John Barret Smelley v. National Liability and Fire Insurance Company,et al

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT JOHN BARRET SMELLEY HUSBAND NO. 2026 CW 0051 OF/AND REBECCA SMELLEY VERSUS NATIONAL LIABILITY AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, RUSSELL B. JACKSON, WESTERN WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY, AND EAST BATON ROUGE HEAD START CENTER APRIL 08, 2026 In Re: Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 646363.

BEFORE : THERIOT, BALFOUR, AND HAGGERTY,1! JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court’s December 15, 2025 judgment which granted plaintiffs’ cross motion for partial summary judgment is reversed. A motion for summary judgment shall be granted if the motion, memorandum, and supporting documents show that there is no genuine issue as to material fact and that the mover is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. La. Code Civ. P. art. 966(A) (3). There remain issues of material fact in determining whether Russell Jackson was an employee which precludes the grant of this motion for partial summary judgment.

MRT BDH COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT \ Mey A Adis error CLERK OF COURT [See FOR THE COURT lHaggerty, J., serving pro tempore, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.