Legal Opinion · Dissent

Brooks v. City of Lafayette

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 18, 2009No. Nos. 06-1625, 06-1624Published

1DissentPickett, J.

_J_¡For the reasons assigned in my dissent in Fontenot v. Patterson Insurance Co., 06-1624 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2/18/09), 5 So.3d 954, on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court, I dissent from the majority’s allocation of fault on the third party demand. The supreme court has ordered this court to apply the percentages of fault determined after a manifest error review of the jury’s verdict to the stipulated damages of the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government in its third-party demand. In accordance with the jury verdict, I would allocate 90% of the fault to Mr. Brooks and 10% to Mr.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fontenot v. Patterson InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009

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