<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 #026</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 <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">5th day of April, 2007</span></strong>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0712.pc.pdf">2007-B -0712 IN RE: ROBERT A. LIPTAK</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th 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;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07CC0693.pc.pdf">2007-CC-0693 STEVEN AND LYNN PLOTKIN v. BROADMOOR, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</a><br />KIMBALL, J., would deny the application.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would deny the application.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>12th 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;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0729.pc.pdf">2007-B -0729 IN RE: H. EDWARD ELLZEY, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>19th 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;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">STAY GRANTED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KD-0718 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRELL CHAPMAN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0655 BRUCE L. FEINGERTS v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PA (Office of Workers' Compensation District 8)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0792 JACE BONURA v. KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY, MU OMEGA CHAPTER OF THE KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY, AND STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>20th 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;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0236 IN RE: MARION ELLIOTT (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0676 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HURLEY MCDONALD (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-0621 MARY EVELYN SMITH v. JAMIE DALE SMITH (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2949 RICHARD J. MURRAY, JR., ET UX. v. TOWN OF MANSURA, ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2005-KH-2171 STATE EX REL. BERTRAM A. YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1579 STATE EX REL. GLENN BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KP-1708 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JILL MILLER (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KK-1772 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WINSTON M. WEBSTER (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1828 STATE EX REL. DANNY RAY GRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1832 STATE EX REL. DAVID READO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1836 STATE EX REL. JAMES DERRICK JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1837 STATE EX REL. ROGER PALMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1838 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL COMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1840 STATE EX REL. TIMOTHY CRADDOCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1841 STATE EX REL. NORRIS JAMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1842 STATE EX REL. ERIC PETRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1843 STATE EX REL. CLYDE R. JOSEPH, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1880 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL CORMIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1881 STATE EX REL. JAMES ADAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1894 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILLIP LANDE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1898 STATE EX REL. TRINITY VITRANO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1900 STATE EX REL. KENNY WHITMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-1901 JESSE J. CASTON v. RICHARD L. STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1921 STATE EX REL. JIMMY WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1922 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY MARTIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1923 STATE EX REL. DON HUNT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1931 STATE EX REL. WALLACE CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1932 STATE EX REL. JAMES FRANCIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1936 STATE EX REL. GARY MATHEWS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1937 STATE EX REL. LEE PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1938 STATE EX REL. GREGORY SATCHEF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1939 STATE EX REL. CHARLES J. GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1950 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL COMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2121 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK T. CAMBRE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2203 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAMELA DARLENE TEMPLET (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2213 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHELLE C. LITTLEFIELD (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2318 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD DAVID HANSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2319 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY GORDEN (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2323 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON C. WILSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2567 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL COMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2950 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL COMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0210 TIGERLAND TRUCK STOP & CASINO, L.L.C. v. TOWN OF ST. GABRIEL, LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0289 DEEDRA COMEAUX v. LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0291 LARRY CURTIS, ET AL. v. BRANTON INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL. C/W CLAUDE WILLIS AND BESSIE WILLIS v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0292 NELSON HUGHES, SR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF CHARLOTTE LATHERS HUGHES v. DEBORAH ANN ROBERTSON AND HANCOCK BANK OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Helena)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0293 THOMAS J. AVERETTE v. THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0295 LARRY CURTIS, ET AL. v. BRANTON INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0296 LARRY CURTIS, ET AL. v. BRANTON INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0297 LARRY CURTIS, ET AL. v. BRANTON INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0298 CLAUDE WILLIS AND BESSIE WILLIS v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0300 ERNESTINE LEE v. COMMODORE HOLDINGS, LTD. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0314 DEBRA RUFFIN AND DIANNE JOSEPH v. POLAND ENTERPRISES, L.L.C., DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0360 JOHN AND JANE DOE, ET AL. v. SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CP-0365 HANSEN LANCE AYERS v. GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0403 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUSTS C/W IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN FAMILY TRUST (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0407 FLORENCE WILKINS WHITE, LARRY JOE WHITE, WILLIE MAE WHITE HOLCOMB, WILLIE EARL WHITE, AND JACKIE DENISE WHITE v. SHELL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY, SHELL OFFSHORE INC., STEVE'S WELDING SERVICE AND STEVE LASSERRE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0412 ERSKINE WRIGHT v. DR. ROBERT HONEGGER AND MEADOWCREST HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0416 JOYCELYN JENNA SHAW v. WASHINGTON PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND AUBREY JONES, SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON PARISH (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0424 PARK PROPERTIES, L.L.C. v. METAL WORKS OF NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C.; GBII, L.L.C.; 1021 DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.; GLADE B. BILBY, II; JAMES V. ST. RAYMOND; AND THOMAS J. LONG (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0440 FLORENCE WILKINS WHITE, LARRY JOE WHITE, WILLIE MAE WHITE HOLCOMB, WILLIE EARL WHITE, AND JACKIE DENISE WHITE v. SHELL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY, SHELL OFFSHORE INC., STEVE'S WELDING SERVICE AND STEVE LASSERRE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0441 SONDRA LAWRENCE v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0444 JOHNNY BRUMFIELD v. ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0446 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUSTS C/W IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN FAMILY TRUST AND IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN FAMILY TRUST (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0447 ERSKINE WRIGHT v. DR. ROBERT HONEGGER AND MEADOWCREST HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0466 JOHN HOVER AND JENNIFER HOVER v. IRINA LICCARDI AND TURNER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LTD. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0470 IRENE ANTOINETTE NOEL WIEDEMANN v. LAWRENCE D. WIEDEMANN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0472 MARSH ENGINEERING, INC. AND RICHARD D. BARNETT v. EARNEST L. PARKER, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., Recused</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0473 JEANNE N. SCHWAB v. DR. IRA P. MARKOWITZ, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0475 JANET LONDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, SETH KEENER, JR., ROBERT MCCARDLE, ANN WAX AND KAREN JACKSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0482 CARLA SOWELL v. PROCESS EQUIPMENT (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0483 DAVID H. FOSHEE AND LORI S. FOSHEE v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND STEVEN F. BATES (Parish of Winn)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0487 KIM SCHLOSSER TUMMINELLO, ET AL v. COLUMBIA LAKESIDE HOSPITAL, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0489 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG LONDON & BRANDON ROBERTSON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-0648 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF S.N.F. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p> </p>