SABIC Petrochemicals Holding US, Inc. v. Williams Olefins, L.L.C. and The Williams Companies, Inc.

Opinion

OM tell]MA1N,1 COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

SABIC PETROCHEMICALS HOLDING NO. 2019 CW 1597 US, INC. c/ w 2019 CW 1598

VERSUS

WILLIAMS OLEFINS, L. L. C. AND

THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. APR 2 8 2020

In Re: SABIC Petrochemicals Holding US, Inc., applying for supervisory writs, 18th Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville, No. 76, 976

BEFORE: HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT NOT CONSIDERED IN PART, GRANTED IN PART. As to the award of monetary sanctions, this writ application is not

considered as no judgment has been issued awarding such

sanctions. The trial court' s October 31, 2019 ruling which

disqualified James Wilkerson from testifying as a witness in a

future trial herein is reversed. Since a mistrial was granted

herein, and thus, the improper contact remedied, the trial court

erred in disqualifying Mr. Wilkerson from testifying at a future trial, which would not involve the jurors with whom he engaged.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT lie?

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