WRIGHT v. MOORE

No. 12934.

380 So.2d 172 (1979)

Corzella M. WRIGHT v. Kenneth L. MOORE et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Walters, Jr., Baton Rouge, counsel for plaintiff-appellant Corzella M. Wright.

John D. Carpenter, Baton Rouge, counsel for defendants-appellees Kenneth L. Moore and George Moore.

W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr., Baton Rouge, counsel for defendants-appellees Mary Mitchell and The Travelers Ins. Co.

John W. King, Baton Rouge, counsel for defendant-appellee Dept. of Transp. & Dev.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the State of Louisiana can be sued in tort by one of its employees or whether the employee's exclusive remedy is for workmen's compensation.

Plaintiff sustained injuries in an automobile accident which occurred on October 6, 1977, in East Baton Rouge Parish. She was a passenger in an automobile owned by the State of Louisiana and driven by another state employee. Both she and her host driver were employed as nurses...

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