GUNDERSON v. F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES

No. CW05-917.

937 So.2d 916 (2006)

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

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

August 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Filo Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, L.L.P., Lake Charles, Stephen B. Murray, Arthur M. Murray, Nicole A. Ieyoub, 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-England Clinic, Dr. Clark Gunderson, 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, Baton Rouge, Michael Kendall, Lauren M. Papenhausen, Jennifer S. Geetter, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Defendant/Respondent/Appellant, Focus Healthcare Management, Inc.

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

John E. Galloway, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Kimberly G. Anderson, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 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, LA, 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, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, Theodore Robert Scarborough, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant, AIG Claims Service, Inc.

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


SULLIVAN, Judge.

The issues presented by this consolidated writ application and appeal concern whether the trial court was correct in ordering some, but not all, of Plaintiffs' claims to proceed to arbitration. Finding no error in the trial court's rulings, we deny the writ and affirm the judgment, as more fully explained below.

Procedural History

Plaintiffs, four medical providers, filed this class action suit against six named Defendants who are...

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