Lavalais v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development

GENOVESE, Judge.

|,In this personal injury action arising out of a motor vehicle accident, Defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (the DOTD), appeals the trial court’s judgment assessing it with fifty percent fault in causing the accident and casting it in judgment for $25,000.00 in damages in accordance therewith. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

FACTS

At approximately 7:40 p.m. on January 14, 2005, Plaintiff, Anthony Lavalais, was traveling northbound on Louisiana Highway 1 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. As…