WESTRIDGE v. CLAIBORNE BUILDERS, INC.

No. 96-C-1527.

681 So.2d 16 (1996)

Maurice WESTRIDGE v. CLAIBORNE BUILDERS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., Darryl J. Foster, New Orleans, for Defendant/Relator, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.

Maurice Westridge, Brookhaven, MS, Plaintiff/Respondent, In Pro. Per.

Hammett & Baus, John V. Baus, Jr. New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent, Twin Cities Insurance Company.

Before BARRY, KLEES and MURRAY, JJ.


MURRAY, Judge.

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company seeks reversal of the trial court's judgment overruling its exception of res judicata. Both the plaintiff, Maurice Westridge, and USF & G's co-defendant, Twin Cities Insurance Company, filed briefs in response to USF & G's application for a writ of certiorari. We now grant the writ and affirm the trial court's ruling.

This suit was filed after a fire December 9, 1983, damaged two adjacent...

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