Walter Dickerson and Dewan Dickerson v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

WALTER DICKERSON AND DEWAN NO. 2021 CW 0637
DICKERSON

VERSUS

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY AUGUST 16, 2021
COMPANY OF AMERICA, ET AL

In Re: Southern Recycling, LLC, Travelers Property Casualty
Company of America, EMR ( USA Holdings) Inc., and Troy
D. Austin, applying for supervisory writs, 18th
Judicial District Court, Parish of Pointe Coupee, No.
49032.

BEFORE: MCDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The criteria set forth in Herlitz
Construction Co., Inc. v. Hotel Investors of New Iberia, Inc.,
396 So. 2d 878 ( La. 1981)( per curiam) are not met.

WIL
EW

McDonald, J., concurs in part and dissents in part. I

would grant the writ application in part and reverse the portion
of the trial court' s May 11, 2021 judgment granting plaintiffs'
Walter Dickerson and Dewan Dickerson' s motion for partial

summary judgment as to the affirmative defense asserted by
defendants, Troy D. Austin, Southern Recycling, L. L. C.,
Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, and EMR ( USA

HOLDINGS) Inc., raising the independent negligence of S& S Tool
and
Supply, Inc. based on S& S Tool and Supply, Inc.' s alleged

violation of La. R. S. 32: 53. See Perro v. Alvarado, 2020- 339
La. App. 3d Cir. 9/ 30/ 20), 304 So. 3d 997. I concur in the
denial of the writ application in all other respects.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY C E K OF COURT

FOR THE COURT