STUTES v. GREENWOOD MOTOR LINES, INC.

CA 17-53.

215 So.3d 287 (2017)

Ronald Lee STUTES, et ux. v. GREENWOOD MOTOR LINES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Paul Gieger, Jr. , Rachel G. Webre , Emily E. Eagan , Gieger, Laborde & Laperousse, L.L.C., 701 Poydras Street, # 4800, New Orleans, LA 70139, (504) 561-0400, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Lexington Insurance Co.

James Marshall Montgomery , Attorney at Law, 802 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 269-0083, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Ronald Lee Stutes, Carroll Lynn Stutes.

John Barney Davis, II , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, PC, 450 Laurel Street, 20th Floor, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, (225) 381-7000, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Gerald James Pitre, Jr., R & L Transfer, Inc., R & L Carriers Shared Services, LLC, R & L Carriers, Inc., Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc.

Laura Lee Putnam , Assistant Attorney General, 556 Jefferson St., 4th Floor, Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 262-1700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development.

Virginia Yoder Dodd , Kevin W. Welsh , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Post Office Box 4412, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4412, (225) 346-0285, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company.

Blake R. David , Broussard & David, LLC, Post Office Box 3524, Lafayette, LA 70502-3524, (337) 233-2323, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Carroll Lynn Stutes, Ronald Lee Stutes.

Court composed of Marc T. Amy, Phyllis M. Keaty, and David E. Chatelain, Judges.


This court issued a rule for the Defendants-Appellants, Lexington Insurance Company and American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, to show cause why their appeals should not be dismissed for having been taken from a judgment lacking proper decretal language. For the reasons assigned, we dismiss the appeals and remand this matter...

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