LANTIER v. CASKEY

19-687 19-688.

308 So.3d 758 (2020)

Grace LANTIER v. James Lee CASKEY, et al. Marianne Walsh v. James Lee Caskey, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. R. Johnson, III , Kevin W. Welsh , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, 400 Convention Street, Suite 1100, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802-5618, (225) 346-0285, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: BNSF Railway Company, James Lee Caskey

Kevin M. Dills , Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, Post Office Drawer 2908, Lafayette, Louisiana 70502, (337) 237-1660, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: BNSF Railway Company, James Lee Caskey

Morris M. Haik, III , Attorney At Law, 511 West St. Peters Street, New Iberia, Louisiana 70560, (337) 560-4357, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: BNSF Railway Company, James Lee Caskey

Katherine P. Martin , Martin Mayard, LLC, Post Office Box 81338, Lafayette, Louisiana 70598-1338, (337) 291-2440, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Sera Hearn Russell, III , Attorney at Law, Post Office Box 53866, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505-3866, (337) 769-3260, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Grace Lantier

M. Charles Brandt, Jr. , Attorney at Law, 111 Mercury Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503, (337) 237-7171, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Marianne Walsh

Court composed of Billy Howard Ezell, Shannon J. Gremillion, and D. Kent Savoie, Judges.


After a trial on the merits, a jury found Defendant James Lee Caskey eighty-percent (80%) at fault for the automobile accident at issue; the jury found Plaintiff Grace Lantier twenty-percent (20%) at fault. The jury rendered judgment: (1) in favor of Grace Lantier and against James Lee Caskey and Defendant BNSF Railway Company (BNSF...

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