<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 #012</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 align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>17th day of February, 2014</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0348 DEBORAH POCHE v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0349 DEBORAH POCHE v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>19th day of February, 2014</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0280 AMPARO F. BARBOSA v. EDSON BARBOSA (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0293 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION D/B/A LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (KENNEN DANIEL) v. POINT TO POINT DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, INC., ET AL. (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 3)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">VICTORY, J., would grant the stay.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-KK-0324 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN MCCLENDON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>21st day of February, 2014</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RESIGNATION(S) GRANTED SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14OB0183.pdf">2014-OB-0183 IN RE: DANNY WAYNE SYLVESTER, JR.</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/13K2973.pdf">2013-K -2973 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY W. OLIPHANT</a> (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/13KK2497.pdf">2013-KK-2497 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THERON EDWARDS</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-1315 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MILTON LOPEZ (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2680 WINN- DIXIE LOUISIANA AND SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT v. PHYSICIANS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 9)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2944 GANNON BERTRAND v. G-FORCE TRANSPORTATION, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S)FOR WRIT NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2874 ROBINSON VENTURES, L.L.C. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OC-2908 BRIAN LEWIS v. BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BATON ROUGE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, CORPORAL MICHAEL GODAWA, OFFICER LONNY MILLER, EAST BATON ROUGE PRISON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPEALS DISMISSED AS MOOT:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KA-1429 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEXIS SARRABEA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KA-1566 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JORGE LUIS ANAYA-ESPINO (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KA-1567 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ULISES GOMEZ (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>JOINT PETITIONS FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14B0075.pdf">2014-B -0075 IN RE: SAMANTHA RENEE ACKERS</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14B0184.pdf">2014-B -0184 IN RE: MURPHY FAIRFAX BELL, JR.</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14B0185.pdf">2014-B -0185 IN RE: MICHAEL L. JACKSON</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-2914 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-082</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-2932 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-072</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED;</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-OB-0366 IN RE: JOYCE NANINE MCCOOL</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2539 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT WILKINS (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2875 SUCCESSION OF BERNADETTE GAINES GILBERT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0884 STATE EX REL. FREDERIC LUBRON BIRGANS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KA-1043 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JORGE CAMPOS (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1119 STATE EX REL. JAMES ODOMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1468 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ULISES GOMEZ (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-1474 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JORGE LUIS ANAYA-ESPINO (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1732 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL JAMES LACOUR (Parish of Rapides)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1770 STATE EX REL. LESTER WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1776 STATE EX REL. JOVAN BUTLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1778 STATE EX REL. PATRICK J. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1780 STATE EX REL. RUDOLPH WADE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1781 STATE EX REL. KERRY MYERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1782 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH V. FOSTER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1799 STATE EX REL. LEVELL H. DOUGHTY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1801 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1802 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL J. DRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1803 STATE EX REL. TROY L. HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1820 STATE EX REL. JEROME M. THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1821 STATE EX REL. TIMOTHY WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1822 STATE EX REL. CHARLES D. WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Concordia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1823 STATE EX REL. ROBERT MCQUEEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1824 STATE EX REL. DREW MICHAEL PIZZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1825 STATE EX REL. CHRISHON M. ARCHIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1826 STATE EX REL. HOWARD WEST v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1828 STATE EX REL. JAMES BENNETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1842 STATE EX REL. DOUGLAS D. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1843 STATE EX REL. HENRY LEE ALFRED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1844 STATE EX REL. HAROLD HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1846 STATE EX REL. BERTRAM YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1849 STATE EX REL. EDWARD SHREFFLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1850 STATE EX REL. MARLOWE PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1857 STATE EX REL. SPENCER WATTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1858 STATE EX REL. JOHN COOLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-1861 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM ANDERSON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1863 STATE EX REL. PATRICK D. DYAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-1864 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND ROCHON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1875 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALTON HOLLOWAY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1886 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEREMIAH STRICKLAND (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1887 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FARRELL M. ROCHELLE (Parish of Desoto)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1929 LEON A. CANNIZZARO, JR., DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY C/W AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OK-1950 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY SHURLEY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-1959 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BILL ERIC WINTERS (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-1995 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON R. MERCADEL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2103 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEFFREY CLARK (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2443 JOHN ROTONTI, ET AL. v. TAMKO BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2467 QUESTAR EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY v. WOODARD VILLA, INC. AND ERNEST SCOTT WOODARD (Parish of Caddo)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2618 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHANIEL STEVENSON & TIMOTHY MCNEIL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2628 DONALD K. GORDON, JR. v. TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC ((Office of Workers’ Compensation District 7)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2706 PETERSON M. YOKUM, ET AL. v. NICHOLAS S. KARNO II, INC., ET AL. C/W PETERSON M. YOKUM, ET AL. v. NICHOLAS S. KARNO II, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2726 KIMBERLY COLLINS, INDIV., ET AL. v. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2833 JO ANN LOPEZ v. ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO ((Office of Workers’ Compensation District 3)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2837 KEVIN C. CURREY v. EXCELL CRANE & HYDRAULICS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2838 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SETH FONTENOT (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2839 JOSEPH RANDALL HEBERT v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING ASSOCIATION (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CJ-2841 JACOB LEE ADAMS AND PAULA KIMES, KENNETH SIMMONS, MARY SIMMONS v. HEATHER CORINNE TAYLOR SMARTT (Parish of Bossier)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2843 AMANDA POUSSON v. BLUE CROSS/ BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CP-2852 JAUVE COLLINS v. DOUG WELBORN, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CLERK OF COURT, CRIMINAL RECORDS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2860 RICHARD L. REYNOLDS v. ROBERT BORDELON III, ROBERT BORDELON JR., USAGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, AUTOMOBILE CLUB INTER-INSURANCE EXCHANGE, AND/OR CALLED AUTO CLUB FAMILY INSURANCE D/B/A "TRIPLE A INSURANCE," NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, WITH NISSAN BEING A PARENT COMPANY OF INFINITY DIVISION OF NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC., A LUXURY CAR DIVISION OF NISSAN MOTORS, INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS CORP., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2862 PARIS MADISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, RICHARD STALDER, RONNIE FUTRELL, T.W. THOMPSON, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2863 JOHN WILTZ v. TODD'S CAR WASH (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 4)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2864 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT v. JAMES HILARY DECUIR, JR., ET UX AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2865 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER DAMONE DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2881 VANESSA DAVIS v. ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND JENNIFER WEBB (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2887 JOHN BARRON SKANNAL, INDIVIDUALLY, AS TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF JOHN C. SKANNAL AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN C. SKANNAL TRUST, AND A.C. SKANNAL, III v. JONES ODOM DAVIS & POLITZ, L.L.P. (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2899 ARTHUR L. GIBSON, JR v. LOUISIANA RICE MILL, L.L. C. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2900 DAVID HARTER AND JAN HARTER PIPKIN v. EARL M. HARTER, III AND HARTER OIL COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2911 BYRON POWELL v. JACQUES D. DERR & TOMMY A. MILAM (Parish of Madison)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2916 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WESLEY GUILLARD (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OC-2919 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF C.B.M. v. JENNIFER MILLER (Parish of St. Tammany)<br /><a href="/opinions/2014/13OC2919.jdh.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2930 JACK DUTY, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ET AL. (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2931 KAILASH K. DHALIWAL, AND THE SUCCESSION OF MANMOHAN S. DHALIWAL v. KARMINDERAL S. DHALIWAL AND DHILLON SOOKHAM (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2934 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK FAGAN (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2935 ROSIE ROUZAN JONES v. JAMES DAVID HAMMOND, M.D. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2942 LETITIA A. MOTT v. EASY MONEY, INC. C/W BETTY ANN PORCHE, WIFE OF/AND STANLEY P. STEWART v. LETITIA A. MOTT AND EASY MONEY, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2943 FANNIE CLYDE BARHAM AND GARY BARHAM v. ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO. AND CYPRESS OPERATING, INC. (Parish of Bienville)</p><p align="justify"> </p>