Louisiana Patients'compensation Fund Oversight Board v. Susan Deano, John L. Deno & Mark Guilbeau

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

03-143

LOUISIANA PATIENTS’ COMPENSATION FUND
OVERSIGHT BOARD

VERSUS

SUSAN DEANO, JOHN L. DEANO & MARK GUILBEAU

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

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SYLVIA R. COOKS
JUDGE

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

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

AFFIRMED.

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.

COOKS, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Deano v. Akkaraju, 03-142

(La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/03), ___ So.2d ___, 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.