Opinion
No. 02-1082.
February 5, 2003
APPEAL FROM THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PARISH OF RAPIDES, NUMBER 196,543 HONORABLE GEORGE C. METOYER, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE.
J. Albert Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, Appeal Counsel, Louisiana Department of Justice, Division of Risk Litigation, Alexandria, Louisiana, COUNSEL FOR: State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Health and Hospitals.
Michael S. Koch, Neblett, Beard Arsenault, Alexandria, Louisiana, COUNSEL FOR: Boyd and Faye Martin.
Court composed of John D. Saunders, Billie Colombaro Woodard, Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
AFFIRMED IN PART; MODIFIED IN PART.