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FOREST v. STATE EX REL. LA. DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV.

No. 84-1066.

483 So.2d 1313 (1986)

Loretta Prejean FOREST, Individually & In Her Capacity as Natural Tutrix of the Minors, Diane Forest, Kelly Forest, Billy Forest & George Forest, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The STATE of Louisiana, Through the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Joseph Vils, Travelers Insurance Company, et al., Defendant-State of La.-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fournet & Adams, Robert J. Adams, Pugh & Boudreaux, Donlon Pugh, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Allen R. Ingram of Ingram & Baker, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before STOKER, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (hereafter DOTD) appeals the trial court's damage award of $519,661.50 to Loretta Forest and her four minor children for the death of James Forest. Loretta Forest, individually and as the tutrix of her four minor children, sued: Joseph Vils, the driver of the GMC pickup truck which struck James Forest; Vils's insurer, Travelers Insurance Company; DOTD; and various State...

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