<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 #001</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><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>5th day of January, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2006-CC-2931 GARY DOWDY, LENNY JOHNSON AND DALE HAYDEL v. JAMES B. LEE, DONALD G. GLYNN, GLYNN CONSTRUCTION LLC AND GLYNN LEE INVESTMENTS, LLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2990 CAPITOL HOUSE PRESERVATION COMPANY, LLC v. PERRYMAN CONSULTANTS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-3012 GARY DOWDY, LENNY JOHNSON AND DALE HAYDEL v. JAMES B. LEE, DONALD G. GLYNN, GLYNN CONSTRUCTION LLC AND GLYNN LEE INVESTMENTS, LLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>8th day of January, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span><a href="/opinions/2007/06KP0658.pdf">2006-KP-0658 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAMELA ANN BOUDREAUX</a> (Parish of Lafayette)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2531 FREY PLUMBING CO., INC. v. CELESTE FOSTER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2006-KH- 1278 STATE EX REL. CLAUDE WOODS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2006-C - 1817 ALLEN MCMILLIN v. MICHAEL BREEN, BREEN CHIROPRACTIC CORPORATION, AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2006-C -2362 KAREN ROUSSELL v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2602 JACQUELINE RAYMOND MACKEY, AS TUTRIX OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, TANGENESHIA RAYMOND, ANQUENESHIA RAYMOND, PHA'DERRICA WASHINGTON & MADISON RAYMOND AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF TYNESIA RAYMOND v. JONG'S SUPER VALUE #2, JERMAINE "SPIKE" WILLIAMS & EAST CARROLL PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THROUGH ITS SHERIFF, MARK SHUMATE (Parish of East Carroll)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-OC-2644 DWAYNE J. LOCKETT v. KERN REESE IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY JUDGE OF CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS, RHEA WOODS LOCKETT, DREOLA GUTON, WAYNE WOODS, RICHARD WEIGAND, AND ABC, DEF, GHI, AND JKL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION TO ENFORCE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2003-KH-2619 STATE EX REL. JEFFERY STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span>2006-CI-0745 MICHAEL THOMAS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1250 STATE EX REL. ROBERT LEE MAIZE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1257 STATE EX REL. BRIAN COOPER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1259 STATE EX REL. JEREMY T. ANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1260 STATE EX REL. EDDIE J. ARMANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. James)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1261 STATE EX REL. PHILLIP JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1265 STATE EX REL. REGINALD T. JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1267 STATE EX REL. CLIFFORD WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1269 STATE EX REL. TYRONE JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1270 STATE EX REL. ALVIN HARVEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1271 STATE EX REL. WILLIE BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1272 STATE EX REL. DAVID PEVY JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1275 STATE EX REL. RODNEY GLOVER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1283 STATE EX REL. FREDERICK BARROW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1284 STATE EX REL. KEITH MOSLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1297 STATE EX REL. GREGORY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1299 STATE EX REL. TERRY HAYES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1493 STATE EX REL. JEREMY ANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1566 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY C. ROCHE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-1586 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM BROWN (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-1589 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANNY R. JACKSON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1590 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHAN WILLIAMS (Parish of Caddo)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-1593 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES SKINNER (Parish of Livingston)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-1602 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK GREEN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-1606 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KELVIN LANDRY (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CK-1616 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF Q.U.O. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2232 ENTRADA COMPANY, L.L.C. v. QUANTELLA P. MOORE, ET AL. (Parish of Claiborne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2458 CITY OF COVINGTON v. LOUIS WALKER (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2481 IN RE: APPEAL OF GARY FERRARI, JR. (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2511 RICHARD L. BROWN AND SHIRLEY N. METHVIN v. SHATRIPA K. REID, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE CITY OF PONCHATOULA AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />JOHNSON,J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2534 RALPH ABRAHAM, M.D., RANDY W. HEAD, M.D., AND RON MORGAN, M.D. v. RICHLAND PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT 1-B D/B/A RICHLAND MEDICAL CENTER, DAVID KERVIN, ROBERT MADDOX, M.D., AND SEC/EMCARE EMERGENCY CARE, INC. (Parish of Richland)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2541 RAGAN PRUITT ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, ALEXIS LEDET, RENE LEDET, AND OLIVIA LEDET v. MICHAEL MOORE, STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY CO., ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND HARTFORD INSURANCE CO. OF THE MIDWEST (Parish of Iberville)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2593 GUIDO A. SUTTER v. DANE INVESTMENTS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-OC-2598 PAUL T. GARIEPY, JR. v. EVANS INDUSTRIES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2599 EUGENE J. GALASSI, SR., HUSBAND OF/AND ANNA GALASSI v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2, INDIVIDUALLY, D/B/A AND EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, DAVID MURDEN AND JENNIFER WOOD (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2603 LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE SPECIALTY D/B/A LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE GARDEN CENTER v. HODGES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. AND BOTANICA PROPERTY PARTNERS, L.L.C. AND THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2604 GENEVA VIDRINE AND WINSTON VIDRINE v. JASON T. LAFLEUR, ET AL. (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2606 DAVID BRADLEY ARDOIN, ET UX. v. DR. DOUGLAS MCKAY (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2607 ROY S. OSWALT, ET AL. v. DANIEL J. WALTERS, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2609 PAUL CELESTINE v. POINT COUPEE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SHERIFF PAUL RAYMOND SMITH & IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF & DEPUTY RONALD POURCIAU (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KK-2612 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN CARMOUCHE (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2646 LOUISE BULLOCK v. THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION D/B/A RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER C/W WALTER RANDALL v. THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION D/B/A RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2647 CHARLES ROBINSON, ET AL. v. KENNETH VINING, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2648 PATRICIA K. MCNEELY v. SAFE HAVEN ENTERPRISES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson Davis)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2650 GERALD W. GREER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL. (Parish of Allen)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2656 CLEMENT B. GUILLOT, JR. AND THE SUCCESSION OF CLEMENT B. GUILLOT, SR. v. LAPROP, INC., AURORA M. PEREZ, JUAN U. PEREZ, THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, THE CITY OF GRETNA, AND ROY J. GATTUSO (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2659 TAMARA LIRETTE AND ARNOLD LIRETTE v. THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., Would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2688 LEONARD ANTHONY JACKSON, MARIAN ANN GABLE JACKSON AND RUDOLPH JACKSON v. DONALD P. YOUNG, JR., CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE DEPT., CHARLENE FONTENOT, REBEKAH FONTENOT, NANNETTE GREER & THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2690 GENE ALLEMAN AND FLOYD BERGERON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. PRIME INSURANCE SYNDICATE, INC. AND MAXIMAL INSURANCE, INC. D/B/A MAXIMAL INSURANCE AGENCY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2691 NANNETTE SMITH v. DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS OF AMERICA, INC., CHARLES FRANKS AND BRIAN CHAMBERLAIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KK-2695 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HAROLD MERCADEL KIM ROBINSON (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2696 REAMEKIA FRAZIER v. JOHN COCKFIELD AND PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />2006-C -2697 THERESA AUBERT WEBER, WIDOW OF HAROLD JOSEPH WEBER, SR., AND HAROLD J. WEBER, JR. AND MARIE THERESA WEBER KEATING, CHILDREN OF HAROLD JOSEPH WEBER, SR. v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC., AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY; AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY; ASSOCIATED INDEMNITY CORPORATION; BRANTON INSULATIONS, INC., ET AL. C/W DEWEY WEBER AND BERNICE LEVET WEBER v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC. (FORMERLY AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.) AND ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, HENRY "ZAC" CARTER, JAMES BULL, JAMES T. COLE, EDWARD BLANCHARD, RODNEY DUHON, BURNETTE "FRENCHY" BORDELON, JAMES O'DONNELL, JOHN MCQUE, EARL SPOONER, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2698 OLEN G. QUEBEDEAUX, ET UX v. SUNSHINE HOMES INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2699 PAULA DENISE ARMSTRONG PEAVY v. OTIS L. PEAVY, JR. (Parish of Lasalle)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2700 RICHARD HANKS v. LOUISIANA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER D/B/A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF LAFAYETTE AND DR. JOHN DOE (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2701 TONI SWAIN ORRILL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CLASS v. AIG, INC., AIG CONSULTANTS, INC., AIG.COM, INC., AIG DOMESTIC CLAIMS, INC. D/B/A AUDUBON INSURANCE GROUP, AND ABC, DEF, AND GHI INSURANCE COMPANIES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2703 LOUISE BULLOCK v. THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION D/B/A RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER C/W WALTER RANDALL v. THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION D/B/A RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2708 KAREN F. STEWART AND JOSEPHINE FOREMAN AND I. DAVID FOREMAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, MICHAEL FOREMAN, DECEASED v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, KAREN G. SHERMAN AND IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2728 ROBERT J. BUTEAUX, JR., AND NICOLE BUTEAUX v. IMC SALT, INC. F/K/A NORTH AMERICAN SALT COMPANY, CHRIS GRANGER AND ELRAY GRANGER C/W CHAD LANDRY AND RACHEL LANDRY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, KRYSLIN LANDRY AND ALI LANDRY v. IMC SALT, INC. F/K/A NORTH AMERICAN SALT COMPANY, CHRIS GRANGER AND ELRAY GRANGER (Parish of St. Mary)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2729 SANDRA M. HARVIN, WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH B. HARVIN v. ANPAC LOUISIANA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2742 LEONARD ANTHONY JACKSON, MARIAN ANN GABLE JACKSON AND RUDOLPH JACKSON v. DONALD P. YOUNG, JR., CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE DEPT., CHARLENE FONTENOT, REBEKAH FONTENOT, NANNETTE GREER & THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2772 OLEN G. QUEBEDEAUX, ET UX. v. SUNSHINE HOMES INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2787 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER BUCKENBERGER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2832 STATE EX REL. HARRY WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>