LANDRY v. BILL GARRETT CHEVROLET, INC.

No. 13217.

430 So.2d 1051 (1983)

Joseph N. LANDRY, Sr. v. BILL GARRETT CHEVROLET, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1983.

Writ Granted June 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val A. Schaff, III, Schaff & Currier, New Orleans, for appellee/plaintiff.

Gerard M. Dillon, Dillon & Cambre, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant Bill Garrett Chevrolet, Inc.

Peter L. Bernard, Jr., Joseph S. Palermo, Jr., Bernard, Cassisa, Babst & Saporito, Metairie, for defendants/appellants Gen. Motors Corp. and Royal Globe Ins. Co.; Otis M. Smith, Gen. Counsel, William J. Kemp, Jr., Nicholas J. Wittner, Gen. Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Before LOBRANO and WARD, JJ., and G. WILLIAM SWIFT, Jr., Judge Pro Tem.


LOBRANO, Judge.

This case presents the serious issue of whether or not hypnotically induced testimony should be excluded in civil cases as a matter of law. At the outset, we note that there are several issues raised by both appellants, but we are of the opinion that the three discussed below are dispositive of this case. We further note that we are not unmindful of our Supreme Court's pronouncements in Gonzales v. Xerox Corporation, 320 So...

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