FINCHER v. INSURANCE CORP. OF AMERICA

No. CA-8147.

521 So.2d 488 (1988)

Anita H. Fincher, Wife of/and Barney L. FINCHER v. INSURANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Lifemark Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc. d/b/a Highland Park Hospital, Northshore Medical Associates (a Professional Medical Corporation), William L. Williams, M.D., John H. George, M.D. and Theordore R. Brustowicz, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, C. William Bradley, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants/appellees, Ins. Corp. of America and Williams L. Williams, M.D.

Henri Wolbrette, III, Stephanie M. Lawrence, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees Northshore Medical Associates, John George, M.D. and Theordore R. Brustowicz, M.D.

Bruce J. Toppin, Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for other defendant/appellee.

C. Scott Carter, Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants Anita H. Fincher and Barney L. Fincher.

Before BYRNES, WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

By this appeal, plaintiff/appellants Barney and Anita Fincher assert that the trial court erred by granting exceptions of lis pendens and dismissing their suit in Orleans Parish against Drs. Williams, George and Brustowicz, Insurance Corporation of America (ICA), Lifemark Hospitals of America, Inc. (Lifemark), and Northshore Medical Associates (Northshore). We find the dismissal was proper and affirm.

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