Chaisson v. Hartford Insurance Co.

Writ denied in part; writ granted in part and made peremptory: The trial court abused its discretion in barring Dr. James C. McDaniel from inquiring into plaintiff-respondent’s, Paul W. Chaisson’s, prior medical history. See Simon v. Castille, 174 So.2d 660 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1965), writ refused 247 La. 1088, 176 So.2d 145 (1965), cert. denied 382 U.S. 932, 86 S.Ct. 325, 15 L.Ed.2d 344 (1965). Likewise, Dr. McDaniel can inquire into the accident involved in the instant case; however, the doctor was properly barred from asking questions that are unnecessary with respect to the physical…