GAUDET v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 82 CA 0085.

432 So.2d 867 (1983)

Betty Gros GAUDET, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of her Minor Children, etc. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing April 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Siegrist, Houma, for plaintiff and appellant Betty Gros Gaudet.

Carlos E. Lazarus Jr., Houma, for defendant and appellant Patterson-Edmonson Const. Co.

Joseph Abrams, New Orleans, Counsel for plaintiff and appellant Ruby Woolens.

Frederick R. Campbell, Atty. at Law, New Orleans, for defendant and appellee Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc.

Ronald R. Thompson, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee Louisiana Dept. of Transp.

Huntington B. Downer, Houma, for defendant and appellee City of Houma, and Houma Police Dept.

Robert Morvant, Thibodaux, for defendant and appellee U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Mack E. Barham & Lizabeth Talbott, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.


COVINGTON, Judge.

In this wrongful death action, Betty Gros Gaudet, individually and as tutrix of her minor children, filed suit against Louisiana Department of Highways, City of Houma, the Houma Police Department, and Greyhound Lines, Inc.1 The case was tried on March 23, 1981. At the close of plaintiff's case, Greyhound moved for a directed verdict, which was granted. At the conclusion of the...

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