Germaine Christopher Brooks v. City of Lafayette

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

NO. 06-1625

GERMAINE BROOKS, ET AL.

VERSUS

CITY OF LAFAYETTE, ET AL.

CONSOLIDATED WITH

NO. 06-1624

RANDY FONTENOT, ET AL.

VERSUS

PATTERSON INSURANCE, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NOS. 2001-2002, 2001-2216
HONORABLE DURWOOD CONQUE, DISTRICT JUDGE

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JIMMIE C. PETERS
JUDGE

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Court composed of Chief Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Sylvia R. Cooks,
Jimmie C. Peters, Elizabeth A. Pickett, and J. David Painter, Judges.

PICKETT, J., DISSENTS AND ASSIGNS WRITTEN REASONS.

AFFIRMED.

Lawrence N. Curtis
Lawrence N. Curtis, LTD
Post Office Box 80247
Lafayette, LA 70598-0247
(337) 235-1825
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS:
Randy Fontenot and Susanne Fontenot

Rickey W. Miniex
Clyde R. Simien
Todd M. Swartzendruber
Holli K. Yandle
Simien & Miniex
Post Office Box 81918
Lafayette, LA 70598-1918
(337) 269-0222
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE/APPELLANT:
Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government

Colleen McDaniel
Assistant Attorney General
Louisiana Department of Justice
Division of Risk Litigation
556 Jefferson Street, 4th Floor
Lafayette, LA 70501
(337) 262-1700
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE:
The State of Louisiana Through The
Department of Transportation and Development

PETERS, J.

For the reasons assigned in Fontenot v. Patterson Insurance Co., 06-1624

(La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/____), ____ So.2d _____, we affirm the third-party demand

judgment in favor of the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government and against

Germaine Brooks and the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and

Development. We order that Germaine Brooks and the State of Louisiana,

Department of Transportation and Development, shall be responsible for court costs,

including the cost of this appeal, in proportion to their fault. Pursuant to the

requirement of La.R.S.13:5112(A), we set the fifty percent share of costs assessed to

the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development in a monetary

amount, $371.86 in lower court costs and $4,193.34 in appellate costs.

AFFIRMED.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

06-1625

GERMAINE AND LEONA PHILLIPS

VERSUS

CITY OF LAFAYETTE

consolidated with

06-1624

RANDY FONTENOT AND SUSANNE FONTENOT

VERSUS

PATTERSON INSURANCE AND CHRISTOPHER BROOKS

PICKETT, J., dissenting.

For the reasons assigned in my dissent inFontenot v. Patterson Insurance Co.,

06-1624 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/__), ____ So.2d ____, I respectfully dissent.