STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT ALICIA R. DIXON AND WEST J. NO. 2025 CW 0447 DIXON VERSUS D.R. HORTON, INC.,-GULF COAST; BELL MECHANICAL SERVICES; AND BELL JULY 08, 2025 MECHANICAL HOLDINGS, LLC In Re: D.R. Horton Inc.- Gulf Coast, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 716640.

BEFORE : HESTER, EDWARDS, AND BALFOUR, JJ.

STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER AND DENIED IN PART. The trial court has not yet ruled on D.R. Horton, Inc. Gulf Coast’s originally filed April 11, 2022 exceptions of prematurity and improper venue. The writ is granted for the sole purpose of ordering the trial court to rule on those exceptions on or before July 22, 2025. The writ is denied in all other respects.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT hewle 3d.

PUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT