Legal Opinion
Forest v. State ex rel. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 18, 1986No. 84-1066PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Judge.
The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (hereafter DOTD) appeals the trial court’s damage award of $519,661.50 to Loretta Forest and her four minor children for the death of James Forest. Loretta Forest, individually and as the tutrix of her four minor children, sued: Joseph Vils, the driver of the GMC pickup truck which struck James Forest; Vils’s insurer, Travelers Insurance Company; DOTD; and various State contractors and their subcontractors. All defendants except Vils, Travelers and DOTD were either dismissed by summary judgment or…
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