STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT PUI KWAN YUEN NO. 2023 CW 1012

VERSUS

STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., RIFFAL, L. L. C. AND GEOFFREY SCOTT OCTOBER 11, 2023 HALL

In Re: Gemini Insurance Company, Dugas Pest Control of Baton Rouge, Inc., and Geoffrey Scott Hall, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 605561.

BEFORE: WELCH, HOLDRIDGE, AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

JEW EW

Holdridge, J, dissents and would grant the writ. There is no legal authority for the district court to deprive defendants of the right to cross examine plaintiff. Plaintiff shall be available after direct examination for questioning, and nothing can deprive defendants of their right to cross examine plaintiff in their case - in chief. See La. Code Civ. P. art. 1634.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

J l_J` DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT