Marcel v. Rehabcare Group, Inc., 2008 WL 4657258, at *2 (E.D. La. Oct. 20, 2008) (citing La. Rev. Stat. ยง 40:1299.47(B)(1)(a); La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 933; Englande v. SmithKline, 206 F. Supp. 2d 815, 817 (E.D. La. Feb. 8, 2002); Brister v. Sw. La. Hosp. Ass'n, 624 So. 2d 970 (La. App. 3d Cir. 1993)); Williams v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 2003 WL 328310, at *1 (E.D. La. Feb. 12, 2003); Williams v. Notami Hosps. of La.,Inc., 927 So. 2d 368, 372-73 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2005); Lewis v. Crossman, 582 So.2d 991, 992-94 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1991). C. Inadequate Medical Care Claims
See alsoGreen v. Amerada Hess Corp., 707 F.2d 201, 205 (5th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1039, 104 S.Ct. 701, 79 L.Ed.2d 166 (1984); Cavillini v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., 44 F.3d 256, 259 (5th Cir. 1995). For the reasons stated by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier in Williams v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Civil Action No. 03-106 (E.D. La. 2003), by U.S. Senior Judge Livaudais in Ochoa v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Civil Action No. 03-105 (E.D. La. 2003), and by U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous inChaisson v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Civil Action 03-0191 (E.D. La. 2003), the Court finds that Dr. Mohnot, a non-diverse defendant, was not fraudulently joined. This Court, therefore, lacks subject matter jurisdiction.