BERTHELOT v. BOH BROS. CONST. CO., L.L.C.

Civil Action No. 05-4182.

431 F.Supp.2d 639 (2006)

Colleen BERTHELOT, et al., v. BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., L.L.C., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

May 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Law Offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, for Colleen Berthelot, Jackie Berthelot, Heber Dunaway, Eric Anderson, Amy Janusa, and Michael Janusa.

Charles F. Seemann, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc., and Burk-Kleinpeter, LLC.

Richard John Tyler, Emily E. Eagan, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for James Construction Group, LLC.

Victor Elbert Stilwell, Jr., Ellis B. Murov, Francis J. Barry, Jr., John Wayne Martinez, Keith J. Bergeron, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Modjeski and Masters, Inc.

Thomas Livingston Gaudry, Jr., Wade Antoine Langlois, III, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, LLC, Gretna, LA, Thomas W. Darling, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Virginia Wrecking Company, Inc.

William D. Treeby, John M. Landis, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA, George T. Manning, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Julia E. McEvoy, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Washington Group International, Inc.

Thomas P. Anzelmo, Andre Jude Lagarde, Kyle P. Kirsch, Mark Emerson Hanna, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Metairie, LA, Ben Louis Mayeaux, James L. Pate, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Board of Commissioners for the Orleans Levee District.

Joseph Vincent Dirosa, Jr., City Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for New Orleans City, Edwin Compass and Ray C. Nagin.

Heather M. Valliant, Penya M. Moses-Fields, Victor L Papai, Jr., City Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for New Orleans City.

George R. Simno, III, Gerard Michael Victor, Sewerage & Water Board Legal Department, New Orleans, LA, for Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans.

Ralph Shelton Hubbard, III, Joseph Pierre Guichet, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Hanover Insurance Company, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, Standard Fire Insurance Company.

Gregory P. Varga, Stephen E. Goldman, Wystan M. Ackerman, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT, for Standard Fire Insurance Company.

Christopher W. Martin, Martin R. Sadler, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, LLP, Houston, TX, for Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest.

Seth Andrew Schmeeckle, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Hanover Insurance Company, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, Standard Fire Insurance Company.

David R. Simonton, Kevin P. Kamraczewski, Paul E.B. Glad, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Hanover Insurance Company.

Michael R.C. Riess, Charles Bruce Colvin, Kingsmill Riess, LLC, Terrence L. Brennan, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Boh Brothers Construction Co., LLC.

James C. Rather, Jr., McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Metairie, LA, for Board of Commissioners for the Orleans Levee District, Parish of Orleans.

Betty Finley Mullin, Herman C. Hoffmann, Jr., Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for B & K Construction Company, Inc.

Lesli D. Harris, Stephen G. Bullock, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for State Farm Fire & Casualty Company.

Neil Charles Abramson, Nora Bolling Bilbro, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Unitrin Preferred Insurance Company.

Judy Y. Barrasso, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Encompass Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company.

Edward R. Wicker, Jr., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Allstate Indemnity Company.

Susan Muller Rogge, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Encompass Insurance Company.

Kevin R. Derham, Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois & Morton, Metairie, LA, Lawrence J. Duplass, C. Michael Pfister, Jaime Michele Cambre, Kelly Cambre Bogart, Nicole McDaniel Bowen, Duplass Zwain Bourgeois & Morton, Baton Rouge, LA, for American Insurance Company.

Wayne J. Lee, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Washington Group International, Inc., State Farm Fire & Casualty Company.

Sarah House Barcellona, Stephen G. Bullock, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for State Farm Fire & Casualty Company.

Michael Courtney Keller, Phyllis Esther Glazer, Stephen F. Babin, Louisiana Department of Justice, Litigation Division, New Orleans, LA, for Kathleen Blanco and Louisiana State.

Deborah Louise Wilson, Belhia V. Martin, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Kimberly Williamson Butler.

James Bryan Mullaly, City Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for Edwin Compass and Ray C. Nagin.

Thomas Francis Gardner, Douglas A. Kewley, Erin E. Dearie, Gardner & Kewley, APLC, Metairie, LA, for Eustis Engineering Company, Inc.

William David Aaron, Jr., Richard Anthony Goins, Goins Aaron, APLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Eddie Jordan.

Catherine J. Finnegan, Robin D. Smith, Traci L. Colquette, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

Christopher Kent Tankersley, Dennis J. Phayer, Scott Owen Gaspard, Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Jefferson Parish and Aaron Broussard.


ORDER AND REASONS

DUVAL, District Judge.

Before the Court is a Motion to Disqualify Judge filed by the Board of Commissioners for the Orleans Levee District ("OLD") (Doc. 61)1 and a Motion for Recusal filed by the Washington Group International, Inc. ("WGI") (Doc. 63)2. Generally, these defendants seek the recusal of the undersigned judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 455(a)

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