Sa&39;Beion Harris v. Tangipahoa Parish School System

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

SA'BEION HARRIS NO. 2025 CW 0985

VERSUS

TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 6, 2026

SYSTEM

In Re: Sa'Beion Harris, applying for supervisory writs, 21st
Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa, No. 2021-
0000678.

BEFORE : LANIER, WOLFE, GREENE, STROMBERG, AND HAGGERTY,’* JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. We find the district court committed
legal error by failing to comply with La. Code Civ. P. art.
1425(F), which requires the trial court to provide findings of
fact, conclusions of law, and reasons for judgment detailing in
law and fact why a person shall be allowed or disallowed to testify
under La. Code Evid. arts. 702 through 705. The district court’s
oral reasons for its ruling, which granted the motion to exclude
the opinions of Mr. Blackman, failed to conform to the requirements
of La. Code Civ. P. art. 1425, and there is no written judgment or
reasons. See Camsoft Data Systems, Inc. v. Southern Electronics
Supply, Inc., 2019-0741 (La. App. ist Cir. 7/2/19), 2019 WL
2865255, *2 (unpublished). We therefore vacate the district
court’s May 5, 2025 ruling granting the motion to exclude the
opinions of Mr. Blackman and remand the matter to the district
court with instructions to comply with La. Code Civ. P. art. 1425.

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Wolfe, J., dissents and would deny the writ. The criteria set
forth in Herlitz Construction Company, Inc. v. Hotel Investors of
New Iberia, Inc., 396 So.2d 878 (La. 1981) (per curiam) are not
met.

CSQURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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1 Haggerty, J., serving pro tempore, by special appointment of the Louisiana
Supreme Court.