Legal Opinion

Jacques v. State ex rel. Dept. of Transportation & Development

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 17, 2004No. 2003 CA 2226PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

| ^CARTER, C.J.

This appeal involves the review of a one-vehicle accident allegedly caused by an inadequately signaled intersection. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On the night of May 23, 1994, a one-vehicle accident occurred at the “T” intersection of La. Hwy. 3127 and La. Hwy. 70 in Ascension Parish. Plaintiff, Sheila A. Jacques, was driving her new 1994 Toyota Corolla northbound on Hwy. 3127, a relatively straight, two-lane, blacktop road in a rural area, marked with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour. It was near midnight and Hwy. 3127 was dark and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Toston v. PardonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  2. Hatcher v. State Through Dept. of Transp. and DevelopmentLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  3. Burge v. City of HammondLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  4. Lamaire v. Motor Convoy, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
  5. Menard v. City of LafayetteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Stewart v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & DevelopmentLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
  2. Jacques v. STATE EX REL. TRANSP. AND DEVEL.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  3. Ronald Lee Stutes and Carroll Lynn Stutes v. Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
  4. Ronald Lee Stutes and Carroll Lynn Stutes v. Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
  5. Ronald Lee Stutes, Et Ux. v. Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2017

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