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LOCKETT v. STATE, DOTD

No. 2003-C-1767.

869 So.2d 87 (2004)

Nancy LOCKETT and Ronny Lockett, Husband and Wife v. The STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Shows, Cali & Berthelot, Ronnie J. Berthelot, Edmond W. Shows, Carlos A. Romanach, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for applicant.

Cardenas Law Firm, Leonard Cardenas, III, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armand, McCowan & Jarman, John F. Jakuback, Bradley C. Myers, Donna V. Yelverton, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae.

KNOLL, Justice.

This civil case addresses the legal question of whether multiple $500,000 caps are allowed under La. R.S. 13:5106(B)(2) in wrongful death actions brought against the State. Plaintiffs' brought a wrongful death action against the State through the Department of Transportation & Development ("DOTD") for their daughter's death as a result of an automobile accident that happened at a DOTD controlled intersection. The district court found DOTD partially...

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