
    Kay CRAIN, et al. v. Dr. J. Lane SAULS. Cecil Lee Taylor, et al. v. Dr. J. Lane Sauls.
    No. 99-1437.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Sept. 6, 2000.
    R. Scott lies, Lafayette, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees Cecil Lee Taylor, Melva Jean Boyett and Martha Varnell.
    Scott Westerchil, Tillman, Anderson & Westerchil, Leesville, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees Kay Crain, Mary B. Van Orden, Bettie Folsom, Billie Jo Chamblee and John Rayburn.
    
      Patrick J. Briney, Briney & Foret, Lafayette, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Dr. J. Lane Sauls.
    M. Keith Prudhomme, Woodley, Williams, Boudreau, Norman, Brown & Doyle, LLC, Lake Charles, Counsel for Intervenor/Appellant Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board.
    (Court composed of Judge NED E. DOUCET, Jr., C.J., Judge ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Judge JOHN D. SAUNDERS, Judge JIMMIE C. PETERS, and Judge MARC T. AMY).
   SAUNDERS, J.

For reasons discussed in Cecil Lee Taylor, et al. v. Dr. J. Lane Sauls, 99-1436 (La.App.3 Cir. 09/06/00); 772 So.2d 686, the judgement in this matter is affirmed. All costs of this proceeding are assessed against the defendant, Dr. J. Lane Sauls.

AFFIRMED.  