Legal Opinion

Kerry Maggio v. James Parker The Sandwich Kings, LLC (d/B/A Jimmy John's) Republic-Vanguard Insurance Company And Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 27, 2018No. 2017-CC-1112Published

1Dissent · WeimerWeimer, J.

I concur in the dissent of Justice Clark in this matter and write separately only to offer additional comments.

*881In my opinion, the fundamental flaw in the majority opinion is that it eschews civil law principles that recognize the supremacy of legislation1 and embraces a jurisprudential pronouncement ( Brown v. Drillers, Inc. , 93-1019 (La. 1/14/94), 630 So.2d 741 ) when a specific codal provision governs the resolution of this case. Specifically, La. C.C. art. 2046 provides:"When the words of a contract are clear and explicit and lead to no absurd consequences, no further interpretation may…

Also in this document: Dissent · Guidry; Dissent · Clark.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. Drillers, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Aguillard v. Auction Management Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
  3. Tweedel v. BrasseauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. Boullt v. SarpySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
  5. Lama v. ManaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950

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