Ehlinger v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a vehicular collision with a pedestrian. We reverse.

The plaintiffs parents, both individually and on his behalf, sued the driver of the truck, the driver’s insurer, the driver’s employer, and the State of Louisiana. The suit against the State was settled for $1000 and dismissed. After trial, the jury unanimously determined that the plaintiff was 94 percent contributorily negligent and that the defendant-driver was 6 percent negligent. The plaintiff recovered $3041.76 of the $50,969 judgment after reduction for contributory negligence. The trial court…