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.

WIL EW CHH COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT \ ILD « % LM RO EPUTY CLERK OF COURT | FOR THE COURT