SOILEAU v. SMITH TRUE VALUE AND RENTAL

No. 11-1594.

95 So.3d 1214 (2012)

Mary Phyllis SOILEAU v. SMITH TRUE VALUE AND RENTAL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Glenn Soileau , Jacques P. Soileau , Soileau & Soileau, Breaux Bridge, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Mary Phyllis Soileau.

Anthony C. Dupre , Attorney at Law, Ville Platte, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Smith True Value and Rental.

Bradley C. Myers , John P. Jakuback , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowand & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Risk Management, Inc.

Peter F. Caviness , Steven J. Bienvenu , Dauzat, Falgoust, Caviness & Bienvenu, L.L.P., Opelousas, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louisiana Municipal Risk Management.

J. Michael Percy , Andrew P. Texada , Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Deere and Company, John Deere Limited.

Richard J. Petre, Jr. , Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, Rodney Janis , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelmen & Dicker LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant/Appellee, Smith's Hardware.

Charles M. Lanier, Jr. , Mary Beth Meyer , Christovich & Kearney, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Hartford Insurance Company.

Karen Day White , Louisiana Municipal Association, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louisiana Municipal Association.

Court composed of Jimmie C. Peters, Elizabeth A. Pickett, and Shannon J. Gremillion, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The plaintiff, Mary Phyllis Soileau, and the defendant, Hartford Insurance Company, appeal a jury verdict in Soileau's favor. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court's denial of Hartford's exception of no right of action, grant judgment in its favor, and dismiss it from the action.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The plaintiff, Mary Phyllis Soileau, sustained serious injuries following a November 2007 accident in...

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