Glover v. Shiflett Transport Services, Inc.

| iMURRAY, Judge,

dissenting with reasons:

I must respectfully dissent, because I find that the judgment at issue must be reversed under this court’s holding in Walker v. Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, Inc., 95-1934 (La.App. 4th Cir. 3/14/96), 671 So.2d 983.

In Walker, the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to strike an amending petition in its entirety, based upon the argument that although it added a new defendant, it was filed solely to assert an untimely jury demand. This court first noted that because a motion to strike was not the proper means to obtain the dismissal of a claim,…