COSEY O/B/O HILLIARD v. FLIGHT ACADEMY

NO. 2019-CA-0756, NO. 2019-CA-0785.

365 So.3d 76 (2020)

Khiry COSEY ON BEHALF OF Her Minor Children, Corbin HILLIARD and Allyssa Hilliard Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Reginald Hilliard, Jr; Tiara Liggins On Behalf of Her Minor Child, Takhiree Hilliard Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Reginald Hilliard, Jr.; Tukeya Jarvis Individually and on Behalf of Thomas Hilliard; and Dorothy Jarvis v. FLIGHT ACADEMY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC; Jazz Aviation, LLC; QBE Insurance Corporation; Christiansen Aviation, Inc.; ABC Insurance Company; Signature Flight Support Corporation; Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE; The Estate of James Biondo; and Def Insurance Company Khiry Cosey On Behalf of Her Minor Children, Corbin Hilliard and Allyssa Hilliard Individually and On Behalf of the Estate of Reginald Hilliard, Jr; Tiara Liggins On Behalf of Her Minor Child, Takhiree Hilliard, et al. v. Flight Academy of New Orleans, LLC; Jazz Aviation, LLC; QBE Insurance Corporation; Christiansen Aviation, Inc.; ABC Insurance Company; Signature Flight Support Corporation; Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE; the Estate of James Biondo; and Def Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Sileo , Casey W. Moll , LAW OFFICE OF JOHN D. SILEO, LLC, 320 North Carrollton Avenue, Suite 101, New Orleans, LA 70119, Ike Spears , SPEARS & SPEARS, 1631 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117, Roderick "Rico" Alvendia , Jeanne K. Demarest , Kurt A. Offner ALVENDIA, KELLY & DEMAREST, L.L.C., 909 Poydras Street, Suite 1625, New Orleans, LA 70112-4500, Eric J. Allen , ZEHL & ASSOCIATES, PC, 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1120, Houston, TX 77056, Cleo Fields , THE FIELDS LAW FIRM, LLC, 2147 Government St., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

D. Russell Holwadel , Heather A. England Reznik , ADAMS HOEFER HOLWADEL, L.L.C., 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2450, New Orleans, LA 70130, Stephen P. Hall , PHELPS DUNBAR LLP, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000, New Orleans, LA 70130, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE.

(Court composed of Judge Roland L. Belsome, Judge Daniel L. Dysart, Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano).


This is an appeal of a trial court judgment granting motions for summary judgment in favor of defendants, Christiansen Aviation, Inc., and its insurer, Old Republic Insurance Company. After a de novo review of the record, we find that the trial court properly granted the summary judgments, and we affirm.

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