
    LOUISIANA PATIENTS’ COMPENSATION FUND OVERSIGHT BOARD v. Susan DEANO, John L. Deano & Mark Guilbeau.
    No. 03-143.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Oct. 1, 2003.
    Michael Keith Prudhomme, Thomas Patrick LeBlanc, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund, Vidyadhar Akkaraju, M.D.
    Edwin Byrne Edwards, Edwards Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appel-lee, Susan Deano, John L. Deano, and Mark Guilbeau.
    W. Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louisiana Medical Mutual Ins. Co.
    Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.
   COOKS, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Deano v. Akkaraju, 03-142 (La.App. 3 Cir. 10/1/03), 856 So.2d 155, we affirm the judgment of the trial court sustaining the exception of no cause of action and dismissing the petition for declaratory judgment. All costs of this proceeding are assessed against appellant, the Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund Oversight Board.

AFFIRMED.

AMY, J, dissents for the reasons assigned in the companion case of Deano v. Akkaraju, 03-142 (La.App. 3 Cir. 10/1/03); 856 So.2d 155.  