Gilberto Alfredo Carias- Montalvan v. Durr Heavy Construction, Llc, Woodward Design + Build, Llc, Iberville Revitalization Company, Hri Iberville, Llc, Cnc Construction & Air Conditioning, Llc And Talvis Wright

Supreme Court of Louisiana
December 09, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
GILBERTO ALFREDO CARIAS-
MONTALVAN
VS.
DURR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, LLC,
WOODWARD DESIGN + BUILD, LLC,
IBERVILLE REVITALIZATION COMPANY,
HRI IBERVILLE, LLC, CNC CONSTRUCTION
& AIR CONDITIONING, LLC AND TALVIS
WRIGHT
No. 2025-CC-01238
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IN
RE: Metro Service Group, Inc. - Applicant Defendant; First Mercury Insurance
Company - Applicant Defendant; James River Insurance Company - Applicant
Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of Orleans Civil, Civil District
Court Number(s) 2014-10124, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2025-C-
0374;
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December 09, 2025
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.
Griffin, J., dissents and would deny.
WJC
JLW
JBM
JMG
CRC
12/09/2025 "See News Release 053 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2025-CC-01238
GILBERTO ALFREDO CARIAS-MONTALVAN
VS.
DURR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, WOODWARD DESIGN + BUILD,
LLC, IBERVILLE REVITALIZATION COMPANY, HRI IBERVILLE,
LLC, CNC CONSTRUCTION & AIR CONDITIONING, LLC AND TALVIS
WRIGHT
On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Parish of Orleans
Civil
PER CURIAM
Writ granted.1 The district court did not abuse its broad discretion in granting
the motion in limine. See La. Code Evid. art. 702(2). Accordingly, the judgment of
the court of appeal is reversed, and the May 21, 2025 judgment of the district court
is reinstated. The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
1 We also grant relators’ motion to file an appendix to their application in excess of page limits.