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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Sinitiere v. Lavergne, 391 So. 2d 821.

233 citing documents.

Vicki Hood v. Sasol Chemicals USA, LLC La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2024
Favre v. Boh Bros. Construction Co. 90 So. 3d 481 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2012
Roger Vestal v. Cynthia D. Kirkland La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2011
Vestal v. Kirkland 81 So. 3d 748 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2011
Tonya Lynn Boudreaux v. R. E. Heidt Construction Co., Inc. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
Melba Lee See v. Entergy Corporation La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2009
“A motorist’s 21 duty of reasonable care includes the duty to keep his vehicle under control.” Sinitiere 22 v. Lavergne, (citations omitted).
See v. Entergy Corp. 24 So. 3d 267 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
“A motorist’s duty of reasonable care includes the duty to keep his vehicle under control.” (citations omitted).
Tassin v. Bendel 989 So. 2d 217 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2008
Everhardt v. LOUISIANA DOTD 978 So. 2d 1036 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2008
Christopher Sims v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2005
Sims v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. 897 So. 2d 834 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2005
Siverd v. Permanent General Insurance Co. 894 So. 2d 1204 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2005
Giorgio v. Alliance Operating Corp. 886 So. 2d 1283 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2004
Musacchia v. Hilton New Orleans Corp. 876 So. 2d 901 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2004
Jefferson v. Cooper/T. Smith Corp. 858 So. 2d 691 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2003
Shofstahl v. Board of Commissioners 841 So. 2d 1 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2003
Shofstahl v. BD. OF COM'RS OF ORLEANS LEVEE 841 So. 2d 1 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2003
Darbone v. State 815 So. 2d 943 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2002
Rosen v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development 809 So. 2d 498 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2002
Kimberly v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development 805 So. 2d 428 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2001
The rationale for extending liability to drop-off victims is based on “an implicit necessity for the functional use of a shoulder [and] a connection between the roadway and shoulder that allows for safe gradual movement from one to the other.” Id.
Hicks v. State 802 So. 2d 1005 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2001
Fryson v. Dupre Transport, Inc. 798 So. 2d 1012 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 2001
Menard v. City of Lafayette 786 So. 2d 354 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2001
Holmes v. State, Through Dept. of Highways, (La.App.
Snearl v. Mercer 780 So. 2d 563 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2001
1st Cir.6/24/94), , writ denied, 94-2289 (La.11/18/94)
Odom v. City of Lake Charles 790 So. 2d 51 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2001
Crooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 779 So. 2d 966 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2001
Nunez v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. 774 So. 2d 208 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2000
Dupree v. City of New Orleans 765 So. 2d 1002 La. 2000
While motorists are charged with a duty of reasonable care to maintain a careful lookout, observe any obstructions present, and exercise care to avoid them, they have a right to assume that the roadway is reasonably safe for use until they know, or should know, of an existing hazard.
LeBlanc v. Stevenson 756 So. 2d 356 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2000
Roberts, 605 So.2d at 1056
Sevario v. State Ex Rel. Dept. of Transp. 752 So. 2d 221 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999
Cormier v. Comeaux 748 So. 2d 1123 La. 1999
Brown, supra (excessive shoulder slope and excessive rollover on curve was 25% cause of accident, despite fact that driver fell asleep and failed to negotiate the curve; DOTD not liable however for abandoned driveway on shoulder which driver collided with and which caused his car to become airborne); (although the DOTD is not the guarantor of the safety of all motorists, DOTD 50% liable because 3-4 inch drop off from road to shoulder caused driver to lose control); Ledbetter, supra (lack of warn
Magnon v. Collins 739 So. 2d 191 La. 1999
("[A] judgment will not be amended by this Court to benefit a party who did not apply for certiorari.").
Swindle v. Body Blasters Gym, Inc. 728 So. 2d 977 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1999
Pesson v. Reynolds 727 So. 2d 507 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998
Caruthers v. State 711 So. 2d 420 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1998
Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. v. State Through Dept. of Transp. and Dev. 712 So. 2d 216 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998
Graves v. Page 703 So. 2d 566 La. 1997
Sinitiere v. Lavergne v. State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Transportation and Development, There are many cases that answer the inquiry whether or not, as a factual matter, the absence of a shoulder or the presence of an inadequate shoulder creates an unreasonable risk of harm.
Thompson v. State 701 So. 2d 952 La. 1997
Grant v. Allstate Ins. Co. 696 So. 2d 275 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1997
Tassin v. State Farm Ins. Co. 692 So. 2d 604 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1997
Hardenstein v. COOK CONST. INC. 691 So. 2d 177 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1997
Grant v. Allstate Insurance Co. 688 So. 2d 703 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1997
Thornhill v. STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP. 676 So. 2d 799 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1996
Shephard ex rel. Shephard v. Scheeler 674 So. 2d 1135 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1996
Co., -72 (La.1986); Sinitierre (sic) v. Lavergne, State Farm Mut.
Spiller v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development 668 So. 2d 1318 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1996
for the proposition that a governmental entity must keep the highways reasonably safe for non-negligent motorists.
Guzman v. State 664 So. 2d 1343 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1995
Hood v. State, Department of Transportation and Development, 587 So.2d at 759.
Duplantis v. Danos 664 So. 2d 1383 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1995
Rogers v. Roch 663 So. 2d 811 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1995
5 Cir.1982), as follows:
Donavan v. Jones 658 So. 2d 755 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1995
Lewis v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION & DEV. 654 So. 2d 311 La. 1995