DUPLECHAIN v. KINDER MORGAN INC KMGP (2019)

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Jerome DUPLECHAIN v. KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC. a/k/a KMGP Services Company, Inc., and a/k/a Kinder Morgan, Ship Channel Services, Hereinafter Referred to as “Kinder Morgan”

NO. 2019-CC-0284

Decided: May 28, 2019

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI, TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

In this application, plaintiff seeks review of the district court's ruling excluding portions of the deposition of Captain Louis Hildebrand, who will be unable to testify at trial.

Considering the specific and narrow facts of this case, we find the district court abused its discretion in excluding fifty pages of Captain Hildebrand's deposition. This testimony is admissible for impeachment purposes.

Accordingly, the writ is granted. The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.

PER CURIAM

Weimer, Guidry & Clark, JJ., would deny.

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