Omolabake Ojomo-Bakare and Dele Bakare, Individually and on behalf of their minor child, Britney Bakare v. Baton Rouge Community College, The Baton Rouge Community College Foundation, Inc. and XYZ Insurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

OMOLABAKE OJOMO- BAKARE AND NO. 2021 CW 1488
DELE BAKARE, INDIVIDUALLY

AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILD, BRITNEY BAKARE

VERSUS

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY JANUARY 31, 2022
COLLEGE, THE BATON ROUGE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FOUNDATION, INC. AND XYZ
INSURANCE COMPANY

In Re: The State of Louisiana, through the Board of

Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical
Colleges, applying for supervisory writs, 19th
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge,
No. 688629.

BEFORE: McDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court judge sitting
pro tempore had the authority to review any interlocutory order
she rendered during the progress of this case under the broad
powers conferred by La. Code Civ. P. art. 1631. Prior to final
judgment, the judge had the discretion to change the substance

or the result of an interlocutory ruling she found to be
erroneous and set it aside without any formal motion. See
Jackson v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., 2017- 0830, ( La. App. 1st Cir.
9/ 21/ 18), 2018 WL 4562071, at * 3( unpublished). The district
court' s November 5, 2020 order granted a new trial and vacated

the original judgment that denied defendant' s exceptions.

Although the exceptions were reset for hearing, when the matter
came before the district court on September 7, 2021, the court

treated it as a hearing on a motion for new trial rather than a
hearing on the exceptions. As a result of the prior ruling that
vacated the initial ruling on the exceptions, there is currently
no ruling on defendant' s exceptions. Accordingly, the September
30, 2021 judgment denying a new trial is vacated. The matter is
remanded to the district court for consideration of the
exceptions of No Cause Action,
Insufficiency of Service of
of

Process, and Vagueness with Motion to Strike filed by defendant,
Baton Rouge Community College.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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