SWINT v. PROGRESSIVE INS. CO.

No. 17607-CA.

485 So.2d 194 (1986)

Thomas L. SWINT, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Talley, Baton Rouge, defendant-appellant Louisiana Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by John D. Collinsworth, Shreveport, defendants-appellants Progressive Ins. Co. and Murry H. Toms.

Horton & Jones by William R. Jones, Coushatta, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before JASPER E. JONES, SEXTON and LINDSAY, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

Defendant, the State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), appeals a finding of the trial court that defendant was thirty percent at fault in causing a fatal auto accident due to the defective design of the intersection in which the accident occurred. We reverse the trial court judgment.

On May 26, 1982, Mrs. Sue Swint was tragically killed in an automobile accident in Coushatta. The accident occurred...

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