ALLSTATE INS. CO. VERSUS DAN GABUS, ET AL.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 04-154 consolidated with 04-152 &04-153 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY VERSUS DAN GABUS D/B/A MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY AND/OR BAYOU CRANE PRODUCTIONS AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY ********** APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NUMBER 20025076 HONORABLE BYRON HEBERT, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD JUDGE ********** Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Billie Colombaro Woodard, and Marc T. Amy, Judges. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Gregory J. McDonald Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O Bannon 1010 Common Street, Suite 2200 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 (504) 310-1544 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Assurance Company of America Henry Provosty Edgar D. Gankendorff Christophe B. Szapary Provosty, Salder, deLaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2700 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 410-2795 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Dan Gabus d/b/a Martial Arts Academy and Bayou Crane Productions and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd s London Kraig Thomas Strenge Post office Drawer 52292 Lafayette, Louisiana 70502-2292 (337) 261-9722 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Styles Fashion Outlets, Inc. Lafayette Insurance Co. Robert L. Ellender Voorhies & Labbe Post Office Box 3527 Lafayette, Louisiana 70502-3527 (337) 232-9700 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLE: Domengeaux & Foreman d/b/a La Promenade Mall, et al. William M. Blackston Hoffman, Siegel, Seydel, et al. 2100 Poydras Center New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 523-1385 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLE: Allstate Insurance Co. WOODARD, Judge. 1 For the reasons assigned this day in Northern Ins. Co. of New York v. Dan Gabus, et al., 04-153 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/04), ___So.2d ___, we reverse the trial court s dismissal of Assurance Company of America on an exception of prescription. We remand the matter for further proceedings and cast the costs of this appeal on Defendant/Appellee, Gabus and its insurers. REVERSED AND REMANDED. 2
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