LOUISIANA PEDESTRIAN AWARDED $107,000 FOR FALL ON STATE ROAD

A Louisiana Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court award to a pedestrian who tripped over an exposed reinforcement rod on a state-maintained road and injured his back. The trial judge made an itemized award to the pedestrian totaling $100,159 and to his wife, $7,500 for loss of consortium. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development argued that the awards were excessive. The issue for the Court of Appeal was to determine whether the trial judge abused his discretion in making the award he did. On all points, the higher court found no abuse, even though the plaintiff had a history of back problems.

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  TranSafety, Incorporated

  8136 Old Keene Mill Road, Suite B-101
  Springfield, VA  United States  22152
• Publication Date: 1987-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 2-3
• Serial:
  • TRANSAFETY REPORTER
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: TranSafety, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0884-612X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Courts; Injuries; Laws; Liabilities; Loss and damage; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; State highways
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471025
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1987 12:00AM