STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVELOPMENT v. LEMAIRE

No. 99-953.

765 So.2d 369 (2000)

The STATE of Louisiana through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT v. Walter LEMAIRE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted September 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora Stelly, Office of Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Derriel McCorvey, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee.

Gordon Sandoz, Abbeville, LA, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee.

BEFORE: COOKS, PETERS and PICKETT, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

Walter Lemaire, a guest passenger, sustained serious injury when a vehicle driven by Robert Harrington, Jr. veered off the highway, struck a culvert, and eventually came to rest in an open field. The driver of the vehicle was fatally injured. In addition to filing suit against the driver's estate and insurer, Lemaire joined the State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation as a defendant alleging the area where the accident occurred was...

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