J.R.A. Inc. v. Essex Insurance Co.

| i Where a discrepancy exists between the judgment and the reasons for judgment, the judgment prevails; or stated *887another way, the reasons for judgment do not control and form no part of a trial court’s judgment from which an appeal is taken. Jim Walter Homes v. Long, 02-0950, p. 3 (La.App. 4 Cir. 12/18/02), 835 So.2d 877, 878-79; Perkins v. Willie, 01-0821, p. 5 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2/27/02), 818 So. 167, 171; see also La. C.C.P. art. 1918. As was said by the Fifth Circuit in Leonard v. Favaloro, 05-206, pp. 6-7 (La.App. 5 Cir. 10/6/05), 916 So.2d 1191, 1194:

Under the circumstances, we are…