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CHEAIRS v. STATE EX REL. DOTD

No. 2003-C-0680.

861 So.2d 536 (2003)

Mark CHEAIRS v. STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Baton Rouge Police Department, The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Chapoton, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Stacey A. Moak, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Daniel J. McGlynn, Karl J. Koch, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

Defendant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD"), appeals a judgment of the First Circuit Court of Appeal, which affirmed a jury verdict allotting 55 percent fault to the DOTD for an accident that occurred when a vehicle being driven by plaintiff, Mark Cheairs, struck a stationary DOTD "Roadrunner" from the rear, causing him serious injuries. DOTD asserts that the jury's verdict was improperly...

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