS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-CD- 3223 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRODERICK E. TURNER, NATHANIEL SMITH AND CHARLES WINFREE (Parish of Calcasieu)

2001-CC- 3225 JOSEPH GREFER, CAMILLE GREFER, ROSE MARIE GREFER HASSI, AND HENRY GREFER v. ALPHA TECHNICAL, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 3257 STATE EX REL SIDNEY MARTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)