LAVERGNE v. DEPT. OF DEVELOPMENT & TRANSP.

No. 7425.

381 So.2d 528 (1980)

Gerald LAVERGNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris B. Fruge, Ville Platte, for Dept. of Transp.

Onebane, Donahoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell by Henry C. Perret, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevente, Carrere & Denegre, Anthony M. Fazzio, Lafayette, for Gerald Lavergne.

J. Minos Simon, Edward J. Milligan, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

McBride & Brewster, Norman P. Foret, Logan, deLaunay & Stutes, Gerald C. deLaunay, Lafayette, Roy & Forrest, Alex A. Lopresto, III, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, CUTRER and DOUCET, JJ.


CUTRER, Judge.

Gerald Lavergne appeals from a judgment of the trial court which dismissed his suit against the Department of Transportation and Development on the ground that Lavergne was barred from a recovery of damages due to his contributory negligence.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Albert Sinitiere Jr., et al. v. Gerald W. Lavergne et al., 381 So.2d 522 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1979), in which a...

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