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<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #039</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>The Opinions handed down on the&nbsp;<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">23rd day of April, 2004</span></strong>, are as follows:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">BY CALOGERO, C.J.</span></strong><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/03kk2815.opn.pdf">2003-KK-2815 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARDIS ALLEN&nbsp;</a>(Parish of Bossier)<br />The court of appeal judgment is therefore reversed, and the matter is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.<br />REVERSED AND REMANDED</p><p>Judge Fred S. Sexton, retired, sitting ad hoc for Associate Justice Chet D. Traylor, recused.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">BY TRAYLOR, J.</span></strong><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/03c1747.opn.pdf">2003-C -1747 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ANNETTE TOSTON, AS CURATRIX OF SYVELLA TOSTON
    AND TUTRIX OF TYRA TOSTON v. JAMES D. PARDON, NELSON R. CARR, PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT</a> (Parish of East Carroll)<br />For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the court of appeal insofar as it found Pardon's negligence was in part a cause-in-fact of the accident. However, we reverse the court of appeal's failure to assign fault to DOTD, and reallocate fault accordingly. The DOTD and Pardon are determined to be at fault, 80% and 20% respectively. The case is remanded to the district court to confect appropriate monetary judgment based upon the fault percentages.<br />AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.</p><p>VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons.<br />WEIMER, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Victory, J.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">BY KNOLL, J.</span></strong><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="opinions/2004/03c1488.opn.pdf">2003-C -1488 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KAREN J. RICHARD, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OFHER MINOR CHILD, EMILY RICHARD v. MICHAEL A. HALL, SCREENING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, LOUISIANA DIVISION, INC., ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND EMPIRE INSURANCE COMPANY</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />For the foregoing reasons, the judgments of the district court and the appellate court are affirmed.<br />AFFIRMED.</p><p>JOHNSON, J., dissents.<br />VICTORY, J., concurs in the result.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
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