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PHILLIPS v. ALLIANCE CAS. & REINS. CO.

No. 95 CA 2161.

689 So.2d 481 (1996)

Betty Jane Istre PHILLIPS, James Dennis Phillips, David Neal Phillips, and Timothy Dwayne Phillips v. ALLIANCE CASUALTY AND REINSURANCE COMPANY, Frank Huszar, Highlands Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company and State of Louisiana Through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Quin, Kentwood, for 2nd Appellants Plaintiffs.

Randall J. Cashio, Baton Rouge, for 1st Appellant State of Louisiana, DOTD.

Mary Ann Bossetta-Goodman, Covington, for Appellee Allstate Insurance Co.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and WATKINS, FOIL, FOGG and TANNER, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges a trial court's liability and quantum determinations. After a thorough review of the record, we reverse the court's liability ruling.

BACKGROUND

On January 18, 1990, a vehicular collision between a pickup truck and an eighteen-wheeler occurred in a curve commonly called "Hayden's Curve," located along Louisiana Highway 40 in Tangipahoa Parish. Neal Nathan Phillips, who was driving the pickup truck, was killed as...

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