Opinion

Ames v. Ohle

  • 227 So. 3d 260
  • 2017 WL 4324935
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Sep 29, 2017
Status
Published
Author
Genovese
On the bench
Genovese
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH CIRCUIT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

GENOVESE, J.,

would grant and assigns reasons:

hi disagree with the majority’s denial of this writ. Plaintiff filed suit against defendant bank and others, alleging fraud and civil conspiracy. Defendant bank then filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs allegations and defendant bank’s defenses reveal numerous ambiguities creating *261 questions of material fact relative to defendant Ohle’s employment with the bank. In ruling on defendant bank’s motion for summary judgment relative to plaintiffs claims of fraud and civil conspiracy, the trial court weighed evidence and made credibility determinations which are not allowed when considering a motion for summary judgment. Weighing evidence and making credibility determinations are to be addressed at a trial on the merits, not at the summary judgment stage of the proceedings. For these reasons, I would grant the writ, reverse the trial court’s grant of defendant bank’s motion for summary judgment, and remand for further proceedings.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.