Ellen F. Earhart v. Great American Insurance Co., and Sentry Casualty Ins. Co.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
ELLEN F. EARHART NO. 2024 CW 0601

VERSUS

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY, SENTRY CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY AUGUST 23, 2024

In Re: Ellen F. Earhart, applying for supervisory writs, Office
of Workers' Compensation, District 5, No. 22-04723.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., PENZATO AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Once a judgment containing proper decretal
language is rendered, the order granting Defendant's Motion for
Summary Judgment will constitute a final and appealable judgment.
In order for a judgment to be a final and appealable one, it must
be precise, definite, and certain. It must also contain decretal
language, and it must name the party in favor of whom the ruling
is ordered, the party against whom the ruling is ordered, and the
relief that is expressly granted or denied without reference to
other documents in the record. Advanced Leveling & Concrete
Solutions v. Lathan Company, Inc., 2017-1250 (La. App. 1st Cir.
12/20/18), 268 So. 3d 1044, 1046 (en bane). Once a judgment with
appropriate decretal language is issued by the Office of Workers'
Compensation, it will represent a final, appealable judgment, and
the plaintiff, Ellen F. Earhart, will be entitled to file a motion
for an appeal therefrom in accordance with applicable law.

JMG
AHP
TPS

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT