Paine v. Avoyelles Council on Aging

BLANCHARD, Judge.1

The Defendants, the Avoyelles Council on Aging (ACOA), Katherine Desselle and *293Wausau General Insurance Company (Wausau), appeal both the original judgment and the judgment rendered pursuant to a new trial.

The Plaintiff, Vera Paine, then 87 years old, was living at Bailey House in Bunkie, Louisiana. On September 7, 2001, Ms. Paine was being transported to a doctor’s appointment in a van driven by Katherine Desselle, an employee of the Avoyelles Council on Aging, and owned by the Avo-yelles Parish Police Jury (Police Jury). The van was involved in an accident with a motor…