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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 97-C-0350 KRISTY M. LEE V. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF LIVINGSTON, STATE OF LOUISIANA MARCUS, Justice* Kristy M. Lee and Ondria Lee brought suit against the

Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD") to recover damages resulting from an automobile accident at the intersection of Louisiana Highways 442 and 43.1 On February 10, 1991 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Kristy Lee and her sister, Ondria, were traveling westbound on Highway 442 from Kentwood to Baton Rouge. The route was one with which the

sisters were fairly familiar, having taken it four or five times previously. Kristy, who was driving, had just turned off

Interstate 55 and was proceeding in a westerly direction with the sun in her eyes at approximately fifty-five miles per hour along the five mile stretch of road leading up to the intersection of Highways 442 and 43. Along the way, the sisters should have passed

several signs indicating the upcoming junction; a "STOP AHEAD" sign, a sign advising "JCT LA 43," and a directional sign pointing

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C.J Calogero,., not on panel.

Rule IV, Part II,

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