JAMES v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 91 CA 0101.

597 So.2d 555 (1992)

Pearlie JAMES, Juanita Viverette on Behalf of the Minor Child Condria Wicker, and Shirley Viverette v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, and Shelia Lewis Barnett.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wattigny, Hammond, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stacey Moak, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant La. Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Tom Matheny, Hammond, for defendant-appellant La. Dept. of Public Safety and Trooper Joe Guthrie.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and GONZALES, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This appeal comes to us from a judgment casting the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), for 70% of the damages resulting from an intersectional collision. Plaintiffs have answered the appeal contending that the trial court assessed too high a percentage of fault, 30%, to another defendant, Shelia Barnett, the driver of the vehicle in which the injured and killed parties were riding. All parties challenge the trial...

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