GREER v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

Nos. 15429-CA to 15438-CA.

437 So.2d 1170 (1983)

Elmer G. GREER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT (Formerly the Department of Highways), Louisiana Paving Company, Inc. and Highland Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Frederick, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for State of Louisiana, Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Snellings & Barnes by O.P. Barnes, III, Monroe, for Louisiana Paving Co.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by D.G. Brunson, Jonesboro, for Elmer G. Greer, C.H. Allen, Richard W. Wainwright and Dorothy Brunson Trahan.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for I.S. Garris.

John C. Blake, Jonesboro, for John Thrasher, W.A. Lawrence and Elizabeth T. Wyatt.

McKeithen, Wear, Ryland & Woodard by Rebel G. Ryland, for Donnie R. Gibbs.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

The plaintiffs in these 10 consolidated suits sued the State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department's contractor, Louisiana Paving Company, and the contractor's liability insurer, Highland Insurance Company, for property damages and mental anguish damages allegedly caused by defendants' blasting operations in the course of demolishing an overpass. The defendants denied liability and the State filed third...

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