Court Opinion

ID: 7789380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 21:29:36.535189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:28:20.726834
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KUHN, J.,
Concurring.
hBased on the note attached to the petition, George Friedman is not a signatory to the note. I agree that the resolution of whether Friedman is liable to pay the obligation presented in the note is a legal issue that cannot be deemed admitted based on the requests for admission. La. C.C.P. art. 1466 authorizes requests for admission of “relevant matters of fact, including the genuineness of ... documents described in the request.” However, based on the wording of the request for admissions of fact, I conclude that the existence and genuineness of the note is admitted based on the defendant/appellant’s failure to answer the request for admissions. See Succession of Rock, 340 So.2d 1325, 1331 (La.1976), Ball Mktg. Enter. v. Rainbow Tomato Co., 340 So.2d 700, 702 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1976). Accordingly, I agree that the default judgment is properly reversed but not because plaintiff failed to establish the genuineness of the note.