PHILLIPS v. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 10-373.

54 So.3d 739 (2010)

Dwight PHILLIPS and Joy Phillips, Indiv., etc. v. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jarvis Jerome Claiborne , Kenneth M. Willis , Opelousas, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Dwight Phillips, Joy Phillips, and Joseph Shelvin.

Dawn L. Morris , Law Office of Dawn L. Morris, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Lafayette Parish School Board and Dr. Louella Cook, Indiv., Etc.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

Appellants, Dwight and Joy Phillips, individually, and on behalf of their minor son, Joseph Shelvin, assert that the trial court erred by striking their opposition to a motion for summary judgment and an affidavit attached to it, by granting a summary judgment in favor of Lafayette Parish School Board (the Board) and Louella Cook, and by relying on an affidavit not based on personal knowledge. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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