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<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 #016</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;On the&nbsp;17th day of March, 2006,&nbsp;the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION: 2005-C -2024 CLINT J. CROCHET, SR. v. BARBERA CHEVY-CHRYSLER CO., INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 9) &nbsp;On the&nbsp;23rd day of March, 2006, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: STAY GRANTED: 2006-KK-0597 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED PENNINGTON AND MELVIN BRADWELL (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION: 2006-KD-0646 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KATHRYN EPPLING (Parish of Jefferson) &nbsp;On the&nbsp;24th day of March, 2006,&nbsp;the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED: 2005-C -2266 JOSEPH A. HARRISON v. ARCHER-DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, AND SUPREME SUGAR COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Assumption) WEIMER, J., recused. 2005-C -2337 ROYCE MONK, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD C/W DANA VEZINAT, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD C/W MARLIN LASHLEY, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD C/W GREG HARMON, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD (Parish of Vernon) 2005-C -2378 FRANK HAYNES v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (Office of Workers' Compensation District 1W) 2006-CJ-0501 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF A.T., T.A., &amp; J.A. (Parish of Livingston) STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED: 2005-CC-2417 KENNETH LEVY v. TATE &amp; LYLE NORTH AMERICA (Office of Workers' Compensation District 7) READMISSION DENIED: 2006-OB-0236 IN RE: BLAKE G. WILLIAMS, SR. VICTORY, J., would not allow reapplication for a period of three years. WEIMER, J., would not allow reapplication for a period of two years. APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED: 2005-KP-1485 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK SAGNIBENE (Parish of St. Helena) WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED: 2005-KH-1771 STATE EX REL DERRICK JONES, A/K/A JOE ZANDERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-CI-1772 WILLIE TRIPLETT v. DOUG MOREAU, DOUG WELBORN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-CI-1773 LOUIS STEMLEY v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF PAROLE, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-CI-1774 RAYMOND ROCHON v. RICHARD STALDER, BURL CAIN, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CORRECTIONS, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-KH-1776 STATE EX REL JAMES CUMMINGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard) 2005-KH-1777 STATE EX REL MICHAEL BERNARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1778 STATE EX REL DARYL WAYNE ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-KH-1779 STATE EX REL. ALEXANDER SURRY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo) JOHNSON, J., would grant. 2005-KH-1780 STATE EX REL. KARNELL PRESTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson) 2005-KH-1795 STATE EX REL LIONEL REDDITT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson) 2005-KH-1796 STATE EX REL LEONARD ALBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-KH-1798 STATE EX REL DAVID LANCE WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-KH-1801 STATE EX REL ANTHONY HARDAWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-KH-1803 STATE EX REL TYRONE ANDRE JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen) 2005-KH-1815 STATE EX REL CHARLIE BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson) 2005-KH-1816 STATE EX REL LOUIS W. CARBINS, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary) 2005-KH-1824 STATE EX REL ALLISTER W. BRAZLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1827 STATE EX REL JAMES TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1828 STATE EX REL BEATRICE CHISHOLM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1835 STATE EX REL JEWEL SPOTVILLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1836 STATE EX REL ALBERT J. LANDRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana) 2005-KH-1850 STATE EX REL ROBERT ZENON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1852 STATE EX REL STERLING WINFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1853 STATE EX REL. DARREN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington) 2005-KH-1854 STATE EX REL. TRACY MARION v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland) 2005-KH-1855 STATE EX REL DONALD LEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany) 2005-KH-1856 STATE EX REL JOSEPH SAVOY A/K/A SAVOIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin) 2005-KH-1857 STATE EX REL RANNELL R. CRAIG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) JOHNSON, J., would grant. 2005-KH-1858 STATE EX REL DAVID DELANEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee) 2005-KH-1859 STATE EX REL LATASHA RIDEAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-KH-1860 STATE EX REL THEODORE SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany) WEIMER, J., recused. 2005-KH-1861 STATE EX REL DONALD JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) 2005-KH-1862 STATE EX REL JAMES MARYLAND, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa) 2005-KH-1874 STATE EX REL RICKY NICHOLAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson) 2005-K -1890 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LANCE LAMBERT (Parish of Ascension) 2005-C -2210 ROSEMARY BREEDEN CASEY v. NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. AND NATIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-CC-2214 RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BULGARTABAC HOLDING GROUP, PLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant. VICTORY, J., would grant and remand to court of appeal. 2005-KP-2261 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE FLOT (Parish of Orleans) 2005-K -2270 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH R. BEAUBOUEF (Parish of Tangipahoa) 2005-K -2292 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN DAVID COLEMAN (Parish of Terrebonne) 2005-CC-2297 LATOYA LUMAR, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF JOSEPH SMITH v. AHS SUMMIT HOSPITAL, LLC D/B/A SUMMIT HOSPITAL, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY AND JOHN DOE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-K -2315 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE DOUGLAS WESTON (Parish of Terrebonne) 2005-KP-2321 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KELVIN B. ADAMS (Parish of Livingston) 2005-KP-2325 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DUVANDER HURST (Parish of Orleans) 2005-K -2328 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT D. POLK (Parish of Washington) 2005-KP-2330 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE JACKSON (Parish of Jefferson) CALOGERO, C.J., recused. 2005-C -2408 CII CARBON, L.L.C. v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA, INC., STARR TECHNICAL RISKS AGENCY, INC., AON INSURANCE SERVICES OF TEXAS, INC., AND CHERI D. MURRAY (Parish of St. Bernard) 2005-C -2409 MARY BIHLI TAFFARO, KATHLEEN BIHLI MUELLER AND PATRICIA BIHLI DUREL v. GLORIA JEAN MAGEE (Parish of Orleans) 2005-C -2410 ALTHEA A. PERRONE AND JOSEPH PERRONE v. BEVERLY NORTON PITTMAN, WIDOW AND AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF DR. MARCUS L. PITTMAN, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany) 2005-C -2411 DR. CLAUDE L. STEPHENSON v. THE LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION (Parish of Orleans) 2005-C -2412 STEWART HEAD, ET UX. v. SHELTER MUTUAL INS. CO. (Parish of Vermilion) 2005-CC-2413 MICHAEL NASE, ET AL. v. TECO ENERGY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans) 2005-CC-2415 STEVEN STROTHER v. MCCONNELL PAINTING CORPORATION (Office of Workers Compensation District 1W) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-CC-2416 JOSEPH HAMMELL AND MELISSA HAMMELL v. GICILI, A LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP IN COMMENDAM, ET AL (Parish of Orleans) 2005-C -2423 TERRI DEGGES, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, JOSHUA DEGGES; PAMELA HAYES, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. TRIPPE; AND ALEXIA TRIPPE, MICHAEL TRIPPE AND GEORGIA DAY v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Morehouse) 2005-C -2424 CARLA CREDEUR v. JAYCO, INC., ET AL. C/W TAMMY BECK, ET AL. v. JAYCO, INC., ET AL. C/W ANATOLE THIBODEAUX, ET AL. v. JAYCO, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) TRAYLOR, J., would grant. 2005-C -2430 GWENDOLYN GUILLORY, ET AL. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-C -2432 JACQUELYN L. LACHNEY, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES DALE LACHNEY, JR. AND AS TUTRIX OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, JAMES WILLIAM LACHNEY, STEPHANIE LYNN LACHNEY, AND JESSICA LARYNN LACHNEY v. HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, MARTIN BOUDREAUX, MICHAEL J. BOURG, DUGAS LEGAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES, L.L.C., ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY AND PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Lafourche) 2005-C -2435 EDWARD WARE v. DEZRIA R. MUMFORD AND FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson) 2005-CC-2436 SONIA EDWARDS, ET AL. v. TOURO INFIRMARY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans) TRAYLOR, J., would grant. 2005-CC-2438 DONALD FALGOUST, M.D. v. HART EYE CENTER, LLC AND DR. WILLIAM B. HART (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-C -2440 TINA PALMER v. ALLIANCE COMPRESSORS (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2) 2005-C -2443 GARY FOSTER, KENNY WHEELER AND PHILLIP HASHEIDER v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo) 2005-CC-2444 KENNETH JACKSON, ET AL. v. BASF CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Ascension) 2005-KK-2445 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. EDWIN M. STOUTZ (Parish of Orleans) 2005-C -2453 MAMTA PANI RAO v. MAHESWAR RAO (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-C -2454 MAMTA PANI RAO v. MAHESWAR RAO (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-CC-2455 BETTY LOU TIFFEE v. VIPIN "VICTOR" M. PATEL, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia) 2005-C -2458 JOSEPH GAYLES, SR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF DAVID GAYLES v. MARY LOUISE MORTON MCLEAN GAYLES (Parish of Lasalle) 2005-CC-2461 JOEL WILLEBY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR DAUGHTER, DAWN WILLEBY v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC., TRENT THIBODEAUX, WILLIE B. HURST, JAMES SCOTT BISSETTE, PAUL GENTILE, DARRYL ROBINSON, DAVID RUMFOLA, AND RANDY P. FARRIEL (Parish of St. Helena) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-C -2462 BROADMOOR ANDERSON, A JOINT VENTURE CONSISTING OF ROY ANDERSON CORP. AND BROADMOOR, A LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo) 2005-CC-2463 JOHN DOE v. SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA STATE HOSPITAL (Parish of Washington) 2005-C -2464 LARRY W. GATES v. WANDA K. HONEY, JOHN P. DAUGHERTY, COLONIAL PENN OF GEORGIA INSURANCE COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Morehouse) 2005-CC-2465 PAMELA S. BARTEE, ET AL. v. CHILDREN'S CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-CC-2466 BETTY KELLY MENGE, ET AL. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT &amp; INDEMNITY COMPANY, ET AL. C/W GLENN A. WORK v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT &amp; INDEMNITY COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-C -2467 TROY KIRBY v. SAMUEL B. FIELD, M.D. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) 2005-CC-2471 EZELDIA A. THOMPSON AND RICHARD THOMPSON v. WILLIAM T. SMITH, ALL-STAR MOTORS COMPANY OF GREENVILLE, INC., XYZ INSURANCE AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Lafourche) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-C -2472 DONNA C. MOORE v. CHARLES L. MOORE, JR. (Parish of Beauregard) 2005-CC-2480 JOHN DOE v. ST. BERNARD PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of St. Bernard) 2005-C -2482 CARLA CREDEUR v. JAYCO, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) VICTORY, J., would grant. TRAYLOR, J., would grant. 2005-C -2483 JEFFREY ALTON BARRETT, ET AL. v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE CO., ET AL. AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Rapides) VICTORY, J., would grant. 2005-CC-2484 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION &amp; DEVELOPMENT v. ROY A. JAMES, SR. C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION &amp; DEVELOPMENT v. ROY A. JAMES, ET UX (Parish of Rapides) TRAYLOR, J., would grant. 2005-KK-2485 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JUSTIN CHARLES SINGLETON (Parish of St. Landry) JOHNSON, J., would grant. 2005-C -2486 BART REDMON AND MELISSA REDMON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, SHELBY REDMON v. WILLIAM KEITH REDMON, JR., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles) 2005-C -2488 ROBERT MARSHALL v. SULPHUR HOUSING AUTHORITY (Parish of Calcasieu) 2005-C -2491 KELLY MARSHALL v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) 2005-CC-2526 RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BULGARTABAC HOLDING GROUP, PLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant. VICTORY, J., would grant and remand to court of appeal.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<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 #016</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;<div style="text-align:justify;">On the&nbsp;25th day of February, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court&nbsp;of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2002-C - 2856 TIFFANY PICHON v. BETTY C. REYNOLDS, REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC. CONSOLIDATED WITH ERNEST ANTOINE, JR. v. BETTY REYNOLDS, REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2003/02c2856.pfc.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., dissents&nbsp;and assigns reasons.</a>&nbsp;On the&nbsp;26th day of February, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court&nbsp;of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:&nbsp; 2003-KK- 0563 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEN E. NEWMAN (Parish of Tangipahoa)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;27th day of February, 2003&nbsp;, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court&nbsp;of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED: 2003-KK- 0575 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY PAUL LANDRY (Parish of Rapides)&nbsp;&nbsp;On the&nbsp;28th day of February, 2003, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court&nbsp;of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART:&nbsp;2003-KK- 0556 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY STOKES (Parish of Ouachita) KIMBALL, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, being of the opinion that the State's writ application should be denied in full.&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2003/03kk0556.bjj.pdf">JOHNSON, J., concurs in part and dissents in part&nbsp;and assigns reasons.</a>&nbsp; TRAYLOR, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, being of the opinion that the State's writ application should be granted in full.&nbsp; VICTORY, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, being of the opinion that the State's writ application should be granted in full.&nbsp; KNOLL, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, being of the opinion that the State's writ application should be granted in full.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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