Case Name: Jerome DUPLECHAIN v. KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC. a/k/a KMGP Services Company, Inc., and a/k/a Kinder Morgan, Ship Channel Services, Hereinafter Referred to as "Kinder Morgan"
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-05-28
Citations: 273 So. 3d 299
Docket Number: NO. 2019-CC-0284
Parties: Jerome DUPLECHAIN
v.
KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC. a/k/a KMGP Services Company, Inc., and a/k/a Kinder Morgan, Ship Channel Services, Hereinafter Referred to as "Kinder Morgan"
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 299–299

Head Matter:
Jerome DUPLECHAIN
v.
KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC. a/k/a KMGP Services Company, Inc., and a/k/a Kinder Morgan, Ship Channel Services, Hereinafter Referred to as "Kinder Morgan"
NO. 2019-CC-0284
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 28, 2019
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI, TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
In this application, plaintiff seeks review of the district court's ruling excluding portions of the deposition of Captain Louis Hildebrand, who will be unable to testify at trial.
Considering the specific and narrow facts of this case, we find the district court abused its discretion in excluding fifty pages of Captain Hildebrand's deposition. This testimony is admissible for impeachment purposes.
Accordingly, the writ is granted. The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
Weimer, Guidry & Clark, JJ., would deny.