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NEWS RELEASE # 085

FROM:  CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA


On the 25th day of November, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATON DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

2002-C - 2604 RUSSELL J. HOWARD v. ANGELA HOWARD (GUIDRY) (Parish of Livingston)


On the 26th day of November, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY GRANTED:

2002-KK- 2849 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOE GALLIANO (Parish of Jefferson)


On the 27th day of November, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2002-K - 1126 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MILTON TESS PATIN (Parish of Iberville)

2002-K - 1188 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AMOS JOHN CHAUVIN (Parish of Terrebonne)

2002-K - 1201 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILLIP LENTZ, JR. (Parish of Livingston)

2002-C - 2382 IRMA JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2002-C - 2404 BARBARA HALL, ET UX v. BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, LTD., LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)
(Consolidated with No. 2002-C-2421)

2002-C - 2421 BARBARA HALL, ET UX v. BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, LTD., LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2002-CC- 2198 DANNY SANCHEZ v. GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Iberville)
WEIMER, J., concurs with reasons.

2002-CC- 2743 BEVERLY ALBON MAURER v. TOMMY JOE MAURER (Parish of Tangipahoa) See Order.

APPEAL REMANDED TO COURT OF APPEAL THIRD CIRCUIT; SEE PER CURIAM:

2002-CA- 2663 NADINE LANTHIER v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORE (Office Of Workers' Compensation, District 02)

REHEARING(S) DENIED:

2002-CC- 1970 JOAN A. EATON AND ROBERT EATON v. ALAN D. GARELY, M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.
JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.
WEIMER, J., would grant a rehearing.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2001-KH- 1011 STATE EX REL WILLIAM BIRTHA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2000-K - 0762 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES S. ELLIS (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-KO- 3308 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY REESE (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0087 STATE EX REL JAMES GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0089 STATE EX REL CALVIN L. BROADWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2002-KH- 0125 STATE EX REL ALFRED STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0175 STATE EX REL ROBERT LEE MADISON JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)

2002-KH- 0178 STATE EX REL LARRY A. BROYARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0180 STATE EX REL TYRONE DEAMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0198 STATE EX REL JOHN ELIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0199 STATE EX REL ALLEN VICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0201 STATE EX REL KEVIN DUKES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 0202 STATE EX REL WILLIE RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0211 STATE EX REL DERRICK GARDNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2002-CI- 0212 STEFAN GARDNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0213 STATE EX REL OZAY OTIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2002-CI- 0214 JESUS CARMONA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0215 STATE EX REL CHARLES DANIELS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0216 STATE EX REL DAVID PATTERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0217 STATE EX REL MARK RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

2002-KH- 0218 STATE EX REL BRYAN FARRELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0219 STATE EX REL ALFRED SYNIGAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 0220 STATE EX REL LEROY TRUFANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0221 STATE EX REL CARSON POINDEXTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2002-K - 1092 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILIP ROSENBLUM, A/K/A PHILIP ROMAN (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1280 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY ZORNES (Parish of Caddo)

2002-K - 1305 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH J. ROUSSELL (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2002-K - 1320 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WANDA SCHULTZ (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1323 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY LEE SAMPSON (Parish of Rapides)

2002-C - 1344 CAROLYN MCGRATH, AS LEGAL TUTRIX OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, LINDSEY NICOLE PALMOUR v. EXCEL HOME CARE, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1395 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TODD PLAISANCE A/K/A MICHAEL THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1403 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAWN WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2038 LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT v. TAYLOR LUMBER & TREATING, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

2002-C - 2141 LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT v. TAYLOR LUMBER & TREATING, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

2002-C - 2383 BILLY BROOKS HUDSON, ET AL. v. CITY OF BOSSIER, ET AL. (Parish of Bossier)
CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2002-C - 2388 MARK E. PENEGUY, ELIZABETH P. GREEN, MICHAEL J. PENEGUY, EDWARD W. PENEGUY, JR., JAMES N. PENEGUY, CYNTHIA H. PENEGUY, JANE P. COOK, WENDELL H. COOK, JR., KATHY COOK TEMPLE, LOUISE N. PENEGUY, WILLIAM A. PENEGUY, ANN P. BLOUNT, JOHN P. COOK, ET AL. v. WILLIAM A.
PORTEOUS, III, ANNE VICKERY, MILDRED BALL, ELIZABETH MCGEE, AMELIE MARCHESSEAU, CHARLOTTE MARCHESSEAU, F.M. RICKERT MARCHESSEAU, DAVID M. TRELLES, STEPHEN J. TRELLES, VALERIE K. HUBBARD, MICHELE L. KUGLE GROSS, STEPHANIE KUGLE, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2394 EOP NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND PATRICIA A. JOHNSON, ASSESSOR FOR THE FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 2395 EOP NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND PATRICIA A. JOHNSON, ASSESSOR FOR THE FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 2409 SADAT MUHAMMAD v. DIAMOND OFFSHORE COMPANY (Parish of Iberia)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2436 C.R. PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., concurs with reasons.

2002-CC- 2467 MARIE FORD, ET AL. v. AUBREY TUBBS, ET AL. (Parish of Sabine)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2476 JOHN M. CLEMENTS v. PROFESSIONAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP, OLBUS, LLC, AND HENRY D. H. OLINDE, M.D. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2482 PATRICIA KOREN, ET AL. v. DAVID FENNELLY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2484 MICHAEL E. SINCOX, ET AL v. NEL F. VEZINA, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

2002-CC- 2486 DIANE WALKER AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. CARSON EVERETT, US AGENCIES INSURANCE COMPANY, AND GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2492 HUEY J. RIVET, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of St. Charles)

2002-CC- 2493 JEANETTE JOHNSON v. PIZZA HUT (Office Of Workers Compensation District 05)


2002-CC- 2497 GEORGE S. AGUILAR, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF LYDIA S. AGUILAR, ALAN S. AGUILAR, ERLINDA S. AGUILAR, NELIA S. AGUILAR, OFELIA S. AGUILAR, REMEDIOS S. AGUILAR, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF NESTOR YANEZA AGUILAR, ROBERT S. AGUILAR, SYLVIA S. AGUILAR AND TEODORO S. AGUILAR v. AHMED MANOUCHEHRI, MD, LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-CC- 2503 LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS v. SUZANNE PAURATORE, LCSW (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2504 BRANDY FROMMEYER v. WELDON FROMMEYER AND CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of St. Charles)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2505 EARL SPEARS, WILLIE L. BUSBY AND BOBBY J. WASKOM v. MID-AMERICA DAIRYMEN, INC. (Parish of Washington)

2002-CC- 2508 LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS v. SUZANNE PAURATORE, LCSW (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2509 ARTIES L. MANNING, JR., ET AL. v. UNITED MEDICAL CORPORATION OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2510 FRANCES C. KING v. GLEN L. GALLOWAY AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY


2002-C - 2511 ROBERT BODENHEIMER v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2512 DAVID P. LANASA, CLARE P. LANASA, FOR/ON BEHALF THE ESTATE OF DEBRA ANN LANASA, AND HER MINOR CHILD TOMMY JONATHAN LANASA v. MICHELE A. HARRISON, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT  C/W MICHELE A. HARRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2520 PETER BRIGANDI v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANIES, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2598 FRANCES C. KING v. GLEN L. GALLOWAY AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2610 JULIE ALBIN v. MICHAEL CROTWELL, ET AL. (Parish of Livingston)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2661 EOP NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND PATRICIA A. JOHNSON, ASSESSOR FOR THE FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-KK- 2820 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY LEWIS AND REUBEN CAREY (Parish of Orleans)