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NEWS RELEASE # 020

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 18th day of March, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of

Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:

2003-CD- 0748             GORDON RAMSEY v. JESSE C. BROWN (Parish of Jefferson)

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

2003-CC- 0092           THOMAS E. LOEHN AND PEGGY M. LOEHN v. KELLY HARDIN AND STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-C - 0133              ARK-LA-MISS TIMBER COMPANY, INC. v. PAUL B. WILKINS (Parish of Caldwell)

On the 19th day of March, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of

Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2003-CJ- 0615              STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF K.U.P.

2003-CC- 0764           MICHAEL D. DAVIS v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

On the 21st day of March, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of

Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2002-C - 1479              ANR PIPELINE COMPANY v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, MALCOLM B. PRICE, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, KENNETH P. NAQUIN, JR., MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND RUSSEL R. GASPARD, MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-K - 2208              STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEREMY SIMS (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2002-KP- 0514             STATE EX REL CEDRIC EDWARDS v. BURL CAIN (Parish of Caddo)

See Per Curiam.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART:

2002-KP- 1717             LAWRENCE A. JACOBS v. BURL CAIN , WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

See Order.

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:

2002-OB- 2763             IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-017

REHEARING(S) DENIED:

2002-B - 2155              IN RE: JOSEPH R. CASANOVA

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant rehearing.

KIMBALL, J., would grant the rehearing.

WEIMER, J., would grant the rehearing.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2002-C - 2633              BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

REMAND TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR RECONSIDERATION:

2002-CC- 1919             TERESA L. HOLLIER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF JOSEPHINE MITCHELL v. GUEST HOUSE OF BOSSIER, ET AL. (Parish of Bossier)

2002-C - 2105              JAMES PENDER, ET AL. v. NATCHITOCHES PARISH HOSPITAL (Parish of Natchitoches)

2002-CC- 2156             MARY FERGUSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ALMA GILLIAM v. HERITAGE MANOR SOUTH, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)

APPLICATION(S) WITHDRAWN:

2002-KP- 1783             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THROME LACROIX (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 2544            STATE EX REL THROME LACROIX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-CI- 2602              KENNETH FRASIER v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0062            STATE EX REL LEONARD D. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0523            STATE EX REL ANTONIO SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CI- 0832              CHARLES CARTER v. SERGEANT WRIGHT B-TEAM, LIEUTENANT LEMOINE B-TEAM, BURL CAIN, WARDEN AND RICHARD STALDER, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 1026            STATE EX REL JOSEPH D. ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2002-KH- 1036            STATE EX REL JOSEPH L. MARINO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 1037            STATE EX REL THADDEUS JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 1060            STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)

2002-KH- 1061            STATE EX REL JOHN D. COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2002-CI- 1070              FREEMAN PATTERSON v. RICHARD STALDER, SECRETARY LA. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF PAROLE, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 1082            STATE EX REL JOE R. ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 1085            STATE EX REL. RALPH SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 1086            STATE EX REL CARLOS MCGREW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KO- 1088            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN FOX (Parish of Ascension)

2002-KO- 1089            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE J. CHAISSON, SR. (Parish of Lafourche)

2002-KO- 1090            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY SYKES (Parish of St. Tammany)

2002-KO- 1091            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TALONZO DETROIT DEBROW (Parish of Caddo)

2002-KO- 1098            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO SEWELL (Parish of Caddo)

2002-KO- 1099            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHESTER F. ONEZIME (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KP- 1483             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GORDON NEWMAN (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KP- 1499             FRANKIE MORRISON, ET AL. v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PRISON ANGOLA, LOUISIANA CONSOLIDATED WITH STACEY D. MATTHEWS v. BARON KAYLO, WARDEN AVOYELLES CORRECTIONAL CENTER, COTTONPORT, LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 1673             RODERICK WILLIAMS v. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF EAST BATON ROUGE, JAMES MOOSEY, AND AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-KP- 1698             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH SIMMONS (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 1730            STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2002-KP- 1856             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK WOODBERRY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2002-KP- 1857             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIANA CALLOWAY (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2002-KP- 1858             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSE GARCIA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KP- 1926             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL BIRKLETT (Parish of Caddo)

2002-KP- 2093             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN LYNN FALLS (Parish of Iberia)

2002-KP- 2096             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILBUR ALEXANDER (Parish of Iberia)

2002-CC- 2147             BARBARA DUPRE, WIFE OF, AND FERREL DUPRE v. JOHN FLOYD, M.D., VICTOR TEDESCO, M.D., CHARLES LEDOUX, M.D. AND TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Terrebonne)

2002-K - 2303             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD HAWKINS (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 2396             STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DESMOND M. JACKSON (Parish of Franklin)

2002-K - 2398              STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRACY WALKER (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2002-K - 2405              STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIRK A. BAHAM (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 2407              STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE MELANCON (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 2471              STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL SOPCZAK (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 2677            STATE EX REL BILLY M. MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2002-C - 2843             WARREN GIBSON v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, RUSSELL WALKER, JR. AND DAVID PHILLIPS (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2887              SUCCESSION OF LEON IMPASTATO A/K/A LEON J. IMPASTATO (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KK- 3148            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SONIA SHOEMAKER (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 3223             JOHN DOE, ET AL. v. ABC CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 3253            CORALEE MONK, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE MINORS, JEFFREY WAYNE HANKS, WARD HANKS, MICHAEL HANKS, CARINA MONK AND SHAWN MONK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS AND DR. STEVEN JURISICH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2003-CC- 0014             J. CALDARERA AND COMPANY, INC. v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2003-C - 0020              JOHN A. BAHAM AND DORIS F. BAHAM v. INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION AND TURNER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0029              KENNETH BRANSCUM v. TERRY CATHERINE D/B/A CATHERINE'S JANITORIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, HERMITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY, FLOOR BLAZER, INC.

AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2003-C - 0039              JERRILYN AND JEROME CONNER, ET AL. v. DR. HOWARD STELLY AND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)

2003-C - 0045              JOHN M. PITRE AND ESTHER M. PITRE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)

2003-C - 0048              KEVIN BRYAN KING, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN, KEVIN BRYAN KING, JR., KATHRYN ELIZABETH KING AND ASHLEY DEAN KING v. LEO PAUL STEWART, MUTUAL SERVICE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, WAL-MART STORES, INC., STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, FULTON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC., VANGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Ascension)

2003-C - 0060              SHIRLINE L. JOUBERT v. WAYNE BROUSSARD, PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2003-C - 0070              SIZELER HAMMOND SQUARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. GULF STATES THEATRES, INC., N/K/A HAMMOND THEATRES, INC. AND HAMMOND THEATRES, L.L.C. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2003-KK- 0073            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ORSON LEE DURHAM (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0082              JOHNNY JONES v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY (Parish of Ouachita)

2003-CC- 0084             DERRIN ERNEST v. PETROLEUM SERVICE CORPORATION AND CARBIS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0085              WYATT V. DEJOIE v. SCIENTIFIC SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS, INC., D/B/A RODENT GUARD-TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL (Parish of Orleans)

2003-CC- 0086             EDDIE J. BENOIT, JR., EDDIE J. BENOIT, SR., MARGIE BENOIT, LEIGHTON E. STAMPS AND DIANE C. STAMPS v. DAVEYFIRE, INC., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND JEFFERSON MARINE TOWING v. EVENTS, INC. D/B/A CLASSIC FIREWORKS (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-CC- 0087            CA ONE/PAMPY'S v. SHIRLEY BROWN, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2003-CC- 0090             EDDIE J. BENOIT, JR., EDDIE J. BENOIT, SR., MARGIE BENOIT, LEIGHTON E. STAMPS AND DIANE C. STAMPS v. DAVEYFIRE, INC., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND JEFFERSON MARINE TOWING v. EVENTS, INC. D/B/A CLASSIC FIREWORKS (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-C - 0101              639 JULIA STREET PARTNERS v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2003-KK- 0109            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD WASHINGTON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2003-C - 0112              MICHELLE RENEE BIAS v. ERNEST J. VINCENT AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Calcasieu)

2003-C - 0113              JOY GILCREASE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1W)

2003-C - 0117             C HARLES JONES, JR. v. TERRY JOHNSON, BFI WASTE SYSTEMS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. AND PETERBILT OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0118             STATE OF LOUISIANA, STACIE CADY v. CARL THIBODEAUX (Parish of Calcasieu)

2003-C - 0124              THERESA TRAYLOR COLLINS v. SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0125              JOHN EVANS AND DIANE EVANS v. STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Bossier)

2003-C - 0126              LEWIS FRAZIER, JR. v. ZAPATA PROTEIN USA, INC. (Parish of Cameron)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0127              FERRELL LAVERGNE EAGLE PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY v. QUALITY FABRICATORS OF EUNICE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0129              JERRILYN AND JEROME CONNER, ET AL. v. DR. HOWARD STELLY AND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2003-C - 0139              TOBY ARMENTOR v. ARROW PEST CONTROL (Office Of Workers' Compensation-District 3)

2003-C - 0142              DR. FREDERICK RISENER v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. ONE OF THE PARISH OF TERREBONNE (Parish of Lafourche)

2003-C - 0145              LEWIS FRAZIER, JR. v. ZAPATA PROTEIN USA, INC. (Parish of Cameron)

2003-KH- 0250            STATE EX REL JAMES L. MORRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)

2003-CC- 0331             JOHN DOE, ET AL. v. ABC CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH- 0473            STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WENDELL HARRISON, SR. (Parish of Lafayette)

2003-CC- 0515             CAROL PIERCE AND ALAN G. PIERCE v. JOHN P. VALIULIS (Parish of Caddo)

2003-CC- 0517             MARY JANE WYRICK AND TOMMY WYRICK v. JOHN P. VALIULIS (Parish of Caddo)

2003-CC- 0565             PRESTON FUSILIER v. FRANK BRISCO'S DIRT SERVICE, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation # 4)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.