LOUISE FREDERICK WIFE OF AND STEVEN FREDERICK v. ST CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLC ET AL (2025)

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

LOUISE FREDERICK WIFE OF/AND STEVEN FREDERICK v. ST. CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC, ET AL.

No. 2024-CC-01537

Decided: April 29, 2025

Writ application granted. See per curiam.

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Supreme Court of Louisiana April 29, 2025

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 2024-CC-01537

LOUISE FREDERICK WIFE OF/AND STEVEN FREDERICK

VS.

ST. CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC, ET AL.

On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Parish of Jefferson

PER CURIAM

Granted. The district court did not abuse its great discretion in granting plaintiffs’ motion to compel the second deposition of Dr. Waguespack. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeal is reversed, and the judgment of the district court is reinstated. The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.

Weimer, C.J., dissents. Guidry, J., dissents. Cole, J., dissents.

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