Legal Opinion
Mendonca v. Tidewater, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 2011No. 2011-CA-0318PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.
|! This is a nullity action. Gerard Men-donca, the pro se plaintiff, appeals the judgment of the trial court which granted the peremptory exceptions of res judicata and no cause of action filed by the defendant, Tidewater, Inc.; granted Tidewater’s motion for La. C.C.P. art. 863 sanctions; and revoked, on the court’s own motion, Mr. Mendonca’s in forma pauperis status. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Over a decade ago, Mr. Mendonca, who currently resides in Australia, commenced the underlying suit in Orleans Parish Civil…
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