MIRE v. O'SHEE

No. 08-CA-93.

985 So.2d 843 (2008)

Yvette MIRE and Jeff Mire v. Wilmar J. O'SHEE, The Horace Mann Insurance Company and The Progressive Insurance Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Garrity, Jr., Richard E. Anderson, Attorneys at Law, Harahan, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, William S. Culver, Jr., Assistant Attorney General Louisiana Department of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana through the Department of Education, defendant-appellant, from a 2.2 million dollar jury verdict in favor of Yvette Mire and her son Jeff, plaintiffs-appellees, in this fatal automobile-motorcycle collision case. For the following reasons we affirm the judgment.

There is no issue as to liability. Wilmer O'Shee was in the course and scope of his employment with the Louisiana Department...

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