# Reynolds v. Bordelon

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 30, 2015 · 172 So. 3d 607

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4821670

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard L. REYNOLDS v. Robert J. BORDELON III, Robert J. Bordelon Jr., USAgencies Casualty Insurance Company, Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange, and/or Auto Club Family Insurance Company d/b/a Triple A Insurance, Nissan North America, Infinity Division of Nissan North America, Inc., A Luxury Car Division of Nissan Motors, Insurance Auto Auctions Corp., ABC Insurance Company, DEF Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as Subrogee of/and Linda Dupuy v. Robert Bordelon and USAgencies Casualty Insurance Company
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 30, 2015
- **Citations:** 172 So. 3d 607; 2015 La. LEXIS 1487; 2015 WL 3972393
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hughes
- **Judges:** Clark, Hughes
- **Cited by:** 90 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4821670

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that, in a product liability claim for design defect, the plaintiff must show “‘[t]here existed an alternative design for the product that was capable of preventing the claimant’s damage’” (quoting La. Stat. Ann. § 9:2800.56 )
- finding no competent summary judgment evidence to support plaintiff’s “construction or composition” defect claim when plaintiff’s expert was not confirmed as an airbag expert or an accident re-constructionist, and there was no factual evidence to support claim

## Opinion text

HUGHES, J.,
dissenting.
|TI respectfully dissent. I cannot conclude that summary judgment is proper in this case.
The curriculum vitae of plaintiffs expert was excluded because it was “unsworn and uncertified”. Must an affidavit be obtained from each school and each publisher? Is there any greater gift to a defense attorney than a plaintiffs expert with an inaccurate C.V.? La.Code Civ. P. art. 967 allows an expert to give an opinion on the facts by affidavit for purposes of summary judgment. But assessing the credibility of experts is the province of the fact finder.

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