Case Name: Gene SMART, et al. v. GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES & RUNDELL, et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2007-04-04
Citations: 955 So. 2d 270
Docket Number: No. 06-1331
Parties: Gene SMART, et al. v. GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES & RUNDELL, et al.
Judges: Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 955
Pages: 270–270

Head Matter:
Gene SMART, et al. v. GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES & RUNDELL, et al.
No. 06-1331.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
April 4, 2007.
Chad A. Dudley, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Respondents, Gene Smart, Priscilla Babin.
Richard C. Stanley, William M. Ross, Stanley, Flanagan & Reuter, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Applicant, James Ogden Middleton, II.
Michael John O’Shee, Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, LA, James P. Roy, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Respondents, Raymond L. Brown, Jr., Henry B. Bruser, III, Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues, & Rundell, L.L.C., Robert G. Nida, Kenneth Odrie Ortego, Randall M. Seeser, Michael John O’Shee, Randall Lee Wilmore, Samuel Newman Poole, Jr., Dorrell Jarrell Brister, Peggy Dean St. John, Gregory Brian Upton, Eugene Joseph Sues, Charles Stovall Weems, III, Edward E. Rundell.
Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.

Opinion:
AMY, Judge.
For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Gene Smart, et al. v. Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, et al., 06-1414 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/4/07), 955 So.2d 263, 2007 WL 983222 the trial court's judgment denying the exceptions of vagueness and improper cumulation of actions filed on behalf of J. Ogden Middleton is reversed. This matter is remanded to the trial court with instructions to enter judgment granting the exception of vagueness in compliance with La.Code Civ.P. art. 933(B) and to reserve consideration of the exception of improper cumulation of actions until the pleadings contain sufficient facts to assess the causes of action alleged. All costs of this proceeding are assessed to the respondents, Gene Smart and Priscilla Babin.
WRIT GRANTED. DENIAL OF EXCEPTIONS OF VAGUENESS AND IMPROPER CUMULATION OF ACTIONS REVERSED. REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.