Davis v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety

EDWARDS, Judge.

Following the suspension of his driving license for one year upon his second DWI offense, William M. Davis, Jr. (plaintiff) filed a petition pursuant to R.S. 32:415.1 seeking a restricted driver’s license on the basis fo economic hardship. The trial court denied plaintiff’s petition and this devolu-tive appeal was taken. We affirm.

Under R.S. 32:415.1, a trial court may order the Department of Public Safety to issue a restricted driver’s license to an individual when it is shown that the lack of a license would result in economic hardship, i.e., deprive the person or his family…