Gene Smart v. Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

06-1331

GENE SMART, ET AL.

VERSUS

GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES &
RUNDELL, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF RAPIDES, NO. 223,539
HONORABLE GEORGE C. METOYER, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE

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MARC T. AMY
JUDGE

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Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Marc T. Amy, and Glenn
B. Gremillion, Judges.

WRIT GRANTED. DENIAL OF EXCEPTIONS OF VAGUENESS AND
IMPROPER CUMULATION OF ACTIONS REVERSED. REMANDED
WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

Chad A. Dudley
1300 Millerville Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-1231
(225) 272-5300
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS:
Gene Smart
Priscilla Babin

Richard C. Stanley
William M. Ross
Stanley, Flanagan & Reuter, L.L.C.
909 Poydras, Suite 2500
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 523-1580
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT:
James Ogden Middleton, II

Michael John O'Shee
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell
Post Office Box 6118
Alexandria, LA 71301
(318) 445-6471
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS:
Raymond L. Brown, Jr.
Henry B. Bruser, III
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues, &Rundell, L.L.C.
Robert G. Nida
Kenneth Odrie Ortego
Randall M. Seeser
Michael John O'Shee
Randall Lee Wilmore
Samuel Newman Poole, Jr.
Dorrell Jarrell Brister
Peggy Dean St. John
Gregory Brian Upton
Eugene Joseph Sues
Charles Stovall Weems, III
Edward E. Rundell

James P. Roy
Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, L.L.C.
Post Office Box 3668
Lafayette, LA 70502
(337) 233-3033
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS:
Raymond L. Brown, Jr.
Henry B. Bruser, III
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues, &Rundell, L.L.C.
Robert G. Nida
Kenneth Odrie Ortego
Randall M. Seeser
Michael John O'Shee
Randall Lee Wilmore
Samuel Newman Poole, Jr.
Dorrell Jarrell Brister
Peggy Dean St. John
Gregory Brian Upton
Eugene Joseph Sues
Charles Stovall Weems, III
Edward E. Rundell

AMY, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Gene Smart, et al. v. Gold,

Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, et al., 06-1414 (La.App. 3 Cir. _/_/07), _ So.2d _ the

trial court’s judgment denying the exceptions of vagueness and improper cumulation

of actions filed on behalf of J. Ogden Middleton is reversed. This matter is remanded

to the trial court with instructions to enter judgment granting the exception of

vagueness in compliance with La.Code Civ.P. art. 933(B) and to reserve

consideration of the exception of improper cumulation of actions until the pleadings

contain sufficient facts to assess the causes of action alleged. All costs of this

proceeding are assessed to the respondents, Gene Smart and Priscilla Babin.

WRIT GRANTED. DENIAL OF EXCEPTIONS OF VAGUENESS AND
IMPROPER CUMULATION OF ACTIONS REVERSED. REMANDED WITH
INSTRUCTIONS.