HAYES v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY

No. 2000 CA 0512.

798 So.2d 148 (2001)

Mrs. Melissa Hilliard HAYES and Mrs. Dorothy Hilliard Croute, Individually and on Behalf of their Deceased Father, Mr. George Hilliard, Jr. v. The STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Robinson, III, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs/appellants, Mrs. Melissa Hilliard Hayes, Mrs. Dorothy Hilliard Croute, individually and on behalf of their deceased father, Mr. George Hilliard, Jr.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, by Marjorie G. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendant/appellee, The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

BEFORE: GONZALES, PETTIGREW, and SEXTON, JJ.


GONZALES, Judge.

On May 20, 1997, Mr. George Hilliard, Jr. was driving his Chevy pickup truck east on Choctaw Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when Mr. Rolon A. Glover, headed west on Choctaw, crossed the center line and collided with Mr. Hilliard's pickup truck. Mr. Hilliard died as a result of the accident. Mr. Hilliard's daughters, Melissa Hilliard Hayes and Dorothy Hilliard Croute, filed suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety...

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