Case Name: In the Matter of the Petition of STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION v. Traig VARNADO
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1995-07-26
Citations: 658 So. 2d 203
Docket Number: No. 95-CC-1493
Parties: In the Matter of the Petition of STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION v. Traig VARNADO.
Judges: DENNIS, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 658
Pages: 203–204

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Petition of STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION v. Traig VARNADO.
No. 95-CC-1493.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 26, 1995.

Opinion:
ON REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
The application for rehearing is granted, and the order of this court of June 16, 1995, 657 So.2d 1002, is recalled.
Suit has now been filed (First City Court Docket No. 95-53458), and the matter no longer involves a pre-suit independent medical examination. Moreover, inasmuch as (1) the action is now pending, as opposed to the pre-suit posture in the order which was issued for the pre-suit examination, (2) plaintiff has never filed a written motion seeking the presence of a court reporter at the independent medical examination sought by defendant, and (3) this court inadvertently acted on plaintiffs application for certiorari without affording defendant an opportunity to respond, it is appropriate to recall this court's previous order. Defendant may reapply in the pending action in First City Court for an independent medical examination, and plaintiff may move for the presence of a court reporter at the examination.
MARCUS and VICTORY, JJ., concur in the recall of the previous order, but believe the presence of a court reporter is not necessary at the independent medical examination.
DENNIS, J., not on panel.