Professional Credit Service of New Orleans, Inc. v. Harris

Defendants’ objection to the introduction of the computerized bill for services was based upon plaintiff’s failure to lay the kind of foundation for the testimony discussed by the court in State v. Hodgeson, 305 So.2d 421 (La.1974) and required in Lasalle Pump & Sup. Co. v. La. Midland R. Co., 433 So.2d 745 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1962).

Plaintiff’s witness was its collection department supervisor. Her function was to retrieve from the computer a print-out of the charges incurred by defendant. She had no knowledge whatsoever of the accuracy of the data fed to the computer by the many individuals who…