Ali Kazan And Ebony Medlin Individually And On Behalf Of Their Daughter Lia Kazan, Deceased v. Red Lion Hotels Corporation, Et Al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
February 22, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
ALI KAZAN AND EBONY MEDLIN
INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
DAUGHTER LIA KAZAN, DECEASED
VS.
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION, ET AL.
No. 2021-CC-01820
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IN R
E: Great Lakes Insurance SE - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory
Writ, Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial District Court Number(s) 263,393, Court of
Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) CW 21-00509;
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February 22, 2022
Writ application granted. See briefing notice and Order.
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Supreme Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA
New Orleans
CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L. WEIMER
JUSTICES
WILLIAM J. CRAIN
SCOTT J. CRICHTON
JAMES T. GENOVESE
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON D. HUGHES III
PIPER D. GRIFFIN
Six
th District
Fir
st District
Second District
Third District
Fourth District
Fifth District
Seventh District
VERO
NICA O. KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
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NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130-8102
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February 22, 2022
2021-CC-01820 ALI KAZAN, ET AL. VS. RED LION HOTELS
CORPORATION, ET AL.
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED February 22, 2022
MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL IN CAPTIONED CASE:
Please be advised that the above -captioned matter will be set for oral argument on this Court's next
available docket. A copy of the official docket with the specific date and time of oral argument will be
mailed out.
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court provides that the applicant or relator,
as the case may be, must file their briefs on or before March 21, 2022; and the respondent on or
before April 8, 2022.
Or
al argument will be waived if brief is untimely filed. Briefs submitted on legal sized paper should be
fastened at the top. All briefs should be backed with the customary "Blueback" or other flexible
material. In criminal proceedings, the court directs that counsel must file a brief. Failure to do so may
subject counsel to a penalty of contempt of Court.
It is further provided in Rule VII, Section 9 that briefs sent through the mail shall be deemed timely
filed if mailed on or before the due date. If the brief is received by mail on the first legal day following
the expiration of the delay, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it was timely filed. In all cases
where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the mailing shall be shown only by an official
United States postmark or by official receipt or certific ate from the United States Postal Service, or
bona fide commercial mail services such as Federal Express or United Parcel Service, made at the time
of mailing which indicates the date thereof. Any other date stamp, such as a private commercial mail
meter stamp, or label from an Automated Postal Center, shall not be used to establish timeliness.
Briefs forwarded by private delivery or courier service shall be deemed timely filed only if received by
the clerk on or before the last day of the delay for filing.
Wi
th kindest regards, I remain,
Ve
ry truly yours,
Th
eresa McCarthy
Second Deputy Clerk
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ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Patricia Evens Koch
Hon. Robin L. Hooter
Hon. Renee R. Simien
9th Judicial District Court: 263,393
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit: CW 21-00509
02/22/22

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2021-CC-01820
ALI KAZAN AND EBONY MEDLIN INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF
OF THEIR DAUGHTER LIA KAZAN, DECEASED

VERSUS
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION, ET AL.

On Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs
Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, No. 263,393;
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW 21-00509.

And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following order, to wit— “It is
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate of the case; and that counsel for all parties
be notified.”
Now, therefore, the said District Court and the Court of Appeal is hereby
commanded, in the name of the State of Louisiana and of this Honorable Court, to
send up forthwith to this Court, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 1, at the
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.

Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, on
this 22
nd day of February, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Two.

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Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court

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Deputy Clerk of Court