CHAVERS v. BRIGHT TRUCK LEASING

No. 06-1011.

945 So.2d 838 (2006)

Ronald K. CHAVERS, et al. v. BRIGHT TRUCK LEASING, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Fazzio, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellants Ronald K. Chavers, Individually and as Tutor of the Minors, Christopher Shane Chavers and Megan Elizabeth Chavers, and Gloria Chavers, Individually.

Jeffrey A. Rhoades, Swift & Rhodes, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees Southern County Mutual Insurance Company, Associates Leasing, Inc., and Bright Truck Leasing Corporation.

G. Andrew Veazey, Bradford H. Felder, Huval, Veazey, Felder & Aertker, L.L.C., Lafayette, Louisiana, Joseph L. McReynolds, Beverly A. Aloisio, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P., Edgar John Litchfield, Berrigan, Litchfield, Schonekas, Mann, Traina & Thompson, L.L.C., Peter F. Liberto, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee Reliance Insurance Company (In Liquidation).

Donald D. Landry, Perrin, Landry, deLaunay & Durand, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees Homer B. Lingo and Lingo International, Inc.

Ralph E. Kraft, Jessica Devitt, Preis, Kraft, & Roy, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee Walter Mortensen Insurance.

Musa Rahman, Johnson, Stiltner & Rahman, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Intervenor/Appellee Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GENOVESE, Judge.

In this personal injury case, Plaintiffs, Ronald K. Chavers, individually, and as tutor of the minors, Christopher Shane Chavers and Megan Elizabeth Chavers, and Gloria Chavers, individually (collectively Chavers), appeal a judgment of the trial court granting the declinatory exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction filed by Defendant, Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance). Chavers also appeals the trial court's grant of the motion for summary...

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