Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 11, 1992No. 90-1019PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YELVERTON, Judge.
This appeal arises from an automobile accident that happened on a two lane section of Highway 1 in Rapides Parish at mid-morning on May 21, 1988. Willard Mitchell, his wife Earnestine, and a child, Tonia Richardson, were traveling south in their car. It was raining. Joseph Rachal’s automobile, Rachal driving northbound, crossed the centerline, and there was a collision.
Willard and Earnestine Mitchell suffered serious and permanent injuries. Earnestine is permanently paralyzed from the chest down and is confined to a wheelchair. Willard suffered a broken left hip, and he was…
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