Pat Swido and Tommie Swido v. Lafayette Insurance Company

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

CW 05-43 consolidated with CW 04-1674

PAT SWIDO AND TOMMIE SWIDO

VERSUS

LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.

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SUPERVISORY WRITS FROM THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NO. 2000-783, HONORABLE MARK A. JEANSONNE, DISTRICT JUDGE

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MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN JUDGE

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Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Michael G. Sullivan, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.

WRITS GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.

Russell L. Potter Andrew Parker Texada Stafford, Stewart & Potter Post Office Box 1711 Alexandria, Louisiana 71309 (318) 487-4910 Counsel for Defendants/Applicants: Lafayette Insurance Company Erica Gaillard Mark Gaillard Raymond L. Brown, Jr. Steven M. Oxenhandler Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell Post Office Box 6118 Alexandria, Louisiana 71307-6118 (318) 445-6471 Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: Miki Gaillard

Edgar John Litchfield Attorney at Law 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2000 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 568-0541 Counsel for Intervenor/Respondent: Charity Hospital & Medical Center of Louisiana

Robert Hairford Attorney at Law 219 Europe Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 267-6786 Counsel for Respondent: Estate of Herman Hairford

Christopher J. Roy, Sr. Timothy D. Shumate Roy Law Office Post Office Box 1911 Alexandria, Louisiana 71309-1911 (381) 487-9537 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Respondents: Pat Swido Tommie Swido SULLIVAN, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in Pat Swido, et al. v. Lafayette Insurance Co., et al.,

04-1674 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/05), ___ So.2d ___, Defendants’ writ applications are

granted; the trial court’s denial of summary judgment is reversed; summary judgment

is granted in favor of Miki Gaillard, Mark and Erica Gaillard, and Lafayette Insurance

Company, and the Swidos’ claims against these defendants are dismissed with

prejudice. All costs associated with these writ applications are assessed to the

Swidos.

WRITS GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.