Opinion
NO. 2019-CC-0284
05-28-2019
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"
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI, TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
PER CURIAM
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.
Weimer, Guidry & Clark, JJ., would deny.