Clark A. Gunderson, M.D. v. F. A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

05-1129
consolidated with CW05-917

CLARK A. GUNDERSON, M. D., ET AL.

VERSUS

F. A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ,
PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 2004-2417,
HONORABLE ROBERT L. WYATT, DISTRICT JUDGE

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MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN
JUDGE

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Court composed of Jimmie C. Peters, Michael G. Sullivan, and Glenn B. Gremillion,
Judges.

WRIT DENIED; JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

Thomas A. Filo
Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, L.L.P.
723 Broad Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
(337) 436-6611
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Applicants/Appellees:
Beutler-England Clinic
Dr. Clark Gunderson
Dr. Frank W. Lopez

Stephen B. Murray
Arthur M. Murray
Nicole A. Ieyoub
The Murray Law Firm
909 Poydras Street, Suite 2550
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 525-8100
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Applicants/Appellees:
Beutler-England Clinic
Dr. Frank W. Lopez
Dr. Clark Gunderson

John S. Bradford
William B. Monk
Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio,
Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P.
One Lakeside Plaza, Fourth Floor
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
(337) 436-9491
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Applicants/Appellees:
Dr. Clark Gunderson
Beutler-England Clinic
Dr. Frank W. Lopez

Charles S. McCowan, Jr.
Todd A. Rossi
Terrence D. McCay
Charles S. McCowan, III
Louis V. Gregoire, Jr.
Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond,
McCowan & Jarman, LLP
Post Office Box 3513
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
(225) 387-0999
Counsel for Defendant/Respondent/Appellant:
Focus Healthcare Management, Inc.

Michael Kendall
Lauren M. Papenhausen
Jennifer S. Geetter
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
28 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1775
(617) 535-4000
Counsel for Defendant/Respondent/Appellant:
Focus Healthcare Management, Inc.

Gustave A. Fritchie, III
David W. O’Quinn
Douglas J. Moore
Irwin, Fritchie, et al
400 Poydras Street, Suite 2700
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
(504) 310-2100
Counsel for Defendant:
Cambridge Integrated Services, Inc.

John E. Galloway
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith
701 Poydras Street, Suite 4040
New Orleans, Louisiana 70139
(504) 525-6802
Counsel for Defendant:
F. A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

Perry R. Staub, Jr.
Larry E. Demmons
Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Straub,
Rougelot & O’Brien
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2100
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-2100
(504) 599-8500
Counsel for Defendant:
First Health Group Corporation

Janice B. Unland
Robert T. Lorio
Paul Eric Harrison
Rabalais, Unland & Lorio
5100 Village Walk, Suite 300
Covington, Louisiana 70433
(985) 893-9900
Counsel for Defendant:
National Loss Control Management, Inc.

Steve M. Sikich
The Sikich Law Firm
Post Office Box 1432
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
(337) 721-8008
Counsel for Defendant:
First Health Group Corporation

E. Paige Sensenbrenner
John B. Davis
Rusty John Savoie
Andrew C. Kolb
Adams & Reese
701 Poydras Street, Suite 4500
New Orleans, Louisiana 70139
(504) 585-0283
Counsel for Defendant:
AIG Claims Service, Inc.

Kimberly G. Anderson
Attorney at Law
701 Poydras Street, 40th Floor
New Orleans, Louisiana 70139
(504) 525-2456
Counsel for Defendant:
F. A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

Theodore Robert Scarborough
Attorney at Law
10 S. Dearborn Street, 48th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 853-7000
Counsel for Defendant:
AIG Claims Service, Inc.

SULLIVAN, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in Gunderson v. F. A. Richard & Associates, Inc.,

CW05-917 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/__/06), ___ So.2d ___, the judgment of the trial court

is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to Defendant/Appellant, Focus

Healthcare Management, Inc.

AFFIRMED.