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KENDRICK LACOSTE, AND NO. 2024 CW 1111 KENNETH LACOSTE

VERSUS

STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FEBRUARY 10, 2025 CORRECTIONS LOUISIANA STATE PRISON

In Re: State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Sgt. Benjamin Barnes, Cadet Quatangelia Anderson, Lt. Tammy McDonald, and Sgt. Twyla Ware, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 23344.

BEFORE: PENZATO, STROMBERG, AND CALLOWAY, 1 JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s October 28, 2024 judgment that denied the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Sgt. Benjamin Barnes, Cadet Quatangelia Anderson, Lt. Tammy McDonald, and Sgt. Twyla Ware, is vacated.

Defendants raised objections to the evidence submitted by the plaintiffs; however, the district court failed to rule on the admissibility of such evidence. La. Code Civ. P. art. 966( D)( 2) provides that the court " shall specifically state on the record or in writing whether the court sustains or overrules the objections raised." This matter is remanded to the district court for compliance with La. Code Civ. P. art. 966( D) ( 2), and a ruling on the motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants after determination of any evidentiary issues, pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 966 ( D) ( 2) .

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DnUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT

Calloway, J., serving as judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.