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Swint v. Progressive Insurance Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 26, 1986No. 17607-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LINDSAY, Judge.

Defendant, the State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), appeals a finding of the trial court that defendant was thirty percent at fault in causing a fatal auto accident due to the defective design of the intersection in which the accident occurred. We reverse the trial court judgment.

On May 26, 1982, Mrs. Sue Swint was tragically killed in an automobile accident in Coushatta. The accident occurred in the intersection of Louisiana Highway 179 and *196U.S. Highway 71. A diagram of the intersection is attached to this opinion. This is a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. Entrevia v. HoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. Pickens v. St. Tammany Parish Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. Lincecum v. Missouri Pacific RR Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1984

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Brownell v. Dietz Motor LinesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987

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