COOPER v. LOUISIANA STATE DOTD

No. 2003 CA 1847.

885 So.2d 1211 (2004)

Virginia COOPER v. LOUISIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Parish of Ascension, and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied November 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Bateman, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Virginia Cooper.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, John H. Ayres, III, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Before: FOIL, FITZSIMMONS, and GAIDRY, JJ.


FITZSIMMONS, J.

Virginia L. Cooper (Jenny), plaintiff/appellant, appeals portions of a jury verdict against defendant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). DOTD responsively contests the allocation of fault. Following our review of the facts and applicable law, we affirm, in part, and amend, in part.

FACTS

On July 6, 1997, Jenny was traveling in a southerly direction along Louisiana Highway 431...

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