ABNEY v. SMITH

No. 2009 CA 0794.

35 So.3d 279 (2010)

Amanda Abney, Wife of and William ABNEY, Individually, and as the Natural Tutrix of their Minor Children, Kylie M. Abney, Hunter Abney, and Katelynn M. Abney v. Stephanie L. SMITH and USAA Insurance Company, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development and the Parish of St. Tammany.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied May 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom W. Thornhill, Mitchell A. Palmer, Slidell, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs-Appellees William Abney and Amanda D'Angela as the natural tutrix of the minor children, Kylie, Hunter, and Katelynn Abney.

Thomas M. Brahney, Assistant Attorney General, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant-Appellant State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Before PARRO, KUHN, and McDONALD, JJ.


KUHN, J.

Defendant-appellant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), appeals the trial court's judgment rendered after a jury's verdict ultimately concluded that it was liable to plaintiffs-appellees, William "Will" Abney, Jr., his ex-wife Amanda D'Angela, and their three minor children (collectively the Abneys), for twenty percent of the damages they sustained in a vehicular accident.1

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