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<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 #006</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;On the&nbsp;16th day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:2008-CC-0098 JEROME MILTON SHORT AND GURVIS PORTER, ET AL. v. ANDREWS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AND NOBEL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Washington)2008-CC-0126 JEROME MILTON SHORT AND GURVIS PORTER, ET AL. v. ANDREWS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AND NOBEL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Washington)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;17th day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:2008-KD-0139 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY BELL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;22nd day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:2007-KP-0100 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LANE NELSON (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;23rd day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:2008-KK-0181 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDRICH THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED AT APPLICANT'S REQUEST:2007-K -2493 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES OLIVER MCKEEHAN, JR. (Parish of Cameron)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;24th day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:WRIT APPLICATIONS DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:2007-C -0374 ARTHUR L. LEWIS, JR. v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY AND LESLIE W. BROCK, ET AL. C/W CARL GRIFFIN AND BETTY GRIFFIN v. LESLIE W. BROCK AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY C/W CITY OF WEST MONROE v. LESLIE W. BROCK AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ouachita)2007-C -0375 ARTHUR L. LEWIS, JR. v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY AND LESLIE W. BROCK, ET AL. C/W CARL GRIFFIN AND BETTY GRIFFIN v. LESLIE W. BROCK AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY C/W CITY OF WEST MONROE v. LESLIE W. BROCK AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ouachita)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;25th day of January, 2008, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED:2007-C -2143 ANDRE' J. DENOUX, KURT LABEAUD, THERON J. WASHINGTON, DAVID DICKERSON, ROBERT P. WILLIAMS, JR., RICHARD W. BLACKMAN, CHRISTOPHER R. BOOKER, HORACE BLANKS, III, DERRICK A. MATTHEWS, ROBERT TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER G. HAINES AND LORENZO N. MORGAN v. VESSEL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., BELLE OF ORLEANS, LLC, BALLY'S LOUISIANA, INC., D/B/A BALLY'S CASINO LAKESHORE RESORT, INC. AND PATRICK M. BROWNING (Parish of Orleans)2007-CC-2149 RATHBORNE PROPERTIES, L.L.C., ET AL. v. EXXON MOBIL CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
2008-CC-0060 TARA LABOVE HEBERT, ET AL. v. SCOTTY L. WEBRE, ET AL. C/W FLETCHER GABRIEL LALANDE, ET UX. v. SCOTTY L. WEBRE, ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2008/07B1272.PC.pdf">2007-B -1272 IN RE: C. BLASE MCCARTHY, JR.</a><a href="/opinions/2008/07B1299.PC.pdf">2007-B -1299 IN RE: MALCOLM R. PETAL</a>APPEAL DISMISSED AND CASE REMANDED TO THE DISTRICT COURT; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2008/07CA2474.pc.pdf">2007-CA-2474 STACY MICHAEL MEAUX v. LUCILLE GALTIER, SCOTT HAMMOND, JOHN HAMMOND AND GERALDINE HAMMOND</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:2007-K -1111 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRIETTA WILLIAMS (Parish of Concordia) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant. JOHNSON, J., would grant. WEIMER, J., would grant.SECOND APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION GRANTED:2007-C -1225 BASS, LTD. v. TIM GERALD AND TRIANGLE VENTURE ASSOCIATES, INC.&nbsp;(Parish of St. Landry) <a href="/opinions/2008/07C1225.pfc.con.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a> <a href="/opinions/2008/07C1225.cdk.dis.pdf">KIMBALL, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a> TRAYLOR, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Kimball, J.APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:2007-KO-0273 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELLIOT JOSEPH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2007-KH-0427 STATE EX REL. DAVID LEE LIGHTSEY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary) WEIMER, J., recused.2007-KH-0431 STATE EX REL. BERNIS T. BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0626 STATE EX REL. TOMMY BORDELON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles) KNOLL, J., recused.2006-KH-1933 STATE EX REL. RONNIE K. HONGO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:2007-C -2267 JOHN MAIURANO v. CARRIER-STUMM, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 8)2007-CC-2281 DIRECTIONS OF LOUISIANA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, MEDICAL RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE, AND EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:2007-KP-0741 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACK EDWARDS JR. (Parish of Caddo)2007-KH-0807 STATE EX REL. KATHLEEN JENNINGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)2007-KH-0808 STATE EX REL. WALLACE J. BREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)2007-KH-0810 STATE EX REL. STEVEN RUSSELL SEDLOCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)2007-KH-0815 STATE EX REL. DARRYL PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0816 STATE EX REL. STANLEY WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)2007-KH-0866 MICHAEL E. DIROSA v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0871 STATE EX REL. MARK Q. TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0877 STATE EX REL. ALBERT JOE GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)2007-KH-0889 STATE EX REL. MARVIN JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0890 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH CARMOUCHE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)2007-KH-0891 STATE EX REL. JOHN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)2007-KH-0892 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM J. BATISTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0894 STATE EX REL. RUDOLPH WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)2007-KH-0895 STATE EX REL. JAMES BRIDGEWATER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KH-0897 STATE EX REL. MARVIN T. ADGER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)2007-KH-0920 STATE EX REL. VICTOR C. SELLERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)2007-KO-1505 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK DEON MOORE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2007-KO-1507 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIM ROBERT HOGAN (Parish of St. Tammany)2007-K -1545 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL M. DURAND (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KK-1587 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHERRY MAGRUDER (Parish of St. Tammany)2007-KO-1641 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM LEWIS ELLIS (Parish of Webster)2007-KO-1666 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE A. JACKSON (Parish of Jefferson)2007-KO-1771 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERBERT R. DERKINS, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)2007-C -1803 RONALD E. CORKERN, III v. R. ALLEN SMITH AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (Parish of Natchitoches) VICTORY, J., would grant on the issue of damages.2007-K -1819 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT HORTON (Parish of Caddo)2007-KO-1822 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN WAYNE LUBOM (Parish of Caddo)2007-KO-1824 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JIMMY L. WILHITE (Parish of Ouachita)2007-C -2207 MARY FAYE O'QUIN, ET AL. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles) VICTORY, J., would grant.2007-C -2223 KAREN LONGWELL AND HER HUSBAND, CHARLES LONGWELL AND ADULT DAUGHTER OF KAREN LONGWELL, JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER, DR. ROBERT C. DAWSON, III AND CULICCHIA NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC, L.L.C. C/W KAREN LONGWELL AND HER HUSBAND, CHARLES LONGWELL AND ADULT DAUGHTER OF KAREN LONGWELL, JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER, DR. ROBERT C. DAWSON, III AND LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ("LAMMICO") (Parish of Jefferson) TRAYLOR, J., recused. VICTORY, J., would grant.2007-C -2234 HONORABLE WILFORD D. CARTER v. H. LYNN JONES, II, CLERK OF COURT, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant. KIMBALL, J., would grant. TRAYLOR, J., would grant.2007-CC-2242 ROBERT THOMAS MCGREGOR AND RUTH MCGREGOR, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, DONALD H. MCGREGOR v. HOSPICE CARE OF LOUISIANA IN BATON ROUGE, L.L.C., HOSPICE CARE OF LOUISIANA, INC., THE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, D/B/A HOPSICE OF BATON ROUGE, DR. GERALD MILETELLO, DR. GEORGIA REINE, CYNTHIA LOGAN, MELANIE HYATT, KATHRYN BRAUD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2007-C -2250 MARILYN MCLEON, PRISCILLA BRADLEY, CHARLENE SINGLETARY, CLARENCE HARRIS, DIANE WATSON, PAMELA KNIGHTEN, LEON ROBERTS AND EMANUAL BOURGEOIS v. VULCAN CHEMICALS (Parish of Ascension)2007-CC-2254 THE RAMELLI GROUP, L.L.C. v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans) TRAYLOR, J., recused.2007-C -2257 M'LEE RUSSELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF EMMA WHITE v. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Office of Workers Compensation District 1W)2007-C -2258 DENSIC HAYES v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Office of Workers' Compensation District 5)2007-C -2259 ERIC FONTENOT v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)2007-CC-2260 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF ISABEL LAMKIN GREEN WITHERSPOON C/W IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF PHILIP H. WITHERSPOON, SR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2007-CC-2261 BARRY G. HINES, RUSSELL L. HINES &amp; DENNIS A. HINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICO TRUCK LINES, INC. (Parish of Winn)2007-CC-2263 CHARLES E. RICHEY, ET UX v. INFINITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)2007-CC-2264 TAMMY ESSWEIN v. DAVID A. WHITE, D.D.S. AND DENTAL WEST, INC. C/W DEBORAH PAINICH v. DAVID A. WHITE, D.D.S. AND DENTAL WEST, INC. (Parish of Ouachita) TRAYLOR, J., would grant.2007-KK-2265 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NOLAND JAMES HAMMOND (Parish of Avoyelles) KNOLL, J., recused.2007-C -2277 MERIAL LIMITED v. ALBERT G. LAGRAIZE, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A AIRWAYS ANIMAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)2007-C -2284 3627 AIRLINE DRIVE, L.L.C. v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON C/W THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON v. 3627 AIRLINE DRIVE, L.L.C. D/B/A ZACK'S UNFINISHED FURNITURE, AND NICHOLAS V. CHISESI (Parish of Jefferson)2007-C -2286 MICHAEL BENNETT v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)2007-C -2293 ROBERT SHORTESS v. DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY &amp; CORRECTIONS ELAYN HUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTER (State Civil Service Commission) TRAYLOR, J., would grant.2007-CC-2301 GILBERT V. ANDRY, IV, ET AL. v. AUDUBON INSURANCE GROUP, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)2007-C -2304 STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. CENTRAL GULF TOWING, L.L.C. AND JOHN DOE C/W CHET MORRISON CONTRACTORS, INC. AND LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. CENTRAL GULF TOWING, L.L.C. (Parish of Jefferson)2007-C -2308 RITA M. NETTLES v. DEAN OFFICES, L.L.C. AND THE CITY AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) JOHNSON, J., would grant.2007-C -2309 CRAIG J. DANOS v. SOUTHERN FAB, INC. AND LEONARD DUET (Parish of Lafourche)2007-CC-2322 GILBERT V. ANDRY, IV, ET AL. v. AUDUBON INSURANCE GROUP, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)2007-CC-2323 GILBERT V. ANDRY, IV, ET AL. v. AUDUBON INSURANCE GROUP, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)2007-CC-2385 ROBERT THOMAS MCGREGOR AND RUTH MCGREGOR, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, DONALD H. MCGREGOR v. HOSPICE CARE OF LOUISIANA IN BATON ROUGE, L.L.C., HOSPICE CARE OF LOUISIANA, INC., THE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, D/B/A HOPSICE OF BATON ROUGE, DR. GERALD MILETELLO, DR. GEORGIA REINE, CYNTHIA LOGAN, MELANIE HYATT, KATHRYN BRAUD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.2008-KH-0031 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD J. CARTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp;
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