HOWARD v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER

No. 40,634-CA.

924 So.2d 1245 (2006)

Brandi HOWARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peters, Ward, Bright & Hennessy, by J. Patrick Hennessy, Alan Stegall, Shreveport, Simon, Fitzgerald, Cooke, Reed & Welch, by Keith M. Welch, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Brandi Howard, Donna Atkins, Bessie Tyler and Tana Ashcraft.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh, L.L.P., by Lamar P. Pugh, Shreveport, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., by R. Jeffrey Layne, Marcy Hogan Greer, Health One, by James F. Beatty, Jr., for Defendant-Appellant Willis-Knighton Med. Center.

Adams and Reese, LLP, by Gregory D. Frost, Baton Rouge, for Amicus Curiae.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and MOORE, JJ.


MOORE, J.

This appeal arises from an interlocutory order in a class action certification proceeding in which the trial court certified two of four subclasses the plaintiffs sought to certify as members of a more broadly defined class of all patients whom Willis-Knighton Medical Center ("WKMC") provided medical treatment for injuries caused by the fault of a third party tortfeasor and filed statutory liens on any judgment or settlement proceeds to which these patients...

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