WILLEBY v. JE MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

No. 2004 CW 2421.

917 So.2d 21 (2005)

Joel WILLEBY, Individually and as Natural Tutor of His Minor Daughter, Dawn Willeby v. JE MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Trent Thibodaux, Willie B. Hurst, James Scott Bissette, Paul Gentile, Darryl Robinson, David Rumfola, and Randy P. Farriel.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre G. Bourgeois, Judith R., Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, and Carlton Jones, III, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendants/Relators, JE Merit Constructors, et al.

R. Bruce Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Respondent, Joel Willeby, individually, and as natural tutor of his minor daughter, Dawn Willeby.

D. Blayne Honeycutt, Denham Springs, Counsel for Plaintiff/Respondent, Joel Willeby, individually, and as natural tutor of his minor daughter, Dawn Willeby.

B. Scott Cowart, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Intervenor/Respondent, Petroleum Casualty Co.

Before: CARTER, C.J., PETTIGREW, and McDONALD, JJ.


CARTER, C.J.

This court granted a writ of certiorari to resolve whether the trial court properly granted plaintiff's motion to strike jury trial.

FACTS

The instant action is a suit for damages arising out of a fire that occurred on January 13, 2002, at the Baton Rouge refinery of ExxonMobil Corporation, where plaintiff Joel Willeby was employed. Named as defendants are JE Merit Constructors, Inc. and...

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