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

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