Godley v. Darnall, Sikes

Full title: M.L. GODLEY, M.D., et al. v. DARNALL, SIKES, KOLDER, FREDERICK RAINEY, A…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: May 11, 2005

899 So. 2d 657 (La. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 04-1486.

March 23, 2005. Rehearing Denied May 11, 2005.^_

_ Peters, J., would grant rehearing.

Appeal from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette, No. 980483, Honorable Durwood Wayne Conque, District Judge.

Nancy Scott Degan, Roy C. Cheatwood, Jennifer B. McNamara, Kent Andrew Lambert, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell Berkowitz, PC, New Orleans, LA, Reginald J. Ringuet, Ringuet, Daniels Collier, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Nawlins Kajun Foods, L.L.C., NKF I-DR Limited Partnership, LAF Foods, Inc., BCM, L.L.C., Greg Baker Enterprises. CPCI Incorporated, Louis B. Viviano, CBC International, Inc., V L B, Inc.

Steven Gerald Durio, Robert L. Broussard, Jessica Watts Farmer, Durio, McGoffin Stagg, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Donald J. Baker, Kirby Pecot, Andrew B. Jameson, Max Luttgeharm, M.L. Godley, M.D.

Joseph C. Giglio, Jr., Liskow Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Walter A. Glod, Jr., M.D.

Robert A. Kutcher, Nicole S. Tygier, Patricia Diane Tunmer, Keegan E. Chopin, Chopin, Wagar, Richard, Kutcher, LLP, Metairie, LA, John Bologna Krentel, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Copeland's of New Orleans, Inc., the Succession of William A. Copeland, III, and Alvin C. Copeland, Jr.

William H. Parker, III, Allen Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Darnall, Sikes, Kolder, Frederick Rainey and Ed Larry Sikes.

Larry Lane Roy, Jennifer A. Wells, Preis, Kraft Roy, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Coregis Insurance Company and Chris Verret.

George Allen Walsh, Alice Estill, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, W. Gregory Baker and Vikki Lynn Baiers.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of Glod v. Baker, 04-1483 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/23/05), 899 So.2d 642, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Costs of the appeal are assessed to appellants, BCM, L.L.C. and Nawlins Kajun Foods, L.L.C.

AFFIRMED.

PETERS, J., Dissents and Assigns Written Reasons.

AMY, J., Concurs for the Reasons Assigned in Glod v. Baker, 04-1483 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/23/05), 899 So.2d 642.

PETERS, J., dissenting.

For the reasons discussed in my dissent in the consolidated case of Glod v. Baker, 04-1483 (La.App. 3 Cir. 3/23/05), 899 So.2d 642, I respectfully disagree with the majority's opinion in this matter. I would reverse the trial court's grant of the summary judgment and remand the matter for further proceedings.