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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 26 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 8th day of April, 2008, are as follows:

BY WEIMER, J.: 2007-CA-1680 SOUTHERN SILICA OF LOUISIANA, INC. AND MID STATE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY, L.L.C. v. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION(Parish of E. Baton Rouge) The judgments of the lower courts are reversed. This court decrees that Southern Silica is entitled to indemnity for the years 1977 through 1982 from LIGA, but only after the pro rata shares of all insurers that provided coverage in the Louisiana suits against Southern Silica are determined by judgment or settlement. Because LIGA also owes Southern Silica a defense for the 1977-1982 time period, indemnification for defense costs borne by Southern Silica can be recovered from LIGA upon proper proof thereof. REVERSED AND RENDERED. KNOLL, J., concurs in result.

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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 07-CA-1680 SOUTHERN SILICA OF LOUISIANA, INC. and MID STATE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY, LLC. VERSUS LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
On Appeal from the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Parish of East Baton Rouge

WEIMER, Justice Upon application by the defendant, we docketed review of this declaratory judgment action as an appeal. Southern Silica of Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, 07-1680 (La. 12/7/07), 969 So.2d 615. This court exercises its appellate jurisdiction under La. Const. art. V,

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