COSPER v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV.

No. 85-927.

492 So.2d 243 (1986)

Johnny G. COSPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Barber Brothers Contracting Company, Inc. and Ernest A. Bourgeois, Defendant-Appellant, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fournet & Adams, Robert J. Adams, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Allen & Gooch, Sera H. Russell, III, McBride & Foret, Norman P. Foret, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Corne & Aucoin, Louis M. Corne, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and LABORDE, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) appeals a decision finding it liable to plaintiff, Johnny G. Cosper, for damages he suffered in a vehicular collision. We find no error in the judgment below, and therefore affirm.

On February 22, 1981, Cosper's motorcycle collided with a car driven by Ernest Bourgeois on a one-way service road in Lafayette Parish. Cosper sued DOTD under La.Civ.Code art...

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