Jeffery A. Liepelt v. River Club Development, LLC

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

JEPFREY A. LIEPELT NO. 2025 CW 1061
VERSUS

RIVER CLUB DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
MJB CONSTRUCTION, LLC, POOLS
BY JOE CROWTON, LLC, TOC
HARD SCAPES UNLIMITED, INC.
AND LAMULLE CONSTRUCTION
L.L.c.

OCTOBER 21, 2025

In Re: Pools By Joe Crowton, LLC, applying for supervisory
writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St.
Tammany, No. 2019-12842.

BEFORE : LANIER, WOLFE, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court’s ruling which excluded the
testimony of Pools By Joe Crowton, LLC’s expert, Ryan Dunlevy, is
reversed. La. Code Civ. P. art. 1357 provides that a person who,
without reasonable excuse, fails to obey a subpoena may be adjudged
in contempt of court. Plaintiff did not file a motion to compel
nor a motion for contempt of court. Accordingly, we find the trial
court abused its discretion by striking the expert’s testimony for
failure to comply with the subpoena.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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