Crain v. Sauls

Full title: KAY CRAIN, ET AL. v. DR. J. LANE SAULS CONSOLIDATED WITH CECIL LEE TAYLOR…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Sep 6, 2000

772 So. 2d 697 (La. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

Nos. 99-1437, 99-1436.

September 6, 2000.

Appeal From Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Beauregard No. C-96-2 and C-95-751, Honorable Stuart S. Kay, Jr., District Judge.

R. Scott Iles, P.O. Box 3385, Lafayette, LA 70502, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES CECIL LEE TAYLOR, MELVA JEAN BOYETT and MARTHA VARNELL.

Scott Westerchil, Tillman, Anderson Westerchil, 300 East Lula Street, Leesville, LA 71446, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES KAY CRAIN, MARY B. VAN ORDEN, BETTIE FOLSOM, BILLIE JO CHAMBLEE and JOHN RAYBURN.

Patrick J. Briney, Briney Foret, P.O. Drawer 51367, Lafayette, LA 70505-1367, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT DR. J. LANE SAULS.

M. Keith Prudhomme, Woodley, Williams, Boudreau, Norman, Brown Doyle, LLC, P.O. Box 3731, Lake Charles, LA 70602, COUNSEL FOR INTERVENOR/APPELLANT LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND OVERSIGHT BOARD.

Court composed of Judge Ned E. Doucet, Jr. C.J., Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Judge John D. Saunders, Judge Jimmie C. Peters, and Judge Marc T. Amy.

JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JUDGE

For reasons discussed in Cecil Lee Taylor, et al. v. Dr. J. Lane Sauls, 99-1436 (La.App. 3 Cir. 9/6/00); 772 So.2d 686, the judgement in this matter is affirmed. All costs of this proceeding are assessed against the defendant, Dr. J. Lane Sauls.

AFFIRMED.

THIBODEAUX, J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART AND ASSIGNS WRITTEN REASONS.

AMY, J., DISSENTS AND ASSIGNS REASONS.