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JENS v. JONES

No. 2007-CA-0487.

8 So.3d 132 (2009)

Danae L. JENS, Patricia A. Jens and Thomas M. Jens v. John S. JONES; Pittman Construction Company, Inc., The AETNA Casualty and Surety Company; Datsun, a/k/a Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A.; Bill Garrett Nissan, Inc.; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Dveirin, New Orleans, LA, for Danae L. Jens, et al.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, Thomas M. Brahney, Assistant Attorney General, La. Dept. of Justice, Lit. Div., New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Transportation and Development.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge TERRI F. LOVE).

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from a suit on damages resulting from a car accident. The trial court allocated seventy-five percent of the fault for the accident to one of the drivers, who was also a plaintiff, and the remaining twenty-five percent to the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development. We find that the trial court did not commit manifest error in its liability determination or fault allocation and affirm.

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