Legal Opinion
Dauzat v. State, Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 3, 2010No. 09-793PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Judge.
| ]The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (the DOTD), appeals the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment on the issue of liability in favor of Plaintiffs, Michael and Christine Dauzat. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On March 11, 2005, after boiling four sacks of crawfish, Christine was severely burned when she fell as she and her adult son were attempting to pour the hot water from the boil into a ditch adjacent to a driveway in front of her property. She was taken to a local…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Oster v. Dept. of Transp. & DevelopmentSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Brown v. Louisiana Indem. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Bell v. Gold Rush CasinoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- Benniefiel v. Zurich American InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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