ROACH v. STATE THROUGH DEP'T OF TRANSP.

20-211 20-212.

329 So.3d 974 (2021)

Victoria ROACH v. The STATE of Louisiana THROUGH the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Michael Lee McVey and Norma Cheryl McVey v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Julius W. Grubbs, Jr. , Special Assistant Attorney General, P. O. Box 11040, New Iberia, LA 70562-1040, (337) 365-5486, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

W. Thomas Barrett, III , 3401 Ryan Street, Suite 307, Lake Charles, LA 70605, (337) 474-7311, W. Thomas McCall, Jr. , Jones Walker LLP, 445 North Boulevard, Suite 800, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, (225) 248-2154, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: Victoria Roach.

Barry A. Roach , Christopher S. LaCombe , Michael H. Schwartzberg , Larry A. Roach, Inc., 2917 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 433-8504, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Michael Lee McVey, Norma Cheryl McVey.

Katherine Paine Martin , Gretchen Heider Mayard , Martin Mayard, L.L.C., P. O. Box 81338, Lafayette, LA 70598-1338, (337) 291-2440, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court composed of Van H. Kyzar, Sharon Darville Wilson, and Charles G. Fitzgerald, Judges.


The defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, appeals from a jury verdict finding it twenty percent at fault for causing a single-vehicle accident which resulted in the death of one of the passengers. The jury found the Department of Transportation...

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