<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #020</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>18th day of March, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CD- 0748 GORDON RAMSEY v. JESSE C. BROWN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC- 0092 THOMAS E. LOEHN AND PEGGY M. LOEHN v. KELLY HARDIN AND STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-C - 0133 ARK-LA-MISS TIMBER COMPANY, INC. v. PAUL B. WILKINS (Parish of Caldwell)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>19th day of March, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CJ- 0615 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF K.U.P.</p><p>2003-CC- 0764 MICHAEL D. DAVIS v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>21st day of March, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED</span>:</strong></p><p>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)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2002-K - 2208 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEREMY SIMS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2003/02kp0514.pc.pdf">2002-KP- 0514 STATE EX REL CEDRIC EDWARDS v. BURL CAIN</a> (Parish of Caddo)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART</span>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2003/02kp1717.pc.pdf">2002-KP- 1717 LAWRENCE A. JACOBS v. BURL CAIN , WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Order.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-OB- 2763 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-017</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">REHEARING(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-B - 2155 IN RE: JOSEPH R. CASANOVA<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant rehearing.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the rehearing.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the rehearing.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-C - 2633 BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">REMAND TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR RECONSIDERATION</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-CC- 1919 TERESA L. HOLLIER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF JOSEPHINE MITCHELL v. GUEST HOUSE OF BOSSIER, ET AL. (Parish of Bossier)</p><p>2002-C - 2105 JAMES PENDER, ET AL. v. NATCHITOCHES PARISH HOSPITAL (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p>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)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) WITHDRAWN</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2002-KP- 1783 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THROME LACROIX (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH- 2544 STATE EX REL THROME LACROIX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2001-CI- 2602 KENNETH FRASIER v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2002-KH- 0062 STATE EX REL LEONARD D. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH- 0523 STATE EX REL ANTONIO SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>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)</p><p>2002-KH- 1026 STATE EX REL JOSEPH D. ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p>2002-KH- 1036 STATE EX REL JOSEPH L. MARINO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH- 1037 STATE EX REL THADDEUS JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH- 1060 STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p>2002-KH- 1061 STATE EX REL JOHN D. COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>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)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2002-KH- 1082 STATE EX REL JOE R. ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH- 1085 STATE EX REL. RALPH SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2002-KH- 1086 STATE EX REL CARLOS MCGREW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KO- 1088 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN FOX (Parish of Ascension)</p><p>2002-KO- 1089 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE J. CHAISSON, SR. (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p>2002-KO- 1090 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY SYKES (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2002-KO- 1091 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TALONZO DETROIT DEBROW (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2002-KO- 1098 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO SEWELL (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2002-KO- 1099 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHESTER F. ONEZIME (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KP- 1483 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GORDON NEWMAN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>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)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>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)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-KP- 1698 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH SIMMONS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH- 1730 STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p>2002-KP- 1856 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK WOODBERRY (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p>2002-KP- 1857 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIANA CALLOWAY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p>2002-KP- 1858 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSE GARCIA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KP- 1926 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL BIRKLETT (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2002-KP- 2093 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN LYNN FALLS (Parish of Iberia)</p><p>2002-KP- 2096 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILBUR ALEXANDER (Parish of Iberia)</p><p>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)</p><p>2002-K - 2303 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD HAWKINS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-K - 2396 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DESMOND M. JACKSON (Parish of Franklin)</p><p>2002-K - 2398 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRACY WALKER (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2002-K - 2405 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIRK A. BAHAM (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-K - 2407 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE MELANCON (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-K - 2471 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL SOPCZAK (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH- 2677 STATE EX REL BILLY M. MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p>2002-C - 2843 WARREN GIBSON v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, RUSSELL WALKER, JR. AND DAVID PHILLIPS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-C - 2887 SUCCESSION OF LEON IMPASTATO A/K/A LEON J. IMPASTATO (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KK- 3148 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SONIA SHOEMAKER (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-CC- 3223 JOHN DOE, ET AL. v. ABC CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>2003-C - 0020 JOHN A. BAHAM AND DORIS F. BAHAM v. INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION AND TURNER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>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)</p><p>2003-C - 0039 JERRILYN AND JEROME CONNER, ET AL. v. DR. HOWARD STELLY AND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2003-C - 0045 JOHN M. PITRE AND ESTHER M. PITRE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p>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)</p><p>2003-C - 0060 SHIRLINE L. JOUBERT v. WAYNE BROUSSARD, PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p>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)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KK- 0073 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ORSON LEE DURHAM (Parish of Ouachita)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0082 JOHNNY JONES v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>2003-CC- 0084 DERRIN ERNEST v. PETROLEUM SERVICE CORPORATION AND CARBIS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>2003-CC- 0087 CA ONE/PAMPY'S v. SHIRLEY BROWN, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>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)</p><p>2003-C - 0101 639 JULIA STREET PARTNERS v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KK- 0109 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD WASHINGTON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-C - 0112 MICHELLE RENEE BIAS v. ERNEST J. VINCENT AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2003-C - 0113 JOY GILCREASE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1W)</p><p>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)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0118 STATE OF LOUISIANA, STACIE CADY v. CARL THIBODEAUX (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2003-C - 0124 THERESA TRAYLOR COLLINS v. SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0125 JOHN EVANS AND DIANE EVANS v. STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Bossier)</p><p>2003-C - 0126 LEWIS FRAZIER, JR. v. ZAPATA PROTEIN USA, INC. (Parish of Cameron)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0127 FERRELL LAVERGNE EAGLE PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY v. QUALITY FABRICATORS OF EUNICE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0129 JERRILYN AND JEROME CONNER, ET AL. v. DR. HOWARD STELLY AND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C - 0139 TOBY ARMENTOR v. ARROW PEST CONTROL (Office Of Workers' Compensation-District 3)</p><p>2003-C - 0142 DR. FREDERICK RISENER v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. ONE OF THE PARISH OF TERREBONNE (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p>2003-C - 0145 LEWIS FRAZIER, JR. v. ZAPATA PROTEIN USA, INC. (Parish of Cameron)</p><p>2003-KH- 0250 STATE EX REL JAMES L. MORRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-CC- 0331 JOHN DOE, ET AL. v. ABC CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH- 0473 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WENDELL HARRISON, SR. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p>2003-CC- 0515 CAROL PIERCE AND ALAN G. PIERCE v. JOHN P. VALIULIS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-CC- 0517 MARY JANE WYRICK AND TOMMY WYRICK v. JOHN P. VALIULIS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-CC- 0565 PRESTON FUSILIER v. FRANK BRISCO'S DIRT SERVICE, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation # 4)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>