Case Name: Sheila LAWSON, et al. v. Dr. Jeffrey STRAUS, et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1995-08-23
Citations: 660 So. 2d 892
Docket Number: Nos. 95-C-1017, 95-C-1028
Parties: Sheila LAWSON, et al. v. Dr. Jeffrey STRAUS, et al.
Judges: Before PLOTKIN, WALTZER and MURRAY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 660
Pages: 892–897

Head Matter:
Sheila LAWSON, et al. v. Dr. Jeffrey STRAUS, et al.
Nos. 95-C-1017, 95-C-1028.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Aug. 23, 1995.
Writ Denied Dec. 8, 1995.
Gwendolyn Sue Hebert, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for relator, Continental Cas. Co. (95-C-1017).
Margaret E. Bradley, Law Offices of Robert E. Birtel, Metairie, for relator, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (95-C-1028).
Jack A. Ricci, Gary John Giepert, Ricci & Giepert, New Orleans, for respondents, Dr. Jeffrey Straus and Louisiana Eye Center of New Orleans.
Before PLOTKIN, WALTZER and MURRAY, JJ.

Opinion:
| WALTZER, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Relators, Continental Casualty Company (95-C-1017) and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (95-C-1028), seek supervisory review of the trial court's action holding a partial summary judgment granted by the trial court to have been a final, ap-pealable judgment. The partial summary judgment of 29 March 1994 decreed that defendant Jeffrey Straus was owed a defense in this sexual harassment suit by insurers, Relators herein.
The issue before this Court is whether that partial summary judgment was an interlocutory order, from which this writ would be properly taken, or a final judgment, from which Relators were obliged to appeal in a timely manner.
We consolidate these writ applications, and deny the relief sought by Relators.
ANALYSIS
The legal issue is well settled.
In Treadway v. Vaughn, 633 So.2d 626 (La.App. 1st Cir.1993), writ denied, 94-0293 (La. 3/25/94), 635 So.2d 233, Continental Casualty Company, a Relator herein, appealed from a partial summary declaratory judgment on the issue of an insurer's duty to defend its insured. Continental argued there that La.C.C.P. art. 1915, defining the appeal-ability of partial judgments, made resolution of the "duty to defend" issue by partial ^summary judgment inappropriate. The court heard and rejected Continental's argument.
The judgments rendered against Relators hereinbelow on 29 March 1994 were not interlocutory. See, Dennis v. Finish Line, Inc., 93-0638 (La.App. 1 Cir. 3/11/94), 636 So.2d 944, writ denied, 94-1652 (La. 10/7/94), 644 So.2d 636; Charles v. LeBlanc, 93-871 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/2/94), 633 So.2d 866, writ denied, 94-1314 (La. 9/2/94), 643 So.2d 148; Ellis v. Transcontinental Ins. Co., 619 So.2d 1130 (La.App. 4th Cir.1993), writ denied 625 So.2d 1043 (La.1993), reconsideration denied, 629 So.2d 365 (La.1993); Siat v. Fauria, 494 So.2d 1224 (La.App. 5 Cir.1986), writ denied, 497 So.2d 1012 (La.1986), reconsideration denied, 500 So.2d 416 (La.1987).
Relators' reliance on Everything on Wheels v. Subaru South, 616 So.2d 1234 (La.1993) is misplaced. That case's reasoning applied to the appealability of judgments on partial exceptions. The Court's holding makes clear that this opinion is consistent with the Court's subsequent denial of writs in the Dennis, Charles, and Ellis cases:
A judgment which, without dismissing a party, adjudicates some (but less than all) claims, defenses, or issues presents a greater problem. Such a partial judgment usually results from a motion for summary judgment or a motion for judgment on the pleadings, both of which are specifically listed in Article 1915. But such a partial judgment can also result from an exception of no cause of action, as occurred in this case. Article 1915 lists the exclusive instances in which partial final judgments are permitted. Lee v. Lee, 375 So.2d 769 (La.App. 4th Cir.1979). Because Article 1915 does not authorize a partial final judgment on an exception of no cause of action (unless a party is dismissed), the judgment in the present case is an interlocutory judgment which is not appealable in the absence of irreparable injury. 616 So.2d at 1241. (Emphasis added.)
^CONCLUSION
Based on this uniform line of authority from four circuits including our own, and from which the Louisiana Supreme Court uniformly denied applications for writs, we conclude that Relators' remedy from the adverse judgments of 29 March 1994 was by appeal. The judgments were not interlocutory, and exercise of this Court's supervisory jurisdiction is inappropriate. We therefore deny supervisory relief under the facts and procedural history of this case.
WRIT DENIED. TRIAL COURT ACTION AFFIRMED.