Margaret Chouest v. Stephen Guy Delaup, Connick and Connick, LLC and CNA Financial Corporation d/b/a CNA and/or Continental Casualty Company d/ba CNA

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

MARGARET CHOUEST NO. 2020 CW 0468

VERSUS

STEPHEN GUY DELAUP, CONNICK
AND CONNICK, L. L. C., AND CNA
FINANCIAL CORPORATION D/ B/ A
CNA AND/ OR CONTINENTAL
JUNE 24, 2020
CASUALTY COMPANY, INC. D/ B/ A
CNA

In Re: Stephen Guy deLaup, and S. Guy deLaup, APLC, and

Continental Casualty Company, applying for supervisory
writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East

Baton Rouge, No. 678670.

BEFORE: MCCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The portions of the trial court' s May 11,
2020 judgment which granted the motion for summary judgment
filed by plaintiff, Margaret Chouest, and awarded a money
judgment, together with legal interest thereon and court costs,

in favor of plaintiff, Margaret Chouest, and against defendants,
Stephen Guy deLaup and his insurer, Continental Casualty
Company, Inc., are reversed. Genuine issues of material fact as

to liability and damages preclude the granting of summary
judgment herein.

JEW
GH

McClendon, J., concurs, but notes that plaintiff is not

precluded from
filing another motion for summary judgment once

discovery has been completed.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT