GATES v. HONEY

No. 40,008-CA.

909 So.2d 1025 (2005)

Larry W. GATES, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Wanda K. HONEY, John P. Daugherty, Colonial Penn of Georgia Insurance Company, and XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Downs Lawfirm, A.P.C., by E. Ross Downs, Jr., Shawn D. Akers, Monroe, for Appellant, State, DOTD.

Fewell-Kitchens, by Richard L. Fewell, Jr., Robert T. Knight, Metairie, Lunn, Irion, Salley, Carlisle & Gardner, by Ronald E. Raney, Shreveport, for Appellant, Wanda K. Honey.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY and MOORE, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

In early 1996, the pick-up trucks driven by Wanda Honey and Larry Gates were involved in a collision in Gates's lane of travel on a state highway. Honey had consumed alcohol and smoked marijuana before the accident. Gates initially filed suit against Honey. Honey filed a reconventional demand against Gates and also named the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD") as a third-party defendant, alleging that the shoulder drop-off at...

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