DENNIS GIBSON INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL SILMILARLY SITUATED v. NATIONAL HEALTHCARE OF LEESVILLE INC BYRD REGINAL HOSPITAL (2026)

NOTICE OF JUDGMENT AND CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the attached judgment and written opinion was rendered this date and a copy was mailed to the trial judge, all counsel of record and all parties not represented by counsel as listed above.

FOR THE COURT

Renée R. Simien Clerk of Court

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

26-29

DENNIS GIBSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL SILMILARLY SITUATED

VERSUS

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE OF LEESVILLE, INC. D/B/A BYRD REGINAL HOSPITAL

Judgment rendered and mailed to all parties or counsel on November 12, 2026 Applications for rehearing may be filed within the delays allowed by La. Code Civ. P. art. 2166 or La. Code Crim. P. art. 922.

APPEAL FROM THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF VERNON, NO. 93,228 HONORABLE C. ANTHONY EAVES, DISTRICT JUDGE

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GJO

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GARY J. ORTEGO JUDGE

Court composed of Charles G. Fitzgerald, Gary J. Ortego, and Wilbur L. Stiles, Judges.

DISMISSSED AS MOOT.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

26-29

DENNIS GIBSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL SILMILARLY SITUATED

VERSUS

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE OF LEESVILLE, INC. D/B/A BYRD REGINAL HOSPITAL

APPEAL FROM THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF VERNON, NO. 93,228 HONORABLE C. ANTHONY EAVES, DISTRICT JUDGE

GARY J. ORTEGO JUDGE

Court composed of Charles G. Fitzgerald, Gary J. Ortego, and Wilbur L. Stiles, Judges.

DISMISSSED AS MOOT.

Thomas R. Temple, Jr. Chris D. Billings Joseph J. Cefalu, III Alexa Candelora Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson One American Place – Suite 2300 P.O. Box 3197 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 225 5) 387-4000 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc. D/B/A Byrd Regional Hospital

Derrick G. Earles Laborde Earles Law Firm, LLC 306 N. Washington St., Ste. A P. O. Box 1559 Marksville, LA 71351 (337) 777-7777 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Dennis Gibson, and the Plaintiff Class Members

Lawrence J. Centola, III Jason Z. Landry Martzell, Bickford & Centola, PC 338 Lafayette St. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 581-9065 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Dennis Gibson, and the Plaintiff Class Members

Edwin Dunahoe Jared Dunahoe The Dunahoe Law Firm 402 Second Street P. O. Box 607 Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318) 352-1999 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Dennis Gibson, and the Plaintiff Class Members

ORTEGO, Judge.

Defendant/Appellant, National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc., d/b/a Byrd Regional Hospital (“Byrd”), appeals a judgment of the Thirtieth Judicial District Court denying its second Motion to Decertify Class and, in the same judgment, modifying the definition of the previously certified class. Previously, as part of this lengthy and complex litigation, Byrd filed for writs with the Louisiana Supreme Court regarding other rulings pending in this matter.

For the reasons set forth in Dennis Gibson, Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc. d/b/a Byrd Regional Hospital (Par. Of Vernon), 26-274 (La. 10-30-26), __ So.3d ___ (2026 WL 3268425), which dismissed the remaining claims of plaintiff, Dennis Gibson, and others similarly situated, with prejudice, this appeal has been rendered moot. Accordingly, this appeal is hereby dismissed as moot.

DISMISSED AS MOOT.