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

| .PEATROSS, J.

This appeal arises out of an automobile accident that occurred in Bastrop, Louisiana which killed William Trippe and left his daughter, Terri Degges, and grandson, Joshua Degges, severely injured. After a one-week trial, the jury found that no conduct of the DOTD created an unreasonably dangerous condition at the intersection where the accident occurred and apportioned 100% of the fault for the accident to Mr. Trippe. Ms. Degges and her son appeal the jury’s finding, arguing that an unreasonably dangerous condition existed at the time of the accident and the that DOTD should…