PAULSELL v. STATE, DOTD

Nos. 2013 CA 2117, 2013 CW 1754.

152 So.3d 963 (2014)

Juanita Christine PAULSELL, as Curator of the Interdict Patricia Jolynn Paulsell-Lathrop v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Michael A. Laviolette, ABC Helmet Distributing Company, DEF Labeling Company, GHI Helmet Manufacturing Company, and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

July 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson W. Wagar, III , Sarah Ney , Metairie, LA, Ronnie G. Penton , Bogalusa, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Juanita Christine Paulsell, as curator for Patricia Jolynn Paulsell-Lathrop.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, J. Elliott Baker , Irving H. Koch , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Covington, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development and the Office of Risk Management.

Weldon J. Hill, II , Neal R. Elliott, Jr. , Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Before PARRO, GUIDRY, and DRAKE, JJ.


This is an appeal of a judgment granting the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) reimbursement from the proceeds of a personal injury settlement that the injured tort victim received pursuant to a compromise of the victim's claims against the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). For the following...

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