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Roxanne LATIOLAIS v. HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Louisiana Court of Appeal2015-04-30No. No. CW 15-00300
162 So. 3d 1283

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.WRIT GRANTED IN PART AND MADE PEREMPTORY; WRIT DENIED IN PART.

We find that the trial court erred in ordering the plaintiff to undergo a functional capacity evaluation (FCE) by Samuel Forester, a physical therapist. A physical therapist is not one of the professionals permitted to conduct examinations pursuant to La.Code Civ.P. art. 1464. See Williams v. Smith, 576 So.2d 448 (La.1991)(limiting examinations to those professionals specifically set forth in Article 1464). Therefore, we hereby reverse the trial court’s ruling ordering the FCE. As this court orders that the FCE be set aside, we decline to issue a ruling regarding the issue of whether good cause has been shown for an FCE.