Pat Swido and Tommie Swido v. Lafayette Insurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

CW 05-43
consolidated with CW 04-1674

PAT SWIDO AND TOMMIE SWIDO

VERSUS

LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.

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SUPERVISORY WRITS FROM THE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NO. 2000-783,
HONORABLE MARK A. JEANSONNE, DISTRICT JUDGE

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MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN
JUDGE

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Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Michael G. Sullivan, and
Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.

WRITS GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.

Russell L. Potter
Andrew Parker Texada
Stafford, Stewart & Potter
Post Office Box 1711
Alexandria, Louisiana 71309
(318) 487-4910
Counsel for Defendants/Applicants:
Lafayette Insurance Company
Erica Gaillard
Mark Gaillard

Raymond L. Brown, Jr.
Steven M. Oxenhandler
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell
Post Office Box 6118
Alexandria, Louisiana 71307-6118
(318) 445-6471
Counsel for Defendant/Respondent:
Miki Gaillard

Edgar John Litchfield
Attorney at Law
400 Poydras Street, Suite 2000
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
(504) 568-0541
Counsel for Intervenor/Respondent:
Charity Hospital & Medical Center of Louisiana

Robert Hairford
Attorney at Law
219 Europe Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(225) 267-6786
Counsel for Respondent:
Estate of Herman Hairford

Christopher J. Roy, Sr.
Timothy D. Shumate
Roy Law Office
Post Office Box 1911
Alexandria, Louisiana 71309-1911
(381) 487-9537
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Respondents:
Pat Swido
Tommie Swido

SULLIVAN, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in Pat Swido, et al. v. Lafayette Insurance Co., et al.,

04-1674 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/05), ___ So.2d ___, Defendants’ writ applications are

granted; the trial court’s denial of summary judgment is reversed; summary judgment

is granted in favor of Miki Gaillard, Mark and Erica Gaillard, and Lafayette Insurance

Company, and the Swidos’ claims against these defendants are dismissed with

prejudice. All costs associated with these writ applications are assessed to the

Swidos.

WRITS GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.