<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 #062</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>2nd day of October, 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>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OC-1901 RASHI REED v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant and remand to the court of appeal for reconsideration of the motion to recuse per La.C.C.P. art. 160.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of October, 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>INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B1845.ord.pdf">2007-B -1845 IN RE: MARK STEVEN SMITH</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION TO STRIKE GRANTED IN PART; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1787 JOSEPH GREEN v. WALLACE C. DRENNAN, INC., JEFF MCKINNEY AND THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY C/W LESLIE HEMPHILL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF JOSHUA HEMPHILL v. WALLACE C. DRENNAN, INC. AND JEFF MCKINNEY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1903 PEGGY P. GRIFFIN v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN INDUSTRIES, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of October, 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 APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-1497 IN RE: PATERNITY OF P.A.H. (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>5th day of October, 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:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1352 NORA MILLER, ET VIR v. LAMMICO, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1384 MICHAEL A. TEAGUE, M.D. v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY, SEALE, SMITH, ZUBER AND BARNETTE, DONALD ZUBER, CATHERINE NOBILE, CATHERINE LAUFFER, AND ABC INSURANCE AGENCY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</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/2007/07K0216.pc.pdf">2007-K -0216 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLEON C. FLOYD, JR. </a>(Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1267 JOSEPH HAINES v. ALEN CHRISTOPHER MILLET, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KIMBALL, J., would deny.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1294 JUNE E. CARTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND O/B/O HER MINOR SON, KIRK WEST v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SAMUEL DION DAVIS, III AND IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KNOLL, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CP-1449 BEN H. SCOTT AND ANTHONY J. SCOTT v. ROBERT E. JONES, JR., NIKITA M. (SCOTT) CARTER, NAOMI METEAU (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1721 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARREN WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07K0198.pc.pdf">2007-K -0198 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JANIS WALDER</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />KIMBALL, J., would deny.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PERMANENT RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07OB1861.ord.pdf">2007-OB-1861 IN RE: WILLIAM DALE BEHAN</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-OB-2459 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 06-PDB-066</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0238 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LINZIE R. SCOTT (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1498 CHARLES DAVID PUGH, ET UX. v. CAMERON STATE BANK (Parish of Cameron)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1500 SCOTT HARRISON v. LAKE CHARLES MENTAL HEALTH, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1836 LARRY G. CULP v. TONYA COURSON CULP (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3006 STATE EX REL. ERIC HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3007 STATE EX REL. MITCHELL COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3008 STATE EX REL. ANTOINE CLARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3010 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. MITCHELL COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3013 STATE EX REL. RONALD JOSEPH SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3014 STATE EX REL. LEROY SWAINGAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3015 STATE EX REL. ALEXIS SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3016 STATE EX REL. HERMAN FELTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3017 STATE EX REL. ALISHA JEAN DISOTELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3019 STATE EX REL. JAMES L. MCCLURE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3020 STATE EX REL. EMILE ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3021 STATE EX REL. TAURUS BUCHANAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3022 STATE EX REL. EVERETT G. THORNTON JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-3023 ARTHUR RAY ROBINSON v. BURL N. CAIN, WARDEN, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3036 STATE EX REL. NOLAN SCHOUEST v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3037 STATE EX REL. FERNANO E. SERRANO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3038 STATE EX REL. TIMOTHY VOLLM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Grant)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3041 STATE EX REL. VAN LEONARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3042 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE BAILEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0218 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY LEE LEONARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0223 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEROD D. BREWER (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0228 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONNIE LONDON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0273 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELLIOT JOSEPH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0275 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEO SCOTT (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0334 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD RAY MAPES, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0336 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE WILBON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0362 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL ROBERTS, JR. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1013 BERTHA B. BOURQUE, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1196 ROBERT DEFRAITES, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND OASIS HORTICULTURAL SERVICES, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1246 DIMETRY B. COSSICH v. HUVAL INSURANCE AGENCY, INCORPORATED (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1306 MRS. REGINA ALLEN DUMACHEST AND MR. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED MOTHER, MRS. THELMA BELLARD ALLEN v. MR. JOHNATHAN J. ALLEN AND CELADON TRUCKING SERVICES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1307 WILLIAM B. BURNS v. FRANCES GUNTER HARRIS (Parish of Caddo)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-1325 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRI BROADWAY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1340 SOUTH PETERS HOTEL INVESTORS, L.P. v. ROY ANDERSON CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1387 STATE OF LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS v. CORBETT OURSO, JR. (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1400 ANNETTE R. NESBITT v. B. WOODROW NESBITT, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1401 ALAN BRAUD AND CHRISTY BRAUD v. KI YOON (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1403 WILLIAM B. BURNS v. FRANCES GUNTER HARRIS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1408 CAROL ROBERTSON, AS PARENT OF TYRONICA ROBERTSON AND KE'VANTA VENIBLE, KERISTIN POOL, AS PARENT OF NAKIA COOK, WILLIE MITCHELL, AS PARENT OF CHRISTINE MITCHELL, DEMETRIA NICHOLS, AS PARENT OF JAVARI NICHOLS AND DE'KEVIA NICHOLS, ANETRA POOL, AS PARENT OF NYKEIDRIA POOL, JACQUELINE ROBERTSON, AS PARENT OF RONALD ROBERTSON, JR., RONNEKA ROBERTSON AND DARRIYN MCKNIGHT, ESHUNDRA BOYD, AS PARENT OF EDDIE BOYD, EMMA ATKINS, AS PARENT OF CHARLESTON TAPLIN AND CARLTON ATKINS v. ARGUSTA SELF, VALFOUR SELF, PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, KENNETH T. HOOFKIN AND ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Helena)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1409 JANICE HORNOT v. STEPHEN R. WILSON AND JOHN R. KEOGH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1410 JANICE M. HORNOT v. STEPHEN R. WILSON AND JOHN R. KEOGH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1411 EVA TAYLOR v. JESSE J. FORET C/W KEVIN JOSEPH LEDET v. JESSE J. FORET (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1412 JAROED SLOCUM, EX UX. v. ELMER LITCHFIELD, SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1413 EDWARD J. TRIMM, SR. AND TINA TRIMM, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, NOEL TRIMM AND ARIEL TRIMM v. DOMINO ESTATE, LLC, COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIES, LLC (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1438 KEWANNA MARIONEAUX, ET AL. v. TEXAS LAGNIAPPE, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1450 DAVID TRUEHEART v. LYNDA PITTS (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1453 ANDREW LOFTON v. DR. GARY GLYNN, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1474 CORINNE W. LABORDE v. ROSER'S CLEANERS, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1475 WMC MORTGAGE CORPORATON v. RAYMOND EUGENE WEATHERLY AND DONNA LOUISE WEATHERLY (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1477 NATHAN SUSKI v. CAIRE & GRAUGNARD LLC AND LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1479 DEBORAH BATSON, EULA MAYE BATSON AND BILLY M. BATSON v. SOUTH LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1480 FLOYD RUSSO v. AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1482 MILDRED K. JOHNSON, ET AL. v. CHARLES JOSEPH LEDOUX (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OC-1483 SUCCESSION OF CAROL ALYENE FINNEGAN (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1486 CLAYTON COTTON v. FIRST FLEET (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1488 CHERRY COTTON v. FIRST FLEET (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1494 STATE EX REL. MITCHELL P. COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1511 MARJORIE GARZA v. THE LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION AND THE OLD EVANGELINE DOWN, L.L.C. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1512 FLORECE AUGUSTINE MORRIS AND STANLEY R. MORRIS, SR., HUSBAND AND WIFE ET AL. v. REGENCY PLACE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER; CYPRESS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1543 CHERRY COTTON v. FIRST FLEET (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1544 CLAYTON COTTON v. FIRST FLEET (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1741 SOUTH PETERS HOTEL INVESTORS, L.P. v. ROY ANDERSON CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1834 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY J. CHISOLM (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>