<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 #003</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>8th day of January, 2008</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 DENIED; WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0046 NOAH J. ANDRE, ET AL. v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0047 DAVID BARRAS, ET AL. v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>9th day of January, 2008</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 DISSOLVED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/07B1221.pc.pdf">2007-B -1221 IN RE: ROBERT E. CLARK</a><br />TRAYLOR, J., would maintain the interim suspension.</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-2372 WALLACE J. ORDOYNE AND ROCIO V. ORDOYNE v. LOUISVILLE LADDER GROUP, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10th day of January, 2008</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;">2008-CC-0055 YELLOW ROCK, LLC, ET AL. v. SASOL NORTH AMERICA, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0056 YELLOW ROCK, LLC, ET AL. v. SASOL NORTH AMERICA, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th day of January, 2008</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 -2441 JOSEPH SHER v. LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY; UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY; THE UNITED FIRE GROUP; ROBERT JONES; WES SWANK; FRED VANDERBROOK; AND PROPERTY LOSS CONSULTING, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2443 JOSEPH SHER v. LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY; UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY; THE UNITED FIRE GROUP; ROBERT JONES; WES SWANK; FRED VANDERBROOK; AND PROPERTY LOSS CONSULTING, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</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;">2007-KH-0243 STATE EX REL. SCOTT LAURENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/07KP0634.ord.pdf">2007-KP-0634 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE THOMAS</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and docket.<br /><a href="/opinions/2008/07KP0634.bjj.diss.pdf">JOHNSON, J., dissents with reasons</a>.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0245 STATE EX REL. JOSHUA THOMPSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CI-0338 BRIAN MONDY v. FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OK-1314 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK HYDE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1451 HUNTER HARRIS, III v. ELIZABETH STOGNER, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2008/07CC1451.pfc.diss.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., would grant rehearing and assigns reasons</a>.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant rehearing.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STANLEY LINDSEY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OB-1615 IN RE: MICHAEL J. RILEY, SR.<br />JOHNSON, J., would admit with conditions.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/07B2333.pc.pdf">2007-B -2333 IN RE: TYRONE C. BROWN</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0645 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BENNIE WASHINGTON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CI-0704 CHARLES J. TAYLOR v. WARDEN VENETIA MICHAEL, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0753 STATE EX REL. ANDREA HALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0754 STATE EX REL. LENARD STOKES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0772 STATE EX REL. JOHN WAYNE TONUBBEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0774 STATE EX REL. LARRY WALKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. James)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0776 STATE EX REL. WALLACE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0777 STATE EX REL. TERRY KEYS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0803 STATE EX REL. JESSIE OFFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0804 STATE EX REL. TOMMY LEE LINGEFELT, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0806 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM T. CORBITT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0809 STATE EX REL. JAMES L. HAMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0811 STATE EX REL. DAVID E. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0812 STATE EX REL. MELVIN PITTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0813 STATE EX REL. RONNIE CLEON JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0818 STATE EX REL. BOBBY TURNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0819 STATE EX REL. ROBERT MORRIS SKIPPER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0869 STATE EX REL. MARK A. CHATTERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0870 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR E. PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1164 STATE EX REL. JAMES L. HAMPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1466 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN LEE CRADDOCK (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1469 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE LANG (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -1489 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELECIA A/K/A LECIA FRANKLIN (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -1490 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE HUGHES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1503 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY FORTUNE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1536 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDRICK DWAYNE COLEMAN (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1537 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL A. MCDUFFEY (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1538 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEREMY D. LEE (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1561 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH TRAYLOR (Parish of Union)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1562 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LESTER SIMTON, JR. (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1959 ROSE GUDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, AND TONY GUDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND D/B/A THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AND D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MARY BITNER ANDERSON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1992 ROSE GUDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, AND TONY GUDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND D/B/A THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AND D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MARY BITNER ANDERSON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2056 ANN LEE STEPHENS SARPY, ELIZABETH STEPHENS KNOWLES, MARTHA STEPHENS JOHNSON AND MARY STEPHENS DILLON v. ESAD, INC., THE 1927 PARTNERSHIP, PREFERRED HOTEL HOLDINGS, LTD., BN INVESTMENTS II, LTD., PLEDGED HOLDING COMPANY, INC., AND GEORGE J. NEWTON, III (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2075 KEVIN BRADLEY v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (Civil Service Commission City of New Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2103 ERROL WASHINGTON v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Civil Service Commission City of New Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2170 GERNINE MAILHES v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PARISH OF CALCASIEU (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2181 LEANDER WINFORD v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Civil Service Commission City of New Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-2186 CELINE LEMEIUX WILLIAMSON v. WAYNE GLENN WILLIAMSON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-2188 MARTIN WOOLFOLK D/B/A WOOLFOLK AGENCY v. BARRON RUSH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2208 CARMELITA LAFONTA AND PEDRO LAFONTA, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF IOLA M. LAFONTA v. HOTARD COACHES, INC. AND CRESCENT CITY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-2209 CLARENCE RICHARD GRAYSON v. FORERUNNER CORPORATION AND ROBERT C. LUNSON (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2210 SEQUOIA VENTURE NO. 2, LTD. v. SONIA PETERS CASSIDY AND JOE ROY PETERS (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-2211 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY HOUSER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-2212 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRAVIS BATES (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2214 WILLARD A. EASTIN, JR., HENRY MONROE, DONALD D. RUNGE, LOUIS ANTHONY FROST, CHARLES K. OHLMEYER, III, ROBERT MARTIN BRANIFF, SR., WILLIAM C. OWENS, JR., AND WILLIAM K. CARNEY v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, RICHARD A. CUICCHI, ALBERT C. KING, RAMON BAULMAY, WILLIAM O. VAN AS, WILLIAM BREWER, GEORGE BARTLETT, RONNIE BEAM, AND CHARLES KELLY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2228 JUDY RIDEAU AND KERRY BARDELL v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Iberville)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant on issue of damages.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OC-2230 RAYMOND COUNTY v. THE ARC OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-2235 TIMOTHY M. WILKES, ANN W. PRUETT, MARY JO W. NIX, KAREN W. GUILLORY AND THEODORE M. WILKES, JR. v. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC., D/B/A OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, DR. LAWRENCE MESSINA AND DR. JEFFREY KAHN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-2236 GLORIA OWENS v. PETR VLADIMIROVICH MAZUR, FALLON B. NAQUIN, VIRGINIA TRUCK CENTER, INC., ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND CANAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CP-2240 DONALD STELLY v. WAYNE MOREIN, SHERIFF, ET AL. (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -2245 SHEILA ROBIN v. JASON W. WONG, BSCPT, AND PENDLETON MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>