STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT MID - CITY AUTOMOTIVE, L. L. C. NO. 2021 CW 0348 VERSUS

STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, OFFICE OF APRIL 28, 2021 STATE POLICE

In Re: State of Louisiana, Office of Risk Management, Louisiana Self -Insurance Fund, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 647, 483.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, McCLENDON, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court' s December 17, 2020 judgment granting the class plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment regarding insurance coverage is reversed. The Office of Risk Management is not a party to this litigation. The class plaintiffs are not entitled to the relief sought as a matter of law. See La. Code Civ. P. Accordingly, art. the 966( A)( 3). motion for partial summary by the judgment class filed plaintiffs regarding insurance coverage is denied.

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