Case Name: Walter TABARY, Jr., Robert Tabary, Lloyd Tabary, Jeanette T. de Vezin, and Lorraine T. Curry v. D.H. HOLMES CO., LTD., and Greater Lakeside Corporation, d/b/a Lakeside Shopping Center
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-12-08
Citations: 499 So. 2d 1174
Docket Number: No. 86-CA-361
Parties: Walter TABARY, Jr., Robert Tabary, Lloyd Tabary, Jeanette T. de Vezin, and Lorraine T. Curry v. D.H. HOLMES CO., LTD., and Greater Lakeside Corporation, d/b/a Lakeside Shopping Center.
Judges: Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 499
Pages: 1174–1174

Head Matter:
Walter TABARY, Jr., Robert Tabary, Lloyd Tabary, Jeanette T. de Vezin, and Lorraine T. Curry v. D.H. HOLMES CO., LTD., and Greater Lakeside Corporation, d/b/a Lakeside Shopping Center.
No. 86-CA-361.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 8, 1986.
Irwin R. Sanders, Metairie, for plaintiffs-defendants,
Bruce J. Borrello, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.
Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.

Opinion:
GAUDIN, Judge.
Appellants filed the instant tort petition in the 24th Judicial District Court, where it was met by an exception of no cause of action. The exception was maintained and the suit dismissed.
We agree with the trial judge in that the petition, as it now stands, does not sufficiently state a cause of action. However, LSA-C.C.P. art. 934 indicates that when the grounds of the objections pleaded by the peremptory exception may be removed by an amended petition, the trial judge sustaining the exception shall permit an amendment.
Here, counsel for appellants-plaintiffs contends that he can remove the objections by and with an amended petition. We do not know, of course, if he can, but Art. 934's wording, particularly the word "shall", compels a remand for the trial judge to comply with the article's outlined procedure.
Accordingly, we remand this matter to the district court with instructions to the trial judge to order an amendment, within a specified time delay.
If the objectionable grounds cannot be removed, or if the appellants-plaintiffs fail to adhere to the order to amend, this action shall be then dismissed by the trial judge.
REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.