Law Industries, LLC v. State of Louisiana, Department of Education, Recovery School District and Advanced Environmental Consulting, Inc.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

LAW INDUSTRIES, LLC NO. 2020 CW 0749

VERSUS

STATE OF LOUISIANA,

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND

ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 CONSULTING, INC.

In Re: Orleans Parish School Board and Choice Foundation, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 676874.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, HIGGINBOTHAM, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court' s March 12, 2020 judgment the exception of nonjoinder filed by Advanced sustaining

Environmental Consulting, LLC is hereby reversed. Pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 641, we find that complete relief can be granted herein those already parties, and while the among

Orleans Parish School Board and the Choice Foundation claim an interest relating to this subject matter, they are not situated such that an adjudication in their absence would impair or impede their ability to protect that interest or leave the parties herein subject to a substantial risk of multiple or inconsistent obligations as the damages sought herein differ from those sought in the case pending in the Civil District Court in the Parish of Orleans. Therefore, Advanced Environmental Consulting, LLC' s exception of nonjoinder is denied.

JMG

TMH

WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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D PUT' L RK OF COURT

FOR THE COURT