Case Name: Dwanna DUPLESSIS v. John A. KLIEBERT and the Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co. In re ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1989-08-14
Citations: 548 So. 2d 358
Docket Number: No. 89-C-1529
Parties: Dwanna DUPLESSIS v. John A. KLIEBERT and the Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co. In re ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Louisiana.
Judges: Before BECKER, GARRISON and CIACCIO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 548
Pages: 358–358

Head Matter:
Dwanna DUPLESSIS v. John A. KLIEBERT and the Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co. In re ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Louisiana.
No. 89-C-1529.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Aug. 14, 1989.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jesse James Marks, David A. Dalia, Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for relator.
McNeil J. Kemmerly, Metairie, for John A. Kliebert and Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co.
Darken M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for Dwanna Duplessis.
Before BECKER, GARRISON and CIACCIO, JJ.

Opinion:
WRIT GRANTED AND STAY ORDER ISSUED. Exception to nonjoinder of an indispensable party filed by the Attorney General is maintained. The hearing on the motion for summary judgment is hereby stayed until such time as defendants, John A. Kliebert and Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, either amend their answer to include the Attorney General as an indispensable party or dismiss their claims of the unconstitutionality of L.S.A.-C.C. article 2315.4. . See L.S.A.-C. C.P. article 1880 and Lemire v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., 458 So.2d 1308 (La.1984).