FORD v. STATE, EX REL. DOTD

No. 99-1297.

760 So.2d 478 (2000)

Carole S. FORD v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DOTD, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria R. Murry, Assistant Attorney General, Alexandria, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development.

DeWitt t. Methvin, Jr., Gist, Methvin & Hughes, Alexandria, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendants/Appellants, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

Howard N. Nugent, Jr., Attorney At Law, Alexandria, Louisiana, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellee, Carole Ford.

(Court composed of HENRY L. YELVERTON, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges).


YELVERTON, Judge.

Carole Ford was injured in an accident on June 30, 1996, when the Nissan Pathfinder in which she was a passenger was run off Hot Wells Road by an oncoming pickup truck driven by an unknown person. The Pathfinder hit a tree in the highway right-of-way. Ford filed suit against the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). She also sued the uninsured/underinsured (UM) insurer of the car in which she was riding, State Farm...

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