BANTIN v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.

No. 8489.

411 So.2d 65 (1982)

Sally M. BANTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voorhiesand Labbe, W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Andrus & Doherty, James Doherty, Jr., and Alex Andrus, III, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Warren Ponder, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and CUTRER, JJ.


CUTRER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development and the contractor, H & S Construction Company, Inc., and its insurer, from a trial court judgment awarding Sally Bantin damages she incurred when her vehicle struck a raised manhole in a street (La. U.S. 190) that was under construction in Opelousas, Louisiana.

On April 4, 1973, at approximately 3:30 P.M., plaintiff was driving her automobile...

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