BAKER v. SPINE-TECH SURGICAL, 02-68 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/28/02); 825 So.2d 585

JAMES BAKER, SHIRLEY BAKER AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN BOBBY JOE BAKER, DANIEL JAMES BAKER, AND CAITLIN GOLDIE BAKER v. SPINE-TECH SURGICAL, INC., SPINE-TECH, INC. SULZER SPINE-TECH, INC.

No. 02-68Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
August 28, 2002.

APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. 98-5580, HONORABLE DURWOOD CONQUE, DISTRICT JUDGE

Mesonie T. Halley, Jr., Pitre, Hallry Associates, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants, James Baker, et ux.

Kurt S. Blakenship, Robert I. Baudouin, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Jeffery A. Williams.

Stanton E. Shuler, Jr., Leake Andersson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Spine Tech Surgical, Inc. Sulzer Spine-Tech, Inc.

John A. Bivins, Harmon F. Roy, Roy, Bevins, Judice, Roberts
Waretelle Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Dr. Louis C. Blanda.

Court composed of Ned E. Doucet, Jr., Chief Judge, John D. Saunders, and Oswald A. Decuir, Judges.

DOUCET, Chief Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion case hereto, James Baker, Et Ux v. Jeffery Allen Williams, P.A., 02-67 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/28/02); 825 So.2d 563, the judgment of the trial court, dismissing Plaintiffs’ suit against Defendants, Spine-Tech Surgical, Inc., Spine-Tech, Inc. and Sulzer Spine-Tech, Inc., is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed against Plaintiff-Appellant, James Baker.

AFFIRMED.