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Hayes v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety & Corrections

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 11, 2001No. 2000 CA 0512Published

1Opinion of the Court

LGONZALES, Judge.

On May 20, 1997, Mr. George Hilliard, Jr. was driving his Chevy pickup truck east on Choctaw Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when Mr. Rolon A. Glover, headed west on Choctaw, crossed the center line and collided with Mr. Hilliard’s pickup truck. Mr. Hilliard died as a result of the accident. Mr. Hilliard’s daughters, Melissa Hilliard Hayes and Dorothy Hilli-ard Croute, filed suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS), individually and on behalf of their deceased father.

Prior to the accident, the tractor truck driven by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Fowler v. RobertsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  3. Verret on Behalf of Gatlin v. ScottLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  4. Coppage v. GambleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  5. Verret ex rel. Gatlin v. ScottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985

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