2012-CC-1697 RODNEY CHAMPAGNE, II AND WIFE, NICOLE CHAMPAGNE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ELIZABETH NICOLE CHAMPAGNE v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO., WAT

State: Louisiana

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 12CC1697.opn

Case Date: 03/19/2013

Plaintiff: 2012-CC-1697 RODNEY CHAMPAGNE, II AND WIFE, NICOLE CHAMPAGNE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ELI

Defendant: AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO., WATEROUS COMPANY, LAFAYETTE C

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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #016
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions handed down on the 19th day of March, 2013, are as follows:

BY GUIDRY, J.:
2012-CC-1697
RODNEY CHAMPAGNE, II AND WIFE, NICOLE CHAMPAGNE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ELIZABETH NICOLE CHAMPAGNE v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO., WATEROUS COMPANY, LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, LAFAYETTE PARISH FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, AND DANIEL LAVERGNE (Parish of Lafayette)
Judge Jefferson D. Hughes III, assigned as Justice pro tempore, sitting for Kimball, C.J. for oral argument. He now sits as an elected Associate Justice at the time this opinion is rendered. Retired Judge Patrick M. Schott, assigned as Justice ad hoc, sitting for Justice John Weimer, recused.
After reviewing the record and the law, we find the defendants
have failed to establish as a matter of law that the Workers

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