MUNAR v. STATE FARM INS. CO.

No. CA 2007-611.

972 So.2d 1273 (2007)

Maria M. MUNAR v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Diaz, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Secondary Plaintiff/Appellant, Maria M. Munar.

Kenneth Wayne Jones, Jr., Cynthia Gatlin Sonnier, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Lafayette City-Parish. Consolidated Government.

Staci Knox Villemarette, Cloyd, Wimberly & Villemarette, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, State Farm Insurance Company, Kurt W. Schmersahl, Jr.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


EZELL, Judge.

This is an appeal arising from an auto accident involving a pedestrian. The Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (LCG) appeals the decision of the trial judge in this bifurcated trial, finding that it breached a duty to the pedestrian, Maria Munar, and was fifteen percent at fault for the accident. Mrs. Munar appeals the decision of the jury, assessing her with seventy-five percent of the liability. For the following reasons, we reverse the...

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