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COVINGTON v. McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 11-1077.

98 So.3d 414 (2012)

Collette Josey COVINGTON and Jade Covington v. McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, J. Michael Veron , J. Rock Palermo , Alonzo P. Wilson , Special Assistants Attorney General, Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, McNeese State University and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

Seth Hopkins , Houston, TX, James Hopkins , Sulphur, LA, Lee A. Archer , Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Collette Josey Covington and Jade Covington.

Neil Hahn , Director of Litigation Systems Advocacy, Lafayette, LA, for Amicus Curiae, The Advocacy Center.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

COOKS, Judge.

This appeal arises from the trial court's judgment rendering an award for attorney fees and costs to the prevailing attorneys in an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the comparable laws of Louisiana.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The facts of this case which served as the genesis of the present motion for attorney fees were previously set out by this court in Covington v. McNeese State Univ., 08-505 (La...

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