LANDRY v. LOUISIANA, 2007-1907, 2007-1908 (La. 5/21/08)

Murray Law Firm, Stephen Barnett Murray, Arthur M. Murray, Nicole Ieyoub Murray, New Orleans; Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel Wilson, Thomas Allen Filo, Paul Joel Cox, Richard Elliott Wilson, Lake Charles, for applicant in 2007-C-1907. Haik, Minvielle Grubbs, Theodore Michael Haik, III, New Iberia; Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan O'Bannon, John W. Waters, Jr., New Orleans, for respondent in 2007-C-1907. Andrew L. Plauch Jr, Harry Alston Johnson, III, and James K. Ordeneaux, New Orleans, for amicus curiae, Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance. Daniel Michael Redmann, Metairie, for Fidelity Deposit Co. of Maryland, Empire Fire Marine Ins. Co., Empire Indemnity Ins. Co., and Centre Insurance Co., Bruce Campbell Dean, Metairie, Michael Ryan Casey, Cynthia Green St. Amant, Soren Erik Gisleson, Russ Michel Herman, Stephen Jay Herman, Allan Kanner, and Joseph Edward Cain, New Orleans, for amicus curiae Louisiana Association for Justice. William Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae, American Insurance Association.