Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1993

Courville v. Lasseigne

Courville v. Lasseigne
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Decided September 22, 1993 · Cooks, Doucet, Yelverton
624 So. 2d 1276; 1993 La. App. LEXIS 2822; 1993 WL 375356 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Courville v. Lasseigne

Opinion of the Court

COOKS, Judge.

For the foregoing reasons assigned in the companion case of Theriot v. Lasseigne, 624 So.2d 1267 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1993) (Number 92-903 on our court docket), the lower court’s judgment is reversed to cast liability against DOTD and amended to fix the fault of Travis Courville and DOTD as follows:

*1277IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiffs against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, finding it thirty (30) percent at fault in causing the accident;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment is amended to reduce the percentage of fault assigned to Travis Courville to thirty (30) percent.

Further, the case is remanded to the trial court for a determination of damages and rendition of judgment consistent with the above apportionment of fault. All costs on appeal are assessed against DOTD.

AFFIRMED IN PART; AMENDED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; RENDERED; AND REMANDED.

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