BARLEY v. STATE, THROUGH STATE DEPT. OF HWYS.

No. CA-2139.

463 So.2d 689 (1985)

Mabel Franklin, Wife of/and Clarence R. BARLEY, Sr. v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS and Boh Bros. Construction Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee W. Rand, Zelden & Zelden, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees Mabel Franklin, Wife of/and Clarence R. Barley, Sr.

Harvey Lee Hall, Dept. of Transp. and Development, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant State of Louisiana, through the Dept. of Transp. and Development.

H.F. Foster, III, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Boh Brothers, Const. Co., Inc.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and WARD, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana from a judgment awarding $22,457.00 to plaintiffs for damage to their home allegedly caused by the construction of a section of interstate highway known as the Carrollton Interchange. The State appeals on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to adequately prove causation, and that the amount of damages awarded was excessive. We affirm.

Plaintiffs brought suit in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court...

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