Hines v. Smith

16 So.3d 1234 (2009)

Brandy HINES and Her Husband, Raymond Hines, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

Melissa Anne SMITH, M.D. and Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 44,285-CA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 12, 2009.

Frank M. Ferrell, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Fred W. Sartor, Jr., for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, GASKINS, PEATROSS and MOORE, JJ.

WILLIAMS, J.

Plaintiffs, Brandy Hines and Raymond Hines, appeal a district court's ruling sustaining an exception of res judicata urged by defendant, Melissa Ann Smith, M.D.,[1] and her insurer, Louisiana Medical…