Opinion
No. 06-1331.
April 4, 2007.
Appeal from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, No. 223,539, Honorable George C. Metoyer, Jr., District Judge.
Chad A. Dudley, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Respondents, Gene Smart, Priscilla Babin.
Richard C. Stanley, William M. Ross, Stanley, Flanagan Reuter, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Applicant, James Ogden Middleton, II.
Michael John O'Shee, Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues Rundell, Alexandria, LA, James P. Roy, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy Edwards, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, 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.
Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.
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. 4/4/07), 955 So.2d 263, 2007 WL 983222 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.