Case Name: Sheila MAXWELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-12-10
Citations: 499 So. 2d 690
Docket Number: No. 86-53
Parties: Sheila MAXWELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 499
Pages: 690–690

Head Matter:
Sheila MAXWELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 86-53.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Dec. 10, 1986.
Stacey Moak, of Cicero and Moak, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
Timothy Jones, Onebane and Associates, Chris G. Robbins, Lafayette, Hollier and Ringuet, Reginald J. Ringuet, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

Opinion:
YELVERTON, Judge.
For the reasons given in Maxwell v. State, through the Department of Transportation & Development, 499 So.2d 681 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1986), the judgment of the trial court finding the deceased 70 percent at fault and the state 30 percent at fault in causing the accident is affirmed. Also, the judgment awarding (1) Sheila Maxwell, as tutrix of the minor child Donald, the sum of $30,000; (2) Jack Maxwell, Jr. the sum of $9,000; and, (3) Shelly Maxwell the sum of $9,000 is affirmed. Half the appellate costs shall be paid by plaintiffs and half by defendant.
AFFIRMED.