Roger Clark v. Danny Clark and Great Lakes Reinsurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT CW 10-918 consolidated with 10-1281

ROGER CLARK VERSUS DANNY CLARK AND GREAT LAKES REINSURANCE (UK), PLC ********** APPEAL FROM THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NO. 2009-3958 HONORABLE MARK A. JEANSONNE, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** MARC T. AMY JUDGE ********** Court composed of Marc T. Amy, Shannon J. Gremillion, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges.

WRIT GRANTED. REVERSED IN PART; MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY; DEFAULT JUDGMENT REVERSED AND VACATED IN PART; REMANDED.

Sidney W. Degan, III James A. Rowell Travis L. Bourgeois Carolyn C. Kolbe Degan, Blanchard & Nash Poydras Street, Suite 2600 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 529-3333 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT: Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK), PLC Joseph H. Jolissaint Napoleon Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (225) 757-5600 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT: Roger Clark AMY, Judge.

This matter was consolidated for review with an appeal lodged by the relator, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC. For discussion and disposition of the companion appeal, see Roger Clark v. Danny Clark and Great Lakes Reinsurance Company, 10-1281 (La.App. 3 Cir. _/_/11), __ So.3d __.

WRIT GRANTED. REVERSED IN PART; MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY; DEFAULT JUDGMENT REVERSED AND VACATED IN PART; REMANDED.