Rosalind Jones Larkins v. Hair Queen Beauty Supply, Inc., individually ABC and DEF Insurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

ROSALIND JONES LARKINS NO. 2025 CW 0910

VERSUS

HAIR QUEEN BEAUTY SUPPLY,

INC., INDIVIDUAL ABC AND DEF
INSURANCE COMPANY DECEMBER 18, 2025

In Re: Hair Queen Beauty Supply, Inc., applying for supervisory
writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East
Baton Rouge, No. 698535.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., WOLFE, MILLER, GREENE AND STROMBERG,
JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court’s August 7, 2025 judgment
which granted the Motion to Set Aside Judgment on Motion for
Summary Judgment and for a New Trial filed by plaintiff, Rosalind
Larkins, is reversed. Plaintiff failed to timely file an
opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by defendant,
Hair Queen Beauty Supply, Inc., pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art.
966, or seek a continuance of the hearing, as provided by La. Code
Civ. P. art. 967(C). The district court abused its discretion in
granting plaintiff’s Motion to Set Aside Judgment. Accordingly,
the Motion to Set Aside Judgment on Motion for Summary Judgment
and for a New Trial filed by plaintiff is denied, and the June 20,
2025 judgment which granted defendant’s Motion for Summary
Judgment is reinstated.

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HG
TPS

McClendon, C.J. and Miller, J., dissent and would deny the
writ.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

WLM 4k ALL LYO
KE PUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT