<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 #024</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>3rd day of April, 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>STAY GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KD-0578 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN VINCENT GILLIS (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0582 TOURO INFIRMARY v. SIZELER ARCHITECTS, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of April, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07OB0659.pc.pdf">2007-OB-0659 IN RE: MARK H. TOMPKINS</a> <br />See Order.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>5th day of April, 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 GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/06kk2202.pc.pdf">2006-KK-2202 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES CALDWELL AND MITCHELL ALFORD</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and docket.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07C0220%20PC.pdf">2007-C - 0220 TERRELL PARFAIT v. TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE, INC., AND SHELL OIL PRODUCTS CO.</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07C0225%20PC.pdf">2007-C - 0225 TERRELL PARFAIT v. TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE, INC., AND SHELL OIL PRODUCTS CO. </a>(Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0311 ARC INDUSTRIES, L.L.C. v. WILLIAM H. NUNGESSER (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07CC0422.pc.pdf">2007-CC-0422 RICKEY PRINCE BOUTON ON BEHALF OF ERICKAH PRINCE v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. C/W JAMES M. TRAHAN AND MICHELLE TRAHAN v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.</a> (Parish of Iberia)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1457 STATE EX REL. EDWIN J. STARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2179 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHON LEE SMITH, A/K/A JONATHON LOUIS SMITH, CHAVIS C. GRANT AND QUINCY HILL (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0393 JAMES M. LEBLANC, JAMES L. ROGERS AND NATHAN B. CAIN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LOUISIANA STATE EMPLOYEES RETIRMENT SYSTEM (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OC-0544 IN RE: GRAMERCY PLANT EXPLOSION AT KAISER (Parish of St. James)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-1548 DENNY DYE, PRO SE v. RICHARD STALDER, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; O. KENT ANDREWS, WARDEN ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER; PRISCILLA PITRE, RECORDS ANALYST/TIME COMPUTATOR ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER; C. MAXWELL, RECORDS ANALYST/TIME COMPUTATOR HUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTER; AND S. ARDOIN, RECORDS ANALYST/TIME COMPUTATOR C. PAUL PHELPS CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1750 STATE EX REL. NATHAN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1751 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL D. EZELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tensas)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1752 STATE EX REL. BARRY JUDE DIGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1753 STATE EX REL. DAWN D. BENNETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1756 STATE EX REL. ANTOINETTE HOLMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1762 STATE EX REL. ANDREW EDWARDS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1765 STATE EX REL. LUIS GARCIA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1768 STATE EX REL. FREDERICK WILBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1769 STATE EX REL. CHARLES N. SIMON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1778 STATE EX REL. CARROLL WAYNE HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1781 STATE EX REL. JASON BAUDOIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1782 STATE EX REL. ARCHIE HARRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1783 STATE EX REL. JOHN E. LUCAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1793 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY ARMSTRONG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1794 STATE EX REL. SHANNON ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1800 STATE EX REL. JEARL PLUNKETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1806 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PRESTON DEMOUCHET, JR. (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1809 STATE EX REL. RUBEN J. ANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1810 STATE EX REL. HARRY JAMES JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1811 STATE EX REL. MIRODELLO ASHFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1813 STATE EX REL. JEREMY TODD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1826 STATE EX REL. RANDALL GRAHAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1942 STATE EX REL. DEWAYNE F. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KK-2027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEDRICK LARON ZACKARY (Parish of Jefferson Davis) <br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2158 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VIRGINIA DOWNS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2171 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COURTNEY MOSES (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0128 MUNDAY/ELKINS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS, LTD. DBA ELKINS NISSAN v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AKA UPS LOGISITICS GROUP AKA UPS WORLD WIDE LOGISTICS AND LARRY HENDERSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0301 ST. MARY OPERATING COMPANY v. LESTER JOSEPH CHAMPAGNE, ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0304 RONALD K. CHAVERS, ET AL. v. BRIGHT TRUCK LEASING, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant on issue pertaining to summary judgment in favor of Associates and deny the issue pertaining to subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claims against Reliance.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0354 KAYLEM MATHERNE, JIMMY MCGUIRE AND WILLIAM HUGHES v. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Charles)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0369 CITY OF MINDEN v. CAROLYN SALE WARREN MCDANIEL AND GRACELAND GARDENS C/W CITY OF MINDEN v. TIMOTHY LEE KENNEDY, KELLY BAYS KENNEDY, AND GRACELAND GARDENS C/W CITY OF MINDEN v. THE JEANNINE SALE MILLER LIVING TRUST, DR. MARK D. MILLER AND GRACELAND GARDENS (Parish of Webster)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0377 PARKVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH AND SCHOOL AND CHURCH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. JORDAN WHITE AND LAM D. HOANG, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0378 IN RE: EDC CONTRACTOR INSURANCE LITIGATION (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0392 II FIRE RECORDS, L.L.C. v. DERREN CLOUDEN P/K/A "MR. WICKED", FOREFRONT ENTERTAINMENT L.L.C. AND INNER CITY PRODUCTIONS L.L.C. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0395 ROBERT J. NEIL v. RONALD ELLENDER, LAWRENCE ELLENDER, JR., JAMES J. THAMES, ESTATE OF CARL ELLENDER, JR., PATRICIA BOUDREAUX, ESTATE OF LAWRENCE ELLENDER, SR., DAVID CHAUVIN, LORETTA ELLENDER TANNER, RUBY ELLENDER PORTENER AND LOUISIANA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FEDERAL (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0396 KATHLEEN TRIVETTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, OFFICE OF GROUP BENEFITS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0397 SUSAN ARONSON v. JOHN T. CONBOY, LCSW AND OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0402 TARA WEINSTEIN AND DAVID WEINSTEIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS TWO MINOR DAUGHTERS, LINDSAY WEINSTEIN AND ALLIE WEINSTEIN v. ROGER F. SHAW AND AMERICAN NATIONAL GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0406 NICOLE SCOTT v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (City of New Orleans Civil Service Commission)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0408 DAVE BEACH v. PETER SCALFANO ENTERPRISES, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0409 JEROME FREELAND v. ERNEST BOURGEOIS, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0410 RICKY WAYNE GASPARD, JR. v. KIVA CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0411 EVANO JOSEPH CHAISSON, JR., SHARON MARIE CHAISSON DUFFOURC AND BELINDA ANN DELAUNE PAULI v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., GARLOCK, INC., UNIROYAL, INC., EAGLE, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS EAGLE ASBESTOS AND PACKING CO., INC., REILLY-BENTON COMPANY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0414 BREMERMANN MECHANICAL, INC. AND FRANCIS AND JACQUELINE BREMERMANN v. CITY OF KENNER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0415 ODESSIA WILLIAMS v. VERNES KEELER, JR., v. KEELER & COMPANY, INC., AND PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0420 CAJUN CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. FLEMING CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. AND TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0562 GARRETT LINN LEBLANC v. NICHOLE LEBLANC (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-0579 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF C.J. (Parish of Livingston)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0591 STATE EX REL. DEWAYNE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0593 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT EARL JONES (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p> </p>