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-0282
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: 299–300

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-0282
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 a ruling of the district court excluding from evidence certain Coast Guard documents obtained by plaintiff pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request.
Considering the specific and narrow facts of this case, we find the district court abused its discretion in excluding the Coast Guard documents. These documents are relevant to the issue of whether defendants properly filed the required notice with the Coast Guard following plaintiff's accident.
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.