Court Opinion

ID: 9411967
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Date Created: 2023-07-28 17:06:38.467792+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:41:21.588420
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

CASTE      TROSCLAIR                                                                               NO.         2023      CW       0520

VERSUS

JONATHAN         ST.     MARTIN,
CHRISTOPHER            ST.     MARTIN,
STATE      FARM AUTOMOBILE                                                                              JULY       28,       2023

INSURANCE         CO.,       AND ABC
INSURANCE         CO,

In   Re:          Casie            Trosclair               and         Drake           Troclair,                      for
                                                                                                            applying
                  supervisory                     writs,             17th         Judicial               District  Court,
                  Parish           of   Lafourche,               No.      140756.

BEFORE:           HOLDRIDGE,                 CHUTZ,       AND        PENZATO,           JJ.

            WRIT       GRANTED              IN    PART;    DENIED            IN       PART.            The    portion             of   the
trial      court' s         March           28,     2023 judgment denying plaintiffs' motion
to   compel       State         Farm Mutual             Automobile Insurance Company (" State
Farm")      to     provide              a     full       and     complete               response              to    plaintiffs'

Interrogatory                No.        13        is     reversed.                The       information                  sought          by
plaintiffs             in    Interrogatory                     No.     13,        a     list       of         cases          in    which
State       Farm         has        retained             Dr.         Cenac        as        an     additional                 medical
expert       in        the      last              five     years,            is       relevant                to    demonstrate
potential         bias         on    the          part    of     Dr.        Cenac                                             lead       to
                                                                                         or      possibly               to
other       admissible                  evidence.                La.         Code           Civ.         P.        art.           1422.
Accordingly,             plaintiffs'                   motion        to   compel            is     granted          in       part      and
State      Farm        is    ordered              to    provide           plaintiffs               a    list       of        cases       in
which      State        Farm has             retained           Dr.       Cenac        as     an       additional             medical
expert      in    the        last       five           years.         The    writ        is      denied            in    all       other
respects.

                                                                 GH
                                                                WRC
                                                                ARP

COURT      OF APPEAL,              FIRST          CIRCUIT

      DEPUTY       CLERK OF COURT
             FOR       THE     COURT