LEWIS v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVEL.

No. CA 0468.

436 So.2d 1305 (1983)

Ed LEWIS, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Minor Child Reginald Joseph Lewis v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Favret, Favret, Demarest & Russo, J. Paul Demarest, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jesse S. Guillot, Philip K. Jones, Norman L. Sisson, Marshall W. Wroten, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before GARRISON, BARRY and BYRNES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

This is a personal injury action. Reginald Lewis, minor son of Ed Lewis, plaintiff-appellee herein, was injured when he fell into a concealed open manhole. Suit was brought against the State Department of Transportation and Development in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. The trial court held for plaintiff awarding $10,364.00 in damages and the Department of Transportation perfected this appeal.

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