June 6, 2008. Prior reports: La.App., 972 So.2d 401; 972 So.2d 416. In re Department of Transportation; State of Louisiana; — Defendant(s); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Lafayette, 15th Judicial District Court Div. G, Nos. 2001-2216, 2001-2002; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No(s). 06-1624, 06-1625.
We are rendering our decision and judgment in Fontenot v. Patterson Insurance Company, 06-1624 (La.App. 3 Cir. 12/5/2007), 972 So.2d 401, in which the jury verdict was rendered. A separate judgment is being handed down today in the consolidated case of Brooks v. City of Lafayette, 06-1625 (La.App. 3 Cir. 12/5/2007), 972 So.2d 416, 2007 WL 4247601, wherein the judge decision was rendered. After a four-day trial in which liability was the main factual dispute, the jury answered the propounded interrogatories, assessing Mr. Brooks with ninety percent of the fault causing the accident and assessing Mr. Fontenot with the remaining ten percent.