PHILIP VAUGHN BURRIS, ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LAFAYETTE

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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT CA 05-33 consolidated with CA 05-29, CA 05-30, CA 05-31, and CA 05-32 PHILIP VAUGHN BURRIS, ET AL. VERSUS CITY OF LAFAYETTE ************ APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. 2000-5288 c/w NO. 99-1343, NO. 99-1543, NO. 99-1688, and NO. 2000-0526 HONORABLE EDWARD D. RUBIN, DISTRICT JUDGE ************ JAMES T. GENOVESE JUDGE ************ Court composed of Glenn B. Gremillion, Billy H. Ezell, and James T. Genovese, Judges. AFFIRMED. George J. Armbruster, III Richard D. Chappuis, Jr. 1540 West Pinhook Road Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT: City of Lafayette (Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government) Lawrence C. Billeaud 321 West Main Street, Suite 1-B Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Michael J. Rose, et al. Daniel M. Landry, III 214 Jefferson Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 3784 Lafayette, Louisiana 70502 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Larry M. Bailey, et al. Charles R. Sonnier Frank W. Summers, II P.O. Drawer 700 Abbeville, Louisiana 70511-0700 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: William J. Picard, et al. Stephen H. Meyers P.O. Box 51222 Lafayette, Louisiana 70505-1222 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Philip V. Burris, et al. GENOVESE, Judge. For the reasons assigned in the companion and consolidated case of Larry M. Bailey, et al. v. City of Lafayette, 05-29 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/05), ___ So.2d ___, the judgment of the trial court granting the Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment and denying Defendant s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed against the DefendantAppellant, City of Lafayette (Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government). AFFIRMED. 1

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