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PETRE v. STATE EX REL. DOTD

No. 2001-C-0876.

817 So.2d 1107 (2002)

Lajuana B. PETRE v. STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Vincent Petre v. State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, John H. Ayres, III, John C. Young, Counsel for Applicant.

Wilbert J. Saucier, Jr., Terry G. Aubin, Henry H. Lemoine, Jr., Field V. Gremillion, III, Counsel for Respondent.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

We granted this writ to consider whether, because of unreasonably dangerous defects in La. Hwy. 107, the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) can be held liable for damages sustained in a single car accident, when the vehicle driver's intoxication was a major cause of the accident. We find that DOTD can be held liable in part for the ensuing claims. Accordingly, there was no error in the decisions...

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