Legal Opinion
Jones v. Carolina Casualty Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 20, 1989No. CA 88 0758Published
1Opinion of the Court
ALFORD, Judge.
The defendant, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), appeals the trial court’s judgment finding DOTD seventy-five percent (75%) at fault in a vehicular accident between the plaintiff, Earl E. Jones, and another defendant, Thomas W. Stillwell, which occurred on Louisiana Highway 16 (LA. 16) in Livingston Parish.
BACKGROUND
On April 17,1984, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Mr. Stillwell was operating a tractor-trailer rig loaded with wet sand southbound on LA. 16. It was his third trip along the same route that day. Mr. Jones was driving a tractor-trailer rig…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Myers v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Manasco v. PoplusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Jones v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & DevelopmentLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988