Cited by
Opinions in Louisiana that cite Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, 372 So. 2d 1197.
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Maxwell v. State, Department of Transportaiton & Development
499 So. 2d 681
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Rue vs. State, Department of Highways, Sinitiere vs. Lavergne
- Broussard v. Northwest Insurance Co. 496 So. 2d 1293 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
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Johnson v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEV.
497 So. 2d 768
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Roberson v. Huggins
498 So. 2d 32
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
LeBlanc v. *35 State, Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Burge v. City of Hammond
489 So. 2d 1320
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Compare Rue v. State, Department of Highways, with Motton v. Travelers Insurance Company, Ascension Parish Emergency Ambulance Service District and Ascension Parish Police Jury, (La.App.
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Myers v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
483 So. 2d 1063
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
1982); Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Royle v. Casualty Reciprocal Exchange
486 So. 2d 271
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
the State Supreme Court used the `but for' analysis to hold that the State of Louisiana was negligent in failing to maintain the shoulder of the road even in light of the substandard conduct of the Plaintiff in inadvertently allowing her vehicle to drift to the shoulder of the road.
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Schilling v. US Fidelity & Guar. Co.
487 So. 2d 127
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Motton v. Travelers Ins. Co.
484 So. 2d 816
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
REDUCTION OF APPELLEES' DAMAGE AWARDS Appellees argue the conduct of Ms. Jackson in inadvertently leaving the paved roadway does not constitute negligence under Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, and the subsequent jurisprudence dealing with highway "drop-off" cases.
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Armand v. La. Power & Light Co.
482 So. 2d 802
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
In Rue v. State, Department of Highways, the Court extended the duty to protect persons who inadvertently drive onto the shoulder: A motorist has a right to assume that a highway shoulder, the function of which is to accommodate motor vehicles intentionally or unintentionally driven thereon, is maintained in a reasonably *806 safe condition.
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Nunez v. Smith
480 So. 2d 383
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Jones v. State, Dept. of Transp. & Develop.
478 So. 2d 691
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Murphy v. Hill
476 So. 2d 383
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Murphy v. State
475 So. 2d 24
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Even assuming arguendo that the decedent was inattentive, applying the simple “but-for” analysis of our Supreme Court in Rue v. State, Department of Highways, we still conclude that it does not bar recovery.
- Bennett v. National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. 472 So. 2d 256 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
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Wise v. La. Dept. of Transp. & Development
470 So. 2d 954
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Dept. of Transportation and Development, Holmes v. State, et al, (La.App.
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Holmes v. State Through Dept. of Highways
466 So. 2d 811
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Sinitiere v. Lavergne, supra; Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Broussard v. Yellow Freight Lines, Inc.
464 So. 2d 987
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Quinn v. State, Through Dept. of Highways
464 So. 2d 357
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
The prevailing jurisprudence in Louisiana, Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, holds that negligent driving on the part of a motorist who runs off the highway and encounters a defective shoulder caused by improper maintenance does not affect recovery.
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Grappe v. State, Dept. of Transp. & Dev.
462 So. 2d 1337
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Long v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
463 So. 2d 957
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
* * * * * * There is no serious question that there was a defective shoulder according to the Rue {Rue v. State, Dept, of Highways, case.
- Efferson v. State, Through Dept. of Transp. & Dev. 463 So. 2d 1342 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
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Pitre v. Aetna Ins. Co., Inc.
456 So. 2d 626
La. 1984
Compare Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Robinson v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV.
454 So. 2d 257
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
1977); Payne v. Louisiana Dept. of Transp., Etc., (La.App.
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Robinson v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
454 So. 2d 257
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
1st Cir.1976), writs denied, Payne v. Louisiana Dept. of Transp., Etc., (La.App.
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Nicholson v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
449 So. 2d 178
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Nicholson v. LA. DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVELOP.
449 So. 2d 178
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1984
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Lang v. Prince
447 So. 2d 1112
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
Rue v. State, Department of Highways, (La.
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Thomas v. Jackson
442 So. 2d 1186
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1983
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, Smith v. State, through Dept. of Transp., Etc., (La.App.
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McSweeney v. Dept. of Transp. & Development
442 So. 2d 659
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983
In Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, rehearing denied 1979, the Supreme Court held at page 1199: "[T]he Highway Department's duty to maintain a safe shoulder encompasses the foreseeable risk that for any number of reasons, including simple inadvertence, a motorist might find himself traveling on, or partially on, the shoulder."
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Allison v. City of Baton Rouge
439 So. 2d 570
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983
rehearing denied 1980; rehearing denied 1979.
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Larson v. Huskey
440 So. 2d 769
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1983
The court stated: "The fundamental duty-risk analysis of Baumgartner , like that of Boyer v. Johnson, La.1978, , and of Rue v. State Dept. Hwys., La.1979, , is applicable here.
- Dulaney v. Travelers Ins. Co. 434 So. 2d 578 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983
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Rivet v. State, Through Dept. of Transp.
434 So. 2d 436
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways
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Pitre v. Aetna Life and Cas. Co.
434 So. 2d 191
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
Mrs. Pitre and her four children, Carroll Bruce Pitre, Joseph Karren Pitre, Charles Travis Pitre, and Brenda Pitre Rome, filed this action against the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), pursuant to Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, alleging that DOTD was negligent in failing to maintain the roadway and shoulder and in permitting the shoulder to be dangerously lower than the roadway.
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Cullivan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
428 So. 2d 1231
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
In the Supreme Court's opinion in Rue v. State of Louisiana, Department of Highways, the Court was confronted with the issue of whether or not a motorist who inadvertently drives off a highway onto its shoulder and then loses control upon striking a dangerous rut in the *1238 road is barred from recovery for her injuries due to her negligence in leaving the paved surface of the highway.
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Scott v. State, Department of Transportation & Development
424 So. 2d 284
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
[(La.)], and [(La.App.)], is controlling and that as the Supreme Court therein stated: ‘a motorist who inadvertently drove off a highway and onto its shoulder and who lost control of her vehicle upon striking an admittedly dangerous rut in the shoulder was not barred from recovery for her injuries by her
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Murphy v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.
424 So. 2d 344
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Payne v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.
424 So. 2d 324
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Everett v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.
424 So. 2d 336
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Thornhill v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.
424 So. 2d 331
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Department of Highways
- FRAIN AS TUTRIX OF BEASON v. State Farm Ins. Co. 421 So. 2d 1169 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
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B. Olinde & Sons Co., Inc. v. STATE, ETC.
421 So. 2d 370
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Because the road was under construction, wherein the Supreme Court held the Department of Highways liable for a deteriorating shoulder even though the driver was found to be contributorily negligent.
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Booth v. POTASHNICK CONS. CO.
420 So. 2d 512
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
Consistent with this reasoning, we conclude that Sinitiere v. Lavergne, supra , and Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, in which cases the State was deemed liable for failing to maintain highway shoulders in a safe condition, are inapposite.
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LeBlanc v. State
419 So. 2d 853
La. 1982
and Rue v. State, Department of Highways
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Guidry v. State, Department of Transportation & Development
416 So. 2d 595
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways, La., (1979).
- Bradley v. Tripkovich 415 So. 2d 999 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1982
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Merrell v. State, Through Dept. of Transp.
415 So. 2d 660
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1982
* * * * * * In Rue, [ ] supra, the rule was clarified to include persons who drove onto the shoulder inadvertently where there was neither knowledge nor reason to know of either a defective condition of the shoulder itself or any other condition that would make such action hazardous (such as a car on the shoulder of the road)."
- Durrett v. State 416 So. 2d 562 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
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Palermo v. Allstate Ins. Co.
415 So. 2d 437
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rue v. State, Department of Highways, Watson v. Morrison, supra ; Willis v. State, Louisiana Department of Highways, (La.App.