LAMBERT v. ROUSSEL

Nos. 2007 CW 1109R, 2007 CW 1172R.

991 So.2d 8 (2008)

Carmen LAMBERT, Individually and Curatrix of Sherri Gonsoulin; Ryan Lambert, Individually and as Undercurator of Sherri Gonsoulin; Carmen Lambert and Ryan Lambert, Individually, and on behalf of their Minor Children, Kaitlyn Lambert and Kristyn Lambert; and Sherri Gonsoulin, Individually v. Deanne M. ROUSSEL, Robert P. Roussel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, George McRay Foster, George M. Foster, ABC Insurance Company, City of Hammond, DEF Insurance Company, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Witman, Valerie Theng Matherne, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiffs-Respondents, Carmen Lambert, et al.

Gus A. Fritchie, III, Chris H. Irwin, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Relator, City of Hammond and Coregis Insurance Company.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, Joni' Goeggle McKenzie, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Relator, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development.

Before KUHN, GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, DOWNING, and GAIDRY, JJ.


GUIDRY, J.

These writ applications come before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court for a full hearing and consideration of whether the trial court properly denied the relators' separate motions seeking dismissal of the underlying suit on the ground of abandonment.1

In March 1998, Sherri Gonsoulin was involved in a car accident in Hammond, Louisiana, and sustained severe and permanent injuries, including a brain injury...

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