Case Name: Erroll COURVILLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dean LASSEIGNE, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1993-09-22
Citations: 624 So. 2d 1276
Docket Number: No. 92-905
Parties: Erroll COURVILLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dean LASSEIGNE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and COOKS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 624
Pages: 1276–1277

Head Matter:
Erroll COURVILLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dean LASSEIGNE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 92-905.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Sept. 22, 1993.
Barry Joseph Sallinger, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Terry L. Rowe, Alex Andrew Lopresto III, Lafayette, Charles E. Soileau, Rayne, Shep-ton F. Hunter, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.
Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and COOKS, JJ.

Opinion:
COOKS, Judge.
For the foregoing reasons assigned in the companion case of Theriot v. Lasseigne, 624 So.2d 1267 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1993) (Number 92-903 on our court docket), the lower court's judgment is reversed to cast liability against DOTD and amended to fix the fault of Travis Courville and DOTD as follows:
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiffs against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, finding it thirty (30) percent at fault in causing the accident;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment is amended to reduce the percentage of fault assigned to Travis Courville to thirty (30) percent.
Further, the case is remanded to the trial court for a determination of damages and rendition of judgment consistent with the above apportionment of fault. All costs on appeal are assessed against DOTD.
AFFIRMED IN PART; AMENDED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; RENDERED; AND REMANDED.