SAUCE v. BUSSELL

No. 54341.

298 So.2d 832 (1974)

Elise Cecile SAUCE, wife of/and Larry A. Sauce, Individually and on behalf of their minor children, Corey P. Sauce, et al. v. R. A. BUSSELL et al. C. W. RAMSHUR and Mrs. C. W. Ramshur v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Thos. LaBorde, LaBorde & Brooks, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Timothy J. McNamara, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian & Diaz, Lafayette, Michael J. McNulty, Jr., Bauer, Darnell, McNulty & Boudreaux, Jack C. Caldwell, Aycock, Horne, Caldwell, Coleman & Duncan, Franklin, Welton P. Mouton, Sr., L. H. Olivier, Welton P. Mouton, Jr., W. Gerald Gaudet, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, John M. Duhe, Jr., Caffery, Duhe & Davis, New Iberia, for defendants-respondents.


MARCUS, Justice.

The sole issue presented for our review is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion for a continuance and dismissing their claims with prejudice.

In order to resolve this issue, it is necessary to consider the posture of this litigation at the time the trial judge rendered his judgment.

These are two of eleven consolidated lawsuits arising out of an explosion at the residence of R. A. Bussell at 3004...

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