ORTEGO v. ROY MOTORS, INC.

No. 97-C-0741.

702 So.2d 689 (1997)

Herbert ORTEGO, Jr., et ux. v. ROY MOTORS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Dejean, Opelousas, for Applicant.

John Allen Jeansonne, Jr., Jeansonne & Remondet, George A. Veazey, Patrick B. McIntire, William M. Hudson, III, Lafayette, Richard P. Ieyoub, Lawrence E. Marino, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.


VICTORY, Justice.

This case involves an automobile accident between a tow truck, which was removing a truck involved in a prior accident from the inside shoulder of I-49, and a pick-up truck driven by the decedent, Jay Ortego. Louisiana State Troopers were dispatched to the scene of the prior accident and were directing traffic into the right-hand lane of I-49 so that the tow truck driver could perform his operations in the left-hand lane. During its retrieval operations...

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