JONES v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 5643.

338 So.2d 343 (1976)

Charlie JONES, Provisional Tutor of the Minors, Royce Ray Evans and John Timothy Evans, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1976.

Writ Refused January 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, Gist, Methvin & Trimble by DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants and appellants.

Russell E. Gahagan, Natchitoches, for plaintiff and appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and GUIDRY, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a companion case to the matter entitled Jones v. Louisiana Department of Highways, # 5644 of the docket of this court, 338 So.2d 338. For the reasons assigned therein, we affirm the judgment in the instant case insofar as it holds the Highway Department solely liable for the damages sustained by the minors. The trial court awarded plaintiff (tutor) the sum of $282.00 for damages sustained by the...

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