Thompson v. Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LISA THOMPSON, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	) 	CIVIL ACTION NO.: 24-01347
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v. 	)
)
) 	JUDGE: GREG G. GUIDRY
)
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC 	) 	MAGISTRATE: MICHAEL B.
COMPANY, LLC, 	) 	NORTH
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Defendant. 	)
ORDER AND REASONS
Having considered the Objection to the Magistrate Judge’s Order (R. Doc. 63), and
Defendant's response thereto (R. Doc. 67);
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED. The Magistrate Judge determined that
Plaintiff's Motion to Compel was untimely (R. Doc. 53), and, on motion for reconsideration, the
Magistrate Judge reiterated its initial determination and also found that the document labeled
as WESTINGHOUSE_000270 was privileged, such that the claw back request was proper. (R.
Doc. 62). Applying a clearly erroneous standard of review of a non-dispositive, pretrial motion,
such as a motion to compel, the Court finds no clear error in the Magistrate Judge's ruling.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a); Castillo v. Frank, 70 F.3d 382 (5th Cir. 1995). The Court finds no
merit to Plaintiff's argument that Defendant waived its right to assert privilege over the
attorney-client work product when it inadvertently produced the document.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this ______ day of ________________, 2026.
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JUDGE GREG GERARD GUIDRY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
30th	March
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