Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-16 20:06:11.587138+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:46:58.758597
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HOSPITAL          SERVICE          DISTRICT                                                      NO.         2023       CW    1273
NO.    1    OF THE          PARISH          OF
TERREBONNE,             STATE          OF
LOUISIANA

VERSUS

HOSPITAL          SERVICE          DISTRICT
NO.    3    OF    THE       PARISH          OF
LAFOURCHE,             STATE       OF                                                         FEBRUARY            16,        2024
LOUISIANA AND                THIBODAUX
REGIONAL          HEALTH          SYSTEM,         INC.

In    Re:          Thibodaux                 Regional                Health     System,          Inc.,        applying           for
                   supervisory                   writs,                32nd         Judicial           District               Court,
                   Parish          of       Terrebonne,                No.    195104.

BEFORE:            CHUTZ,          PENZATO,             AND          GREENE,    JJ.

           WRIT    DENIED.

           Greene,          J.,        dissents                and    would     grant         the      writ.            Louisiana
Code        of    Civil           Procedure             Article              1422    provides           that "[          p] arties
may obtain discovery regarding any matter,                                                    not   privileged,                which

is     relevant             to         the       subject              matter         involved           in        the        pending
action,          whether          it     relates               to    the     claim       or    defense        of        the    party
seeking           discovery              or      to            the     claim        or     defense           of     any        other

party[.]"               Further,              Louisiana                Code     of       Civil      Procedure             Article
1426       states       that "[         u] pon motion by a party or by the person from
whom        discovery             is    sought,                and    for     good       cause      shown,         the        court...

may    make       any order which justice requires to protect a party or
person[.]"              I    find       that      plaintiff,                  Hospital         Service         District          No.
1     of    the    Parish              of     Terrebonne,                  State      of      Louisiana,            failed           to

meet its burden of showing good cause for a protective order.

COURT       OF APPEAL,             FIRST         CIRCUIT

            PUTY       CLERK OF             COURT
                 FOR    THE       COURT