FOWLER v. ROBERTS

Nos. 19570-CA, 19571-CA and 19606-CA.

526 So.2d 266 (1988)

Marvin F. FOWLER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Daniel C. Beltz, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Hugh Winfree, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bobby R. ROBERTS, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Roshto, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for Dept. of Public Safety, defendant-appellant.

Robert P. Hogan, Covington, for Beltz, plaintiffs-appellants-appellees.

Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, for Winfree, plaintiffs-appellees.

R. Wayne Smith, Ruston, for Fowler, plaintiffs-appellees.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Charles H. Heck, Monroe, for defendant-appellee, State Farm.

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


MARVIN, Judge.

In these consolidated actions for damages and wrongful deaths arising out of a multi-vehicle accident caused by a seizure-prone driver, the State Department of Public Safety appeals each of three judgments finding that it was equally and solidarily at fault with the afflicted driver and casting both for damages totalling over $1,250,000 in principal.

DPS was found at fault essentially because it renewed the driver's license of the seizure-prone...

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