BOYKIN v. LOUISIANA TRANSIT CO., INC.

No. 96-C-1932.

707 So.2d 1225 (1998)

Tammie Jo BOYKIN, et al. v. LOUISIANA TRANSIT COMPANY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Fonte, Metairie, Kimberly A. Danehower, for Applicant.

Owen J. Bradley, Michael R. Guidry, Frederick W. Swaim, Jr., New Orleans, for Respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

This is a tort action arising from an accident in which plaintiff, a pedestrian crossing a highway at a controlled T-intersection, was struck by a vehicle that entered the intersection on a red traffic signal. The principal issue is whether the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), the lone remaining defendant at trial, was liable for failing to set the cycle for the traffic signal so as to afford pedestrians...

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