LOUVIERE v. LOUVIERE

Nos. 2001 CA 0089 to 2001 CA 0094.

839 So.2d 57 (2002)

Adele George LOUVIERE and Rogers George v. Chad LOUVIERE, Jerry Larpenter, Individually, and as Terrebonne Parish Sheriff. Debra Ann Deroche, Norman Joseph Deroche, Jr., and Their Two Minor Children v. Keith Estevens, Chief of Police of Thibodaux Police Department, City of Thibodaux Police Department, City of Thibodaux, and ABC Insurance Company. Glynn Duplantis, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Son, Kyle Duplantis; Phyllis Duplantis, Individually and as Tutrix of the Minor Child, Cammi Marie Bourg; and Roddy Duplantis v. Chad Louviere, Jerry Larpenter, Keith H. Estevens, the City of Thibodaux Police Department, the City of Thibodaux, Sphere Drake Insurance Company, Louisiana Sheriffs Risk Management Program, and Profit Protection, Inc. Erin and Brandee Theriot v. Thibodaux City Police Department, and Chad Louviere. Joseph and Monica Eskind v. Thibodaux City Police Department, and Chad Louviere. Janene C. Blanchard, Wife of/and Ken Blanchard; Their Minor Child, Ashley Blanchard; George Cavalier, Jr. and Diane Cavalier v. Chad Louviere, Jerry Larpenter, Individually and as Terrebonne Parish Sheriff, Thibodaux City Police Department, and Argent Bank.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ. Denied October 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Caruso, Robert L. Redfearn, Jr., New Orleans, David L. Landry, Thibodaux, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross Appellants, Adele George Louviere and Rogers George.

L. Lane Roy, Dawn L. Morris, Lafayette, Gus A. Fritchie, III, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant, Coregis Insurance Company.

David Stone, Alexandria, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Chad Louviere.

William F. Dodd, Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Jerry Larpenter, Sheriff, Terrebonne Parish.

Alan A. Zaunbrecher, Dennis J. Phayer, Metairie, David C. Peltier, Thibodaux, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants, Keith H. Estevens, the City of Thibodaux, and the Thibodaux Police Department.

Michael J. Samanie, Herbert W. Barnes, Houma, John White, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Glynn Duplantis, et al.

Dexter A. Gary, Houma, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Brandee and Erin Theriot and Monica and Joseph Eskind.

Daniel A. Claitor, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Janene C. Blanchard, et al.

Jena Smith-Malfatti, David S. Bland, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Debra Ann Deroche and Norman Joseph Deroche, Jr. and their two minor children.

Before: GONZALES, FOGG, FITZSIMMONS, GUIDRY, and CIACCIO, JJ.


GONZALES, J.

This case arose out of a tragic crime spree committed in Terrebonne Parish by Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office (TPSO) Deputy Chad Ray Louviere on October 17, 1996. While we have great sympathy for the victims and families of these tragic crimes, we note that we are constrained to follow the law.

On that date, Mr. Louviere, while on duty and driving his TPSO vehicle on Bull Run Road in Houma, turned...

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