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STATE OF LOUISIANA

             COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DR.    JAMES    STENHOUSE                                                                 NO.        2023 CW       1216

VERSUS                                                                                                PAGE    1 OF       2

LOUISIANA WOMEN'S               HEALTHCARE
ASSOCIATES,         L.L.C.,          ET AL.

        CONSOLIDATED WITH

DR.    JAMES    STENHOUSE                                                            JANUARY            18,       2024

VERSUS

KIM    SANGARI      AND RICK
CAPDEVIELLE,          ET AL.

In Re:          Ors.        Curtis         Solar,        Nicolle             Hollier,           Ryan        Dickerson,
                Rebecca           Boudreaux,             Sunshine              Willett,               Sarah        Davis,
                Julie          Martin,           Jill     Bader,             Allyson           Boudreaux,           Shawn
                Kleinpeter,                Charles          Lawler,             Nicole              Chauvin,            Lisa
                Gautreau,               Laurie           Whitaker,              Lauren               Sanders,            Jay
                Parenton,            Theresa          Brignac,            Lin        Dang,           Pamela        Lewis,
                Amanda          Pearson            and     Britani             Bonadona,              applying           for
                supervisory                writs,          19th         Judicial                District           Court,
                Parish of East Baton Rouge,                             No.     715940 c/w 716906.

BEFORE:         GUIDRY,         C.J.,        CHUTZ AND         LANIER,          JJ.

       WRIT     GRANTED.             The     portion of the                  trial        court's November                   8,
2023     judgment         that       denied        the     exception               of     no    cause       of     action
filed     by     Dr.        Curtis           Solar,        Dr.       Nicolle              Hollier,           Dr.        Ryan
Dickerson,          Dr.        Rebecca           Boudreaux,             Dr.     Sunshine              Willett,           Dr.
Sarah     Davis,          Dr.      Julie         Martin,         Dr.         Jill        Bader,        Dr.        Allyson
Boudreaux,          Dr.     Shawn       Kleinpeter,            Dr.      Charles           Lawler,           Dr.    Nicole
Chauvin,        Dr.       Lisa       Gautreau,           Dr.       Laurie           Whitaker,              Dr.     Lauren
Sanders,       Dr.        Jay     Parenton,          Dr.     Theresa           Brignac,              Dr.    Lin     Dang,
Dr.    Pamela       Lewis,        Dr.      Amanda        Pearson,            and        Dr.     Britani          Bonadona
 collectively "             New         Members") ,            is       reversed.                     The        elements
necessary        to      establish           a     claim     for        unjust           enrichment           are: (         1)
there        must         be       an        enrichment, (                2)        there            must         be         an
impoverishment, (               3)      there        must      be        a     connection              between           the
enrichment          and     resulting             impoverishment, (                  4)       there        must     be       an
absence        of "    justification"                or "    cause"            for        the       enrichment           and
impoverishment,                and (    5)       there     must         be     no       other        remedy       at     law
available       to plaintiff.                    Baker v.      Maclay Properties                       Co.,       94-1529
 La.    1/17/95),           648      So.2d        888,     897.          Pursuant              to    La.     Civ.       Code
art.     2298,        the       remedy        of     unjust         enrichment                 is    subsidiary              in
nature,      and      shall       not      be     available          if       the       law     provides          another
remedy.         Walters           v.    MedSouth           Rec.      Mgmt.,             LLC,        2010-0353 (          La.
6/4/10),       38     So.3d       243,       244 (    per    curiam).               In     these       consolidated
cases,       plaintiff,              Dr.     James         Stenhouse,               has        alleged        multiple
claims       against        Louisiana             Women's          Healthcare             Associates,              L. L. C.
and    Kim   Sangari,           Rick       Capdevielle,             Dr.       Frank W.              Breaux,       and    Dr.
Michael        Perniciaro,             including           those        of     breach           of     contract          and
violation           of      the         Louisiana            Unfair             Trade            Practices              Act.
Therefore,          as      Dr.      Stenhouse           has       an     adequate              remedy        based          on
these    claims,          he      fails      to      state     a    cause           of    action        against          the
New    Members        for       unjust           enrichment.                 See    Calloway           v.        Lobrano,
                             STATE OF LOUISIANA

              COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

                                                                                 NO.   2023 CW         1216

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2016-1170 (         La.     App.       1st    Cir.     4/12/17),          218     So.3d       644,      649;
Carriere v.         Bank of Louisiana,               95-3058 (      La.    12/13/96),           702    So.2d
648 (    on   rehearing).              Accordingly,         the    New    Members'      exception          of
no    cause    of    action       is    granted,      and    Dr.    James       Stenhouse's           claims
against       defendants,          Dr.    Curtis      Solar,       Dr.    Nicolle       Hollier,          Dr.
Ryan    Dickerson,         Dr.     Rebecca     Boudreaux,          Dr.    Sunshine Willett,               Dr.
Sarah     Davis,          Dr.    Julie       Martin,        Dr.    Jill     Bader,        Dr.      AllYson
Boudreaux,       Dr.       Shawn       Kleinpeter,         Dr.    Charles       Lawler,      Dr.      Nicole
Chauvin,       Dr.        Lisa     Gautreau,         Dr.    Laurie        Whitaker,          Dr.      Lauren
Sanders,       Dr.     Jay      Parenton,      Dr.     Theresa       Brignac,          Dr.    Lin      Dang,
Dr.     Pamela      Lewis,       Dr.     Amanda      Pearson       and    Dr.    Britani        Bonadona,
are dismissed with prejudice.

                                                     JMG
                                                     WRC
                                                     WIL

COURT    OF APPEAL,          FIRST CIRCUIT

        DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
              FOR THE      COURT