
    Brandon MASON, et al. v. James Ray HILTON, et al.
    No. 2012-CC-0763.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    April 9, 2012.
   PER CURIAM.

| granted. The decision of the trial court to deny the defendants’ right to a jury trial is reversed and the defendants’ right to jury trial is reinstated. “The right of a litigant to a jury trial is fundamental in character and the courts will indulge every presumption against a waiver, loss, or forfeiture thereof.” Berrigan v. Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, 04-0189 (La.3/26/04), 871 So.2d 332.

KNOLL, J., would deny stay and writ.

JOHNSON, J., recused.

KIMBALL, C.J., not participating.  