Ramelow v. Board of Trustees

Full title: Dr. Ulku RAMELOW v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Mar 31, 2004

908 So. 2d 1200 (La. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Nos. 2003-1484, 2003-1131.

March 31, 2004.

Appeal from the Fourteenth Judicial District Court Parish of Calcasieu, No. 98-6522. Honorable G. Michael Canaday, District Court Judge.

Reversed and Rendered.

John Michael Veron, Robert E. Landry, Scofield, Gerard, Veron, Singletary Pohorelsky, Elizabeth Brooks Hollins, Louisiana Department of Justice, Lake Charles, Counsel for: Defendant/Appellant — State of Louisiana, Board of Trustees, McNeese State University.

Charles Schrumpf, Schrumpf Schrumpf, Sulphur, Counsel for: Plaintiff/Appellee — Dr. Ulku Ramelow.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, C.J., JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and ARTHUR J. PLANCHARD,^_ Judges.

_ Honorable Arthur J. Planchard, retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tempore.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of Ramelow v. State of Louisiana, Bd. Trustees, MSU, 03-1131 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/31/04), 870 So.2d 415, the judgment of the trial court awarding liquidated damages and attorney fees is reversed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiff, Dr. Ulku Ramelow.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.