Marcile v. Dauzat

JOHNSON, Justice.

| jThis writ application concerns Defendants’ entitlement to trial by jury. Specifically, we must determine whether this Court’s holding in Beauclaire v. Greenhouse 1 mandates that a resolution in accordance with La. R.S. 13:5105, waiving the prohibition against jury trials in suits against a political subdivision, must be passed by the political subdivision prior to a plaintiff filing suit for the political subdivision to be entitled to a trial by jury.

For the reasons that follow, we find Defendants are entitled to trial by jury, and therefore reverse the rulings of the…