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FORBES v. COCKERHAM

Nos. 2005 CA 1838, 2005 CA 1839.

985 So.2d 86 (2008)

Belinda FORBES, Individually and as the Natural Tutrix and Administratrix of the Estate of her Minor Child, Joshua Forbes v. Rodney COCKERHAM, State of Louisiana, Wayne Sonnier, Patterson Insurance Company, East Baton Rouge City-Parish Government and Dixie Electric Membership Corporation George Forbes, Individually and as Parent and Administrator of his Minor Child, Joshua Forbes v. Wade Sonnier, Rodney Cockerham, State of Louisiana, Patterson Insurance Company, East Baton Rouge City Parish Government and Dixie Electric Membership Corporation

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary B. Roth, R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-1st Appellant Joshua Forbes.

Peter Brian Derouen, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee American Medical Security, Inc.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Stacey Moak, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher A. Mason, Andrew W., Ralston, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., Isaac H. Ryan, New Orleans, LA, for 2nd Appellant Defendant-2nd Appellant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rodney Cockerham, Clinton, LA, In Proper Person Defendant-Appellee.

Before KUHN, GAIDRY, McCLENDON, HUGHES, and WELCH, JJ.

WELCH, J.

In this action for damages arising out of an automobile accident that occurred on Louisiana Highway 37 ("Greenwell Springs Road"), the plaintiff, Joshua Forbes, appeals a judgment of the trial court granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV") in favor of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD") absolving DOTD from liability for the accident, and alternatively, granting a new trial on the issue of DOTD's liability....

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