STATE v. DESLATTE

Nos. 91-CA-721, 91-CA-722.

595 So.2d 696 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT, et al. v. Betty B. DESLATTE and State Farm Mutual Insurance Company. Kevin E. TURNER and Donna J. Mitchell v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Joseph Erwin Kopsa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Div. of Risk Litigation, Baton Rouge, for State of La. through the Office of Risk Management, Div. of Admin., Office of the Governor and the Dept. of Environmental Quality.

Sidney J. Angelle, Wayne R. Maldonado, Lobman, Carnahan and Batt, Metairie, for Betty B. Deslatte and State Farm Mut. Ins. Co.

Harold S. Bartholomew, Jr., Metairie, for Kevin Turner and Donna Mitchell.

Stephen M. Bernstein, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., O'Keefe, O'Keefe and Bernstein, New Orleans, for State of La. through the Dept. of Transp. and Development.

Before KLIEBERT, GOTHARD and CANNELLA, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

The accident which gave rise to this litigation occurred on Tuesday, July 5, 1988 at approximately 6:00 P.M. in the Town of Destrehan, in the Parish of St. Charles on U.S. Highway 61 (also known as the Airline Highway) at its intersection with Ormond Boulevard. The intersection was controlled by signal lights on the date of the accident. There is a designated left turn lane for traffic heading west on Airline Highway to turn onto Ormond Boulevard...

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