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BILLINGS v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 01-0131.

826 So.2d 1133 (2001)

Paula BILLINGS, Ind. and as Natural Tutrix of Her Minor Children, David Allen Billings, II, Monte Christopher Billings and Jonathan Everett Billings v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Howard Goforth, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Paula Billings, David Allen Billings, II, Monte Christopher Billings, Jonathan Everett Billings.

Jeron J. LaFargue, LA. Dept. of Risk Litigation, Lafayette, LA, for State of Louisiana, through DOTD.

Edward M. Campbell, Dept. of Justice/Litigation, Lafayette, LA, for State of Louisiana, through DOTD.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

This matter is an appeal from the jury's finding that the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) was not at fault in the death of Mr. David Billings. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the jury.

FACTS

On March 31, 1993, at approximately 2:15 a.m., David Billings was driving a 1986 Ford Thunderbird, traveling east on Interstate 10, near Duson in Lafayette Parish...

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