Legal Opinion
Adams v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 26, 1990No. Civ. A. Nos. 88-1935, 88-2719PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
The court addresses here the plaintiffs’ request for discovery of the defendant’s experts. The defense experts include some who are expected to testify at trial and some who are not expected to testify at trial. The court finds that while discovery of experts expected to testify at trial is premature, the plaintiffs are not entitled to any discovery of experts not expected to testify at trial.
Facts
On May 5, 1988, the catalytic cracking unit (CCU) at the Shell Oil Refinery, Norco, Louisiana, exploded. The first of several suits ultimately certified as a…
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