Dawn Elayne Seif, Individually and obo her minor child, James Andrew Seif, Lisa Blaylock, Individually and obo her minor children, Annabelle Ruth Blaylock and Evelyn Marie Blaylock, Destiny Flynn, Individually and obo her minor child Leilani M. Flynn, Lui v. State of Louisiana through the Military Department and Louisiana National Guard

CourtLouisiana Court of Appeal
DecidedSeptember 21, 2020
Docket2020CW0385
StatusUnknown

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DAWN ELAYNE SEZF, INDIVIDUALLY AND OBO NO. 2020 CW 0385

HER MINOR CHILD, JAMES ANDREW SEIF, LISA BLAYLOCK, INDIVIDUALLY AND OBO HER MINOR CHILDREN ANNABELLE RUTH BLAYLOCK AND EVELYN MARIE BLAYLOCK, DESTINY

FLYNN, INDIVIDUALLY AND OBO HER MINOR CHILD LEILANI M. FLYNN, LIUSA BAWOL,

JENNA KEMP, INDIVIDUALLY AND OBO HER

MINOR CHILDREN MAKENZIE KEMP AND WESLEY KEMP

VERSUS

STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE MILITARY SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 DEPARTMENT AND LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD

In Re: State of Louisiana through the Military Department and Louisiana National Guard, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East

Baton Rouge, No. 646648.

BEFORE: WELCH, HIGGINBOTHAM, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s April 2, 2020 judgment

is reversed. Plaintiffs' claims, all of which arise out of or

are in the course of activity incident to service, are barred from civil adjudication in accordance with Feres v. United

States, 340 U. S. 135, 143- 44, 71 S. Ct. 153, 158, 95 L. Ed. 152

1950). See also Morris v. Thompson, 852 F. 3d 416, 420 ( 5th

Cir. 2017), cert. denied, U. S. f 138 S. Ct. 203, 199

L. Ed. 2d 114 ( 2017) & Matreale v. New Jersey Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs, 487 F. 3d 150, 156 ( 3d Cir. 2007), cert.

denied, 552 U. S. 1099, 128 S. Ct. 899, 169 L. Ed. 2d 728 ( 2008).

Moreover, Louisiana Revised Statutes 29: 23. 1( B) provides

n] either Civil Code Article 2320 nor any other law imposing liability on a master for the offenses and quasi offenses of his servant shall impose liability on the state or any branch, department, office, agency, commission, or any officer,

official, or employee thereof for any acts or omissions

committed on or by any members of the after December 29, 1981, National Guard while engaged in training or duty under 32 U. S. C. 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505[.]" Accordingly, summary judgment is granted in favor of defendants, State of Louisiana through the

Department Louisiana National Guard, and Military and

plaintiffs' claims against them are dismissed.

JEW TMH WIL

DEPUTY C ERk OF COURT FOR THE COURT

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