DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. SMITH

No. 8835.

355 So.2d 1064 (1978)

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Louisiana v. Walter SMITH and Douglas Wildey.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall W. Wroten, Robert J. Jones, David K. Balfour and Richard M. Sandefer, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert A. Pitre, Jr., Gretna, for Walter Smith Sumner and Douglas Wildey, defendants-appellees.

Young, McMahon & Levert, Edward L. Levert, Jr., New Orleans, for Con-Plex, Division of U. S. Industries, Inc., and Rodney Small, defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, STOULIG and GARSAUD, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

This appeal involves a $530.57 property damage claim to a truck owned by the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana. Plaintiff originally filed suit against Walter Sumner, driver of the truck that backed into the door of the State's parked vehicle, and his employer, Douglas Wildey. More than 15 months after the accident, plaintiff filed an amended petition to join as defendants Rodney Small and his employer, Con-Plex, Division of U. S. Industries...

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