Stobart v. State Through DOTD
- Decided
- April 12, 1993
- Docket
- 92-C-1328
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
Cited 4,923 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- providing that a trier of fact's allocation of fault is subject to the manifest error or clearly wrong standard of review — Tyrone Adger v. Sergeant Fortune Moneke, State of Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (2021)
- observing that “[a] court of appeal may not set aside a trial court’s or a jury’s finding of fact in the absence of ‘manifest error’ or unless it is ‘clearly wrong.’” — Mathes Brierre Architects, a Professional Corporation v. karlton/isg Enterprises, LLC, International Sales Group, LLC, and J.S. Karlton Company, Inc. (2020)
- defining manifest error/clearly wrong doctrine — Creed v. Creed (1994)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
617 So.2d 880 (1993) Shirley STOBART & Edward Stobart, Applicants, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Respondent.
No. 92-C-1328.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
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