Partner with Melchiode Marks King.
Reported Decisions/Slip Opinions:
- Aucoin-Hart Jewelers, Inc. v. Metairie Shopping Ctr., L.L.C., 18-36 (La.App. 5 Cir. 5/30/18)
- D & D Drilling & Expl., Inc. v. XTO Energy, Inc., 2015-626 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/4/16), 191 So. 3d 1166, reh'g denied (July 13, 2016)
- Fernandez v. Hand Const., LLC, 2015-0615 (La. App. 4 Cir. 5/16/16), 194 So. 3d 1149.
- Colony Insurance Company v. Jatinder Singh et al., No. 3:15-cv-00925, United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi.
- Red Dot Buildings, Inc. v. GM&R Constr. Co. Inc., No. CV 14-2803, 2016 WL 1182578 (E.D. La. Mar. 28, 2016)
- D&D Drilling & Expl., Inc. v. XTO Energy, Inc., 2015-631 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/4/16)
- Alfred Conhagen, Inc. v. Ruhrpumpen, Inc., No. 15-3687, United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana (December 1, 2015).
- D&D Drilling & Exploration, Inc. v. XTO Energy, Inc., 15-1881 (La. 11/20/15), 180 So.3d 313.
- Dupre v. Todd Shipyards Corp., 2011 WL 4551439 (E.D.La. September 29, 2011)
- Leola Isaac v. Lapalco Court Apartments., et al., No. 2014-C-746, Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, State of Louisiana (October 10, 2014).
- Sean Duffy v. Essex Insurance Company, et al. No.2014-C-0741, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, State of Louisiana (September 23, 2014).
- Rodrigue v. Continental Ins. Co., 2014 WL 4999465, (E.D.La.,2014).
- Robert Ticknor, et al. v. Rouse's Enterprises LLC, No. 12-1151, E.D. La.; 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21129.
- Mary Champagne-Barnes et al. v. C.R. Pittman Construction, Inc., et al., No. 2013-C-0317. Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, State of Louisiana (July 11, 2013)
- George Raymond Williams v. Mor-Tem Risk Management Services Inc. et al., 2012 WL 1014752 (W.D.La.,2012)
- Hammerman & Gainer, Inc. v. Stratacare, Inc., 2011 WL 1806514 (W.D.La.,2011)
- Hammerman & Gainer, Inc. v. Stratacare, Inc., 2010 WL 4531381 (W.D.La.,2010)
- Hammerman & Gainer, Inc. v. Stratacare, Inc., 2010 WL 3927776 (W.D.La.,2010)
- McMellar et al. v. Patel et al., 38 So. 3d 360 (La. 2010).
9.5.19
Reeves Prevails on Motion for Summary Judgment; Insurance Coverage:
In Cotton v. Brentwood Hospital, Case No. 597,747-B before the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish, Reeves, representing his client, Evanston Insurance Company, prevailed on a motion for summary judgment. In this case, Reeves' client issued an insurance policy to a painter. Allegedly, the painter failed to properly perform an interior paint job for a local hospital. The hospital claimed approximately $100,000 in damage caused by the improperly performed work. Reeves filed a motion for summary judgment under Evanston's commercial general liability policy, raising the argument that Evanston should be dismissed because a commercial general liability policy does not provide insurance coverage for poorly performed work. According to Louisiana law, improperly performed work is either not a covered accident under a liability policy, or is excluded by the "work-product" exclusions of a standard liability policy. The court agreed, and Reeves' client was dismissed from the lawsuit.