Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board v. Deano

Full title: LOUISIANA PATIENTS' COMPENSATION FUND OVERSIGHT BOARD v. SUSAN DEANO, JOHN…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Oct 1, 2003

856 So. 2d 165 (La. Ct. App. 2003)

Opinion

No. 03-143

October 1, 2003.

APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. 2002-2784 HONORABLE EDWARD D. RUBIN, DISTRICT JUDGE

Michael Keith Prudhomme, Thomas Patrick LeBlanc, Lundy Davis, Post Office Box 3010, Lake Charles, LA 70602, (337) 439-0707, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Louisiana Patients' CompensationFund Vidyadhar Akkaraju, M.D.

Edwin Byrne Edwards, Edwards Law Firm, Post Office Box 2970, Lafayette, LA 70502, (337) 237-6881, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Susan Deano, John L. Deano, and Mark Guilbeau.

W. Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, (225) 922-1000, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Louisiana Medical Mutual Ins. Co.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Oswald A. Decuir, and Marc T. Amy, Judges.

COOKS, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Deano v. Akkaraju, 03-142 (La.App. 3 Cir. 10/1/03), 856 So.2d 155, we affirm the judgment of the trial court sustaining the exception of no cause of action and dismissing the petition for declaratory judgment. All costs of this proceeding are assessed against appellant, the Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board.

AFFIRMED.

Amy, J, dissents for the reasons assigned in the companion case of Deano v. Akkaraju, 03-142 (La.App. 3 Cir. 10/1/03); 856 So.2d 155.