PAVICH v. ST. LANDRY PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 00-0587.

780 So.2d 608 (2001)

Russell PAVICH, M.D. Coroner v. ST. LANDRY PARISH POLICE JURY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Carriere, Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Russell Pavich, M.D. Coroner.

Hon. Kenneth Boagni Jr., Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Town of Grand Coteau, LA, Town of Washington, LA.

I. Jackson Burson Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Eunice, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, St. Landry Parish Police Jury, James C. Eaglin, Pat Miller, Huet Picheau Dupre, Ronald E. Buschel, Ralph Nezat, Roy A. Guilbeau, Ronald Dugas, Wayne Ardoin, Howard Austin, Andrew Castille, Al Red Bihm, Gary Courville, Allen Guillory.

Jerry Joseph Falgoust, Dauzat, Falgoust, Caviness, Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, City of Opelousas, LA.

Jacque Berchmans Pucheu Jr., Pucheu, Pucheu, Eunice, LA Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, City of Eunice, LA.

Chuck David Granger, Morrow, Morrow, Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Town of Krotz Springs, LA, Town of Leonville, LA, Town of Port barre, LA, Town of Arnaudville, LA.

Clovus Jackson Ashley II, Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Town of Melville, LA.

Court composed of Chief Judge DOUCET,, Judge SULLIVAN, and Judge GREMILLION.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendants, the St. Landry Parish Police Jury, the City of Opelousas, and the City of Eunice, appeal the trial court's judgment granting and making peremptory a writ of mandamus filed by the plaintiff, Russell Pavich, M.D., Coroner, the St. Landry Parish Coroner. Pavich was awarded fees for services rendered, operational expenses, and attorney's fees certified as being necessary or unavoidable expenses of the coroner's office. For the following...

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