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ROBINSON v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV.

Nos. 82 CA 0971-82 CA 0973.

454 So.2d 257 (1984)

Melvin ROBINSON v. STATE of Louisiana Through DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. John Dale WATKINS v. PATTERSON TRUCK LINE, INC., Melvin Robinson, National Union Fire Insurance Company, Department of Transportation and Development of the State of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana. Terri Rene CHAMBERS, Individually, and as Natural Tutrix of her minor child, Andy Lee Chambers v. PATTERSON TRUCK LINE, INC., Melvin Robinson, and State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, Secretary of Transportation and Development.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve LeMoine and Clyde A. Ramirez, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant— Melvin Robinson.

Philip Henderson, Houma, for plaintiff and appellant—John Watkins.

Charles Steib, St. Louis, Mo., Thomas A. Rayer, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant—Terri Chambers.

Gerald Dillon, New Orleans, for defendant and appellant—Louisiana Paving Co.

Grady Weeks, Houma, for defendant and appellee—State of La., Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Huntington B. Downer, Houma, for defendant and appellee—Patterson Truckline.

Before EDWARDS, COLE, WATKINS, SHORTESS and ALFORD, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

These cases, consolidated for trial, arose out of a head-on collision which occurred on January 14, 1980 on U.S. Highway 90 in Terrebonne Parish between Morgan City and Houma. The collision took place between two pickup trucks, one owned by Patterson Truck Line, Inc. (Patterson) and driven by Melvin Robinson, and the other driven by John Dale Watkins and owned by Randel Chambers who was a passenger. Chambers was killed by the collision, and Robinson...

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