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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 6 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 21st day of January, 2004, are as follows: BY CALOGERO, C.J.: 2003-C -0619 DUSTIN PEPPER v. THOMAS SETH TRIPLET AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne) Accordingly, the judgments of the district court and the court of appeal in favor of the plaintiff are reversed; judgment is granted in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff's claim for damages is dismissed with prejudice. REVERSED.

1/21/04 SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 2003-C-0619 DUSTIN PEPPER VERSUS THOMAS SETH TRIPLET and ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF TERREBONNE CALOGERO, Chief Justice This dog-bites-man case represents the first time this court has considered the application of the legislature's 1996 revision of Louisiana Civil Code Article 2321 regarding the liability of an animal owner, particularly with respect to ownership of dogs. In pertinent part, Article 2321 as amended by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1,

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