Casie Trosclair and Drake Trosclair v. Jonathan St. Martin, Christopher St. Martin, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and ABC Insurance Company ( 2023 )

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