La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-6749

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-6749 - Supplementation of Responses

A. A party who has responded to a request for discovery with a response that was complete when made is under no duty to supplement his response to include information thereafter acquired, except as follows.

1. A party is under a duty to supplement timely his response with respect to any question directly addressed to:

a. the identity and location of persons having knowledge of discoverable matters; and

b. the identity of each person expected to be called as an expert witness at the hearing, the subject matter on which he is expected to testify and the substance of his testimony.

2. A party is under a duty to amend timely a prior response if he later obtains information upon the basis of which:

a. he knows the response was incorrect when made; or

b. he knows that the response though correct when made is no longer true and the circumstances are such that a failure to amend the response is in substance a knowing concealment.

3. A duty to supplement responses may be imposed by order of the commissioner or his authorized representative or agreement of the parties.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-6749

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 6:177 (May 1980), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.