STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT AUBREY LYNN WIGGINS, III NO. 2021 CW 0012 AND BALEIGH WIGGINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN R. W.

AND R. W.

VERSUS

HANNAH NICOLE SCHNEIDER, STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND APRIL 21, 2021 DEVELOPMENT

In Re: State of Louisiana and State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 674289.

BEFORE: McDONALD, HOLDRIDGE, AND PENZATO, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

AHP

Holdridge, J., concurs. This does not preclude the defendant from re -urging a motion for summary judgment or from filing a motion pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 1425 ( F) for a pretrial hearing to determine whether plaintiff' s witness qualifies as an expert or whether the methodologies employed by such witness are reliable under Articles 702 through 705 of the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

McDonald, J., dissents and would issue a briefing schedule pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 966( H).

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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