3rd Circuit Court of Appeal
Press Release
Opinions Rendered From 05/12/04 To 05/12/04
Opinions written
by: Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
GLEN J. MOODY
VERSUS
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO., ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 20015755
Trial Judge: Hon. Durwood Wayne Conque
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part and Rendered
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux - Writing
Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Opinion Remarks: Affirmed in Part, Amended in Part,
Reversed in Part, and Rendered.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALITHIA S. THOMAS
VERSUS
WESTAFF, INC.
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 2
Trial Court Number: 02-02474
Trial Judge: James L. Braddock
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux - Writing
Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JOSEPH K. FONTENOT
VERSUS
PYRAMID ALLOYS, INC.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 4
Trial Court Number: 02-06596
Trial Judge: Hon. Sharon Morrow
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux - Writing
Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks
STATE OF
VERSUS
Date Filed:
Trial Court: BEAUREGARD
Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: CR90-02
Trial Judge: Hon. Herman I. Stewart Jr.
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks - Writing
Hon. Marc T. Amy
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
STATE OF
VERSUS
WILLIAM BRADFORD
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Ninth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 268,655
Trial Judge: Hon. Thomas Martin Yeager
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
DUSTIN MATHEW BURNAMAN
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Ninth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 267882
Trial Judge: Hon. Thomas Martin Yeager
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Reversed and Remanded
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEPHANIE WEBB
VERSUS
PARAGON CASINO
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 2
Trial Court Number: 03-03033
Trial Judge: James L. Braddock
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREGORY BAZILE
VERSUS
CITY OF
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Avoyelles
Twelfth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 2003-4649-A
Trial Judge: Hon. Mark A. Jeansonne
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOLAN BENSON, SR. and BORREL'S, INC.
VERSUS
CITY OF
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Avoyelles
Twelfth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 99-6595-B
Trial Judge: Hon. William Bennett
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEDRA FREN W. BOOTHE, ET AL.
VERSUS
LINDA W. POOLE, ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Catahoula
Seventh Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 22,781 "A"
Trial Judge: Ronald L. Lewellyan
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part and Rendered
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VERSUS
RUSTY LOVEJOY
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Allen
Thirty-Third Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: CR2001-5494
Trial Judge: Hon. Joel Gerard Davis
Opinion Rendered on: 05/12/04 - Majority Opinion Rendered
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed and Remanded with Instructions
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Writing
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VERSUS
JAMES W. GLEASON
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Sabine
Eleventh Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 54528
Trial Judge: Hon. Stephen Bruce Beasley
Opinion Rendered on: 05/12/04 - Majority Opinion Rendered
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Writing
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHIRLEY CAIN
VERSUS
JC PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 2
Trial Court Number: 01-05510
Trial Judge: James L. Braddock
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Writing
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAURA HICKS
VERSUS
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Trial Court Number: 2-0448
Trial Judge: Jesse Phillip Terrell Jr.
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Vacated and Remanded
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Writing
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
Opinion Remarks: Judgment Vacated and Case Remanded for a
New Trial.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
KENNETH PERRY
VERSUS
PERRY & SONS VAULT & GRAVE SERVICE
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 2
Trial Court Number: 02-04847
Trial Judge: James L. Braddock
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Reversed in Part, Amended in Part, as Amend Affirm
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Billie Colombaro Woodard
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAROLD REBERT
VERSUS
QUALITY MARINE SERVICES, INC.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 89,991
Trial Judge: Hon. Charles Lee Porter
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Billie Colombaro Woodard
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
KERRY J. DOUCET, JR.
Lead Case KH 03 0001606 consolidated with KH 03 0001607
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 79393
Trial Judge: Hon. Herman C. Clause
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
KERRY J. DOUCET, JR.
Lead Case KH 03 0001606 consolidated with KH 03 0001607
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 79394
Trial Judge: Hon. Herman C. Clause
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSUS
THEODORE JACKSON, ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 2002-4504
Trial Judge: Hon. G. Michael Canaday
05/12/04 - Per Curiam Opinion Rendered
not Published
Affirmed
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARLES GANT, JR.
VERSUS
GLENN ALEXANDER, ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 98849
Trial Judge: Hon. Lori Ann Landry
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JACQUELINE VITATOE, ON BEHALF OF EBONE' VITATOE
VERSUS
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 2001-3488
Trial Judge: Hon. David Painter
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion
LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.
VERSUS
GROUNDLINK, INC., ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Trial Court Number: 21,259
Trial Judge: Hon. Fred Sconyers Gahagan
Published
Reversed and Remanded
Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
Opinion Remarks: Rehearing Granted; Reversed and Remanded
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALEXIS DAVEY
VERSUS
ALLSTATE INS. CO.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 87,119
Trial Judge: Hon. Keith Rayne Jules Comeaux
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Concurs in Part, Dissents in Part
Remarks: and would increase the plaintiff's damage award
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
JOHN PAUL MOROTT
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Thirtieth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 61166
Trial Judge: Hon.
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
John B. Scofield
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MICHAEL WAYNE BASILE
VERSUS
REBECCA ELIZABETH BOMBET BASILE
Date Filed:
Trial Court: ST. LANDRY
Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 97-C-3283-C
Trial Judge: Hon. Alonzo Harris
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Reversed in Part; Affirmed in Part
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
John B. Scofield
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMUEL CHESNE
VERSUS
ELEVATED TANK APPLICATORS, INC.
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Office of Workers' Compensation - # 2
Trial Court Number: 01-07975
Trial Judge: James L. Braddock
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part and Rendered
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
John B. Scofield
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGET J. DOTSON
VERSUS
BROOKSHIRE GROCERY COMPANY
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Trial Court Number: 2-0475
Trial Judge: Jesse Phillip Terrell Jr.
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
John B. Scofield
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELISSA GUIDRY
VERSUS
DAVID DELANEY
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Ninth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 201,905
Trial Judge: Hon. Donald Thaddeus Johnson
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux
Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion - Writing
John B. Scofield
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett
STATE OF
VERSUS
CHRISTOPHER GONZALES
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 21471-02
Trial Judge: Hon. G. Michael Canaday
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Motion Denied.
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing
Opinion Remarks: Motion to Withdraw Denied; New Briefing
Ordered.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
JASON E. DOYLE
Date Filed:
Trial Court: BEAUREGARD
Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: CR664-2002
Trial Judge: Hon. Herman I. Stewart Jr.
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RANDY HANKS, ET AL.
VERSUS
DR. A. KENT SEALE, ET AL.
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 2000-4038
Trial Judge: Hon. Patricia Minaldi
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR. DONALD FALGOUST
VERSUS
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Fourteenth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 2002-3523
Trial Judge: Hon. Wilford D. Carter
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was not Published
The Opinion - Reversed and Remanded
Opinion Panel:
Hon. John D. Saunders
Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opinions written
by: Hon. Billy Howard Ezell
STATE OF
VERSUS
GARY LOUIS ANDERSON
Date Filed:
Trial Court: Rapides
Ninth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 262688
Trial Judge: Hon. Donald Thaddeus Johnson
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed and Remanded with Instructions
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell - Writing
Opinion Remarks: Conviction Affirmed; Remanded with
Instructions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATE OF
VERSUS
CEDRIC DANIELS
Date Filed:
Trial Court:
Thirtieth Judicial District Court
Trial Court Number: 60487AM
Trial Judge: Hon. John C. Ford
Opinion
Rendered on:
The Opinion was Published
The Opinion - Affirmed in Part and Remanded with Instructions
Opinion Panel:
Hon. Oswald A. Decuir
Hon. Jimmie C. Peters
Hon. Billy Howard Ezell - Writing
Opinion Remarks: Affirmed in Part and Remanded with
Instructions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOBBY A.