Purvis v. Grant Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Per curiam
| defendants, Grant Parish School Board and Jana Lashley, seek review of a ruling of the court of appeal amending the district court’s allocation of fault, and increasing plaintiffs damage award. For the reasons that follow, we now reverse the judgment of the court of appeal, and reinstate the district court’s judgment in its entirety.
*925UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURE
This case arises from a collision between an automobile and school bus which occurred in the curve of a narrow portion of J.D. Camp Road in rural Grant Parish. Plaintiff, Shenan Smith Purvis, and her passenger, Jessica Thomisee,…
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