Haynes v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.

Applicant, Frank Haynes, seeks reversal of the protective order issued by the workers’ compensation judge prohibiting him from taking the deposition of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Caddo Parish. Pursuant to La. C.C.P. art. 1442, the corporation designated its representative who is a resident of Texas and works in the corporation’s Irving, Texas office. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is a defendant and has filed an answer to the plaintiffs claim. Yet, Liberty Mutual insists that the deposition must be taken in Irving, Texas.

The residence of a corporate…