DUPLECHAIN v. KINDER MORGAN INC KMGP (2019)

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

In this application, plaintiff seeks review of a ruling of the district court excluding from evidence certain Coast Guard documents obtained by plaintiff pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Considering the specific and narrow facts of this case, we find the district court abused its discretion in excluding the Coast Guard documents. These documents are relevant to the issue of whether defendants properly filed the required notice with the Coast Guard following plaintiff's accident.

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.