Gunderson v. F.A. Richard & Associates, Inc. 937 So. 2d 927

Clark A. GUNDERSON, M.D., et al. v. F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.

No. 05-1129.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Aug. 23, 2006.

Thomas A. Filo Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, L.L.P., Lake Charles, Stephen B. Murray, Arthur M. Murray, Nicole A. Iey-oub, The Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, John S. Bradford, William B. Monk, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P., Lake Charles, for Plaintiffs/Applicants/Appellees, Beutler-Eng-land Clinic, Dr. Clark Gunderson, Dr. Frank W. Lopez.

Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Todd A. Ros-si, Terrence D. McCay, Charles S. McCowan, III, Louis V. Gregoire, Jr., Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLP, Baton Rouge, Michael Kendall, Lauren M. Papenhausen, Jennifer S. Geetter, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Defendant/RespondenVAppellant, Focus Healthcare Management, Inc.

Gustave A. Fritchie, III, David W. O’Quinn, Douglas J. Moore, Irwin, Frit-chie, et al, New Orleans, for Defendant, Cambridge Integrated Services, Inc.

John E. Galloway, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Kimberly G. Anderson, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, for Defendant, F.A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

Perry R. Staub, Jr., Larry E. Demmons, Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Straub, Rougelot & O’Brien, New Orleans, Steve M. Sikich, The Sikich Law Firm, Lake Charles, for Defendant, First Health Group Corporation.

Janice B. Unland, Robert T. Lorio, Paul Eric Harrison, Rabalais, Unland & Lorio, Covington, for Defendant, National Loss Control Management, Inc.

E. Paige Sensenbrenner, John B. Davis, Rusty John Savoie, Andrew C. Kolb, *928Adams & Reese, New Orleans, Theodore Robert Scarborough, Attorney at Law, Chicago, Ill., for Defendant, AIG Claims Service, Inc.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.